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Senior UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Tustin, California, United States of America
Vesync 🇺🇸 Tustin, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end research to shape product strategy and inform design decisions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate user insights into product development and enhance research operations.
Sound Insulation Design Manager
🇺🇸 El Segundo, CA 90245, United States of America
Boutique Recruiting 🇺🇸 El Segundo, CA 90245, United States of America
The Sound Insulation Design Manager will lead a team of designers and oversee production efforts while managing client relationships. Responsibilities include conducting field visits, coordinating with subconsultants, and ensuring quality control of drawings.
SR UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jobgether 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX and UI design activities, including user research, personas, journey mapping, prototyping, wireframing, and usability testing. Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure seamless alignment between user needs and technical execution.
SR UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jobgether 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX/UI design activities from discovery and research to final interface specifications for complex software systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create scalable design systems and ensure accessibility compliance.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jobgether 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of AI-powered decision-making products for fraud prevention, compliance, and risk management. Influence product strategy and long-term vision while evolving design systems and AI-native user experiences.
Engineer 3 - Design Engineering -Bengaluru,India
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Diversified 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the design and development of complex electronic security systems, including access control and video surveillance, across the full project lifecycle. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to produce detailed design documentation and ensure alignment with client objectives.
Senior UX Designer
🇦🇺 Australia
Suncorp 🇦🇺 Australia
Lead the design of customer journeys across native mobile apps and online service portals for a large organization. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate strategy into scalable, user-centered UX solutions using established design systems.
Staff Product Designer, Contractors
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Gusto 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As a staff product designer, you will drive the design strategy and execution for contractor products, leading the entire product development process. You will partner with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that meet customer and business needs.
Head of Design and Research
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Upside 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own the quality, consistency, and polish bar across the consumer and payments experience. Lead a small team of designers and researchers to enhance the product's design and research practices.
Head of Design and Research
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Upside 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Own the quality, consistency, and polish bar across the consumer and payments experience. Lead a small team of designers and researchers to enhance the product's design and research practices.
Head of Design and Research
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Upside 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Own the quality, consistency, and polish bar across the consumer and payments experience. Lead a small team of designers and researchers to enhance the product's design and research practices.
Senior UX Designer
🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Elsevier 🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Lead UX activities for Japan initiatives, including discovery, problem framing, research, UI design, usability testing, and implementation support. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to create implementation-ready product experiences.
Lead UX Designer (Mobile & Self-Service)
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mcmillan Shakespeare (mmsg) 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Lead UX Designer will redefine and streamline the mobile and self-service customer experience, leading the transformation of critical digital journeys. This role involves simplifying complex financial processes and creating intuitive experiences for customers.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
Kixie 🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design across key initiatives, from concept to launch. Translate complex product problems into simple, intuitive user experiences.
UI Visual and UX Designer
🇦🇺 Australia
Suncorp Group 🇦🇺 Australia
The UI Visual Designer will create high-quality, customer-focused digital experiences by designing UI assets for web and mobile platforms. They will collaborate with UX leads and cross-functional teams to ensure designs align with brand and accessibility guidelines.
About Design Leadership careers
Design leaders in 2026 set the strategic vision for design organizations navigating an AI-saturated market. This role requires a balance of craft expertise and high-level business acumen to advocate for design's value at the executive level.
Effective leaders foster a culture of technical agency, establishing systems that allow human creativity and machine efficiency to coexist.
Companies like Stripe and Airbnb seek VPs and Directors of Design who can scale teams and align design strategy with long-term business objectives.
We feature senior leadership positions including Design Directors, Heads of Design, VP of Design, Chief Design Officers, and design team leads at companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, and fast-growing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. These roles span product design, brand, and cross-functional design organizations.
Many companies offer remote design leadership roles, including distributed-first companies like Notion, Linear, GitLab, and Vercel. AI companies like Midjourney and Anthropic also hire remote design leaders. Some companies prefer hybrid arrangements for VP+ positions.
Most positions require 8–15+ years of design experience with 3–5+ years managing teams. Strong candidates demonstrate strategic thinking, team building, stakeholder management, and a track record of shipping successful products at companies like Figma, Spotify, Netflix, or emerging AI startups. Browse leadership portfolios to see how experienced designers showcase their impact.
Design leadership salaries are highly competitive: Design Directors earn $160k–$240k, VPs of Design $220k–$350k+, and CDOs at major companies can exceed $400k with significant equity packages. AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks often offer premium total compensation. Consult our salary guide for detailed breakdowns.