Design Leadership Jobs
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Principal Associate, Design Manager (Cafes) | Retail Bank
🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Oversee the end-to-end architectural design and construction administration for Capital One café and branch projects. Lead cross-functional teams and external architects to ensure design standards are met while balancing aesthetic, functional, and budgetary requirements.
Principal Design Manager
🇦🇺 South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Stantec 🇦🇺 South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lead technical teams in the design and delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure projects in Queensland. Coordinate multidisciplinary activities, manage subcontractors, and maintain strong client relationships to ensure high-quality technical solutions.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Design innovative, AI-powered experiences while maintaining high standards of visual and interaction craftsmanship. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product strategy, iterate on features, and communicate design narratives effectively.
Principal UX Researcher, AI & Developer Platforms
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Arm 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead high-impact UX research to define the AI-native developer experience across Arm's ecosystem, including tools, APIs, and agent-mediated workflows. Translate research findings into practical design principles and strategic product recommendations to improve developer success and adoption.
Principal UX Researcher
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Ocean Infinity 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead and evolve the user research strategy across products, platforms, and operational systems while partnering with cross-functional teams. Drive evidence-based decision-making by conducting end-to-end research to uncover user needs and translate complex workflows into actionable product recommendations.
Principal Product Designer, eCommerce
🇺🇸 United States
Therabody 🇺🇸 United States
Lead the end-to-end design of the Therabody.com shopping experience, focusing on high-converting user journeys from discovery to post-purchase. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define UX patterns and execute an experimentation roadmap based on analytics.
Principal Product Designer, Rovo & AI
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Atlassian 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Lead the strategic vision and conceptual design for AI experiences across the Atlassian portfolio, including Rovo. Partner with cross-functional teams to drive design reviews and ensure cohesive customer value delivery.
Principal Product Designer, Rovo & AI
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Atlassian 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the strategic vision and conceptual design for Rovo and AI experiences across the Atlassian portfolio. Partner with cross-functional teams to drive design reviews and ensure cohesive, high-quality AI product outcomes.
Principal UX Researcher, AI & Developer Platforms
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States
Arm 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States
Lead high-impact UX research to define the AI-native developer experience across Arm's ecosystem, including tools, APIs, and workflows. Translate research findings into practical design principles and product recommendations to improve developer efficiency and adoption.
Principal UX Researcher, AI & Developer Platforms
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Arm 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Lead high-impact UX research to define the AI-native developer experience across Arm's ecosystem, including tools, APIs, and workflows. Translate research findings into practical design principles and product recommendations to influence strategic decision-making and product roadmaps.
Principal Product Designer, Rovo & AI
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Atlassian 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the strategic vision and conceptual design for AI-driven experiences across the Atlassian product portfolio. Partner with cross-functional teams to drive design reviews, ensure cohesive user experiences, and deliver measurable customer value.
Principal Product Designer
🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
Constant Contact 🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
Drive the strategy and execution of complex, high-impact product initiatives while defining the long-term UX vision for a major product pillar. Lead the development of the design system and collaborate with cross-functional leadership to align design decisions with company objectives.
Principal Product Designer
🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
Constant Contact 🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
The Principal Product Designer will define the long-term UX vision and design strategy for a major product pillar while solving complex, ambiguous design challenges. This role involves influencing cross-functional stakeholders and potentially mentoring a team of senior designers to ensure high-quality, scalable product execution.
Principal Product Designer, eCommerce
🇺🇸 United States
Therabody 🇺🇸 United States
The designer will own the end-to-end user experience for the global ecommerce storefront, including product discovery, checkout, and post-purchase flows. They will collaborate with product, engineering, and brand teams to define design patterns, conduct usability research, and drive experimentation to improve conversion rates.
Product Designer, Principal Associate
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
You will combine craft expertise with customer and business understanding to co-create innovative solutions to complex problems. You will also champion the customer through the design process while collaborating with cross-functional partners to elevate design quality.
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.