Design Leadership Jobs
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Principal Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Unqork 🌍 Remote
Define the foundational Information Architecture for a new AI-enabled IDE and establish system structures for projects, modules, components, and services. Design workflows that leverage natural language as the primary interface while ensuring compliance and governance.
Principal UX Designer -- Unannounced Title
🌍 Remote
Scopely 🌍 Remote
The Principal UX Designer will own and deliver complete UX for new features and player experiences, leading the creation of gameplay interactions and feature flows. They will collaborate with various disciplines to turn raw ideas into fully developed designs.
Principal Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Appcues 🌍 Remote
The Principal Product Designer will translate product and company vision into a compelling design direction and lead complex design problems from start to finish. They will also partner with cross-functional teams to influence strategic decisions and raise the quality of design through mentorship.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States
Zscaler 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States
Lead end-to-end product designs across multiple products and create experiences that delight customers. Develop scalable design guidelines and drive innovation in experience design through user research and collaboration.
Principal Product Designer, Slack Messaging
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Slack 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
The Principal Product Designer will work cross-functionally with product and engineering partners to represent the design team and ensure design quality. They will lead design discussions, create prototypes, and mentor other designers while influencing the overall direction of the product area.
Product Designer, Principal Associate
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
As a Product Designer, you will combine your craft expertise with an understanding of customers and the business to co-create innovative solutions. You will leverage your design skills to create artifacts like journey maps, blueprints, and prototypes while championing the customer through the design process.
Product Designer, Principal Associate
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
As a Product Designer, you will combine your design expertise with an understanding of customer needs to create innovative solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to produce design artifacts and champion a human-centered approach throughout the design process.
Principal Product Designer, Design Systems (Hybrid)
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Homebase 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Principal Product Designer will drive end-to-end ownership of the design system, ensuring high standards for visual design and interaction patterns. They will also mentor designers and integrate AI design elements across products.
Principal Product Designer
Lead the design strategy for the Customer Experience area, ensuring customer-centric solutions. Drive a culture of problem-solving through ideation, prototyping, and iterative validation.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
Applied Intuition 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
Lead the end-to-end design process for multiple products and communicate directly with users to understand their pain points. Collaborate closely with PM and Engineering to create and validate UX solutions for complex engineering challenges.
Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Rightworks Llc 🇺🇸 Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
The Principal UX Designer will define the long-term UX vision and manage key stakeholders across various teams. This role focuses on strategic direction, stakeholder alignment, and fostering collaboration to drive cohesive user experiences.
Principal Associate, Cyber UX Designer and Product Owner
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States
Capital One 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States
The Principal Associate will design cybersecurity solutions and drive product vision into development teams. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver sustainable features and improve cyber capabilities.
Principal Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Superduper 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead design across a diverse Web3 product portfolio, ensuring each product maintains its unique identity while contributing to a cohesive ecosystem. Collaborate with engineering teams and specialized teams to ensure designs meet technical and regulatory requirements.
Product Designer, Principal Associate
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
As a Product Designer, you will combine your craft expertise with an understanding of customers and the business to co-create innovative solutions. You will leverage your design skills to create artifacts such as journey maps, blueprints, high-fidelity designs, and prototypes.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Liberty Lake, Washington, United States
Alarm.com 🇺🇸 Liberty Lake, Washington, United States
Define and lead design strategies for high-impact product initiatives while ensuring alignment with business goals. Oversee complex design projects from concept through launch, ensuring quality standards are met before development or release.
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.