Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior UX Product Designer - Stores Experience
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Target 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Lead the design of intuitive digital and physical solutions for the in-store guest and team member experience. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex business problems into scalable design artifacts and UX standards.
Senior Web UI/UX Designer
🇬🇷 Athens, Central Athens, Greece
Nrb 🇬🇷 Athens, Central Athens, Greece
The role involves translating business goals and user needs into intuitive web interfaces using wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes. The designer will also maintain design systems and conduct user research to iterate on digital products.
Senior UX Designer, Alexa Enterprise and Emerging Design
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Shopbop 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Manage the lifecycle of complex cross-functional programs to align business stakeholders and technical teams within marketing technology domains. Drive the execution of technical requirements and high-level designs to implement personalized customer experiences and AI-native technologies.
Design Manager - Healthcare - Senior
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead complex healthcare projects from design through construction administration, acting as the primary liaison between clients and the project team. They are responsible for managing resources, budgets, and financial performance while mentoring staff and developing client engagements.
Senior UX Designer - Online Team
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Home Depot 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The role involves driving product strategy and alignment by combining user research with business goals and leading stakeholder meetings. Additionally, the designer will execute end-to-end UX artifacts, conduct usability testing, and mentor junior team members.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Symbiotic 🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Lead the product design function by collaborating with leadership and engineering to create clean user flows for on-chain complexity. Conduct user research and partner with engineering to define problems and design within protocol constraints.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Symbiotic 🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Symbiotic is a company that provides infrastructure for collateral markets, enabling new categories of on-chain finance applications. They are looking for a product designer to lead the product design function and collaborate with leadership, engineering, and marketing teams.
Senior Product Designer - Design Systems
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Salesforce 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Drive the evolution of the Informatica product design system by delivering high-quality visual assets and component specifications. Partner with cross-functional teams to scale accessible design solutions and leverage AI-powered tools to accelerate prototyping and interaction patterns.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Symbiotic 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the product design function by collaborating with leadership and engineering to create clean user flows for on-chain financial products. Conduct user research and translate findings into concrete feature scopes while managing the full user journey.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Symbiotic 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the product design function by designing full user journeys and making complex on-chain processes legible. Conduct user research and partner with engineering to define problems and design within protocol constraints.
Senior Product Designer
🇭🇰 Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. (HAECO), South Perimeter Road, New Territories, Hong Kong
Symbiotic 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. (HAECO), South Perimeter Road, New Territories, Hong Kong
Lead the product design function by collaborating with leadership and engineering to create clean user flows for on-chain complexity. Conduct user research and partner with engineering to define problems and design within protocol constraints.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Symbiotic 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the product design function by collaborating with leadership and engineering to create clean user flows for on-chain financial products. Conduct user research and translate findings into concrete feature scopes while managing the full user journey.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Symbiotic 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the product design function by collaborating with leadership and engineering to create clean user flows for on-chain financial products. Conduct user research and translate findings into concrete feature scopes to optimize the user journey.
Senior Product Design Manager & Collection Lead (H/F)
🇫🇷 Nice, Maritime Alps, France
French Tex By Uit 🇫🇷 Nice, Maritime Alps, France
Lead the artistic direction of seasonal collections for Road, Gravel, and Lifestyle ranges while ensuring brand consistency. Manage and mentor a junior designer and oversee the creative production of all clothing and accessories.
Principal Product Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Bitpanda La 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Lead the long-term vision and strategy for Bitpanda's Design System and shared product design language. Partner with senior leadership to ensure high-quality, accessible, and consistent user experiences across all platforms.
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.