Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Roadrunner Recycling Inc. 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will lead the evolution of internal tools and BI dashboards to enhance operational excellence. This includes conducting user research, creating designs, managing the design system, and collaborating with engineering teams.
Sr Product Designer
🇨🇦 Canada
Pebl 🇨🇦 Canada
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design, development, and optimization of solutions to enhance user experiences and digital product offerings. This includes collaborating with various teams to deliver high-impact design projects and drive contributions to business objectives.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇱 Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Creatoriq 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
The Senior Product Designer will take ownership of the design process from sketches to prototypes and collaborate closely with product and engineering teams. They will also run usability tests and contribute to the evolution of the design system.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Creatoriq 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will take ownership of the design process from sketches to prototypes and shipped features, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams. They will also run usability tests and engage with users to gather insights for product improvement.
Senior UX Designer
🇨🇳 Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Philips 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
The Senior UX Designer will work with the design team to create user experiences through functional prototypes and conduct user research to inform design decisions. They will also create design deliverables and ensure quality during development.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Clio 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will work alongside product management and engineering to identify and solve user problems while balancing speed, quality, and consistency of design. They will also conduct user research and usability testing to inform design decisions.
(Senior) Product Designer (all genders)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Klim Gmbh 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
The Product Designer will own the end-to-end user experience and design process, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams. They will design research-led experiences that help users navigate complex data and workflows effectively.
Senior Product Designer, Member Growth
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Spring Health 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
The Senior Product Designer will work with their pod to identify user problems and design solutions to improve the member experience. They will partner with cross-functional teams to execute product strategy and enhance engagement with Spring's member platform.
Senior UX Designer - Vice President
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Morgan Stanley 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Ensure user-centered experiences during the migration to Salesforce and design cohesive solutions for the Wealth Management product ecosystem. Collaborate with research teams to make data-driven design decisions that align with business goals.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Collaborate with PM, Engineering, and Research partners to define and iterate on product features from concept to delivery. Produce design artifacts across fidelities and partner with developers during implementation to ensure designs meet specifications.
Senior Product Designer - 18-month Fixed-term Contract - Hybrid
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Experian 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
You will help lead the design of the next generation TenderLink platform, including mapping customer journeys and creating prototypes. You will also partner with product and engineering teams to deliver iterative improvements in an Agile environment.
Senior Product Designer - 18-month Fixed-term Contract - Hybrid
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Experian 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
You will help lead the design of the next generation TenderLink platform, including mapping customer journeys and creating prototypes. You will also partner with product and engineering teams to deliver iterative improvements in an Agile environment.
Senior UX designer
🇮🇳 Pune City, Maharashtra, India
Cognyte 🇮🇳 Pune City, Maharashtra, India
The Senior UX/UI Designer will own the UX for large product areas and translate complex analytical needs into usable designs. They will lead design discovery and produce high-quality design outputs while collaborating closely with Product, Engineering, and domain experts.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
The role involves shipping world-class AI applications and owning a product area to understand user needs and manage product development. The designer will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality consumer-grade applications.
Senior UX Designer
🇦🇲 Yerevan, Erevan, Armenia
Avenga 🇦🇲 Yerevan, Erevan, Armenia
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deliver software products while ensuring alignment with user needs and product requirements. Communicate design concepts through various methods and maintain consistent design systems throughout the development lifecycle.
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.