Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager, Industrial/Manufacturing
🇺🇸 Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Je Dunn Construction 🇺🇸 Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager is responsible for leading the design process and ensuring successful project delivery by managing design participants and technology. This includes interpreting RFPs, collaborating with stakeholders, and overseeing design consultants to meet project goals.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇨🇷 Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Spectraforce 🇨🇷 Heredia Province, Costa Rica
The Junior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating and editing visual assets that support digital communications and brand consistency. This role assists senior designers and contributes to social media and presentation materials.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
Mindtickle 🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
The Senior Graphic Designer will produce visually compelling designs for digital learning experiences and manage multiple design projects from concept to delivery. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams and ensure brand consistency across all materials.
Senior Product Designer (Technical & UX)
🇷🇴 Romania
Cast Ai 🇷🇴 Romania
Develop a deep understanding of the product to identify improvement opportunities and craft effective solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to foster continuous improvement and lead research initiatives to advocate for users.
Senior Product UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Addison, Washington County, WI 53002, United States of America
Spotio 🇺🇸 Addison, Washington County, WI 53002, United States of America
The Senior Product UI/UX Designer will own the end-to-end design for features across SPOTIO’s web platform and mobile apps, collaborating with cross-functional teams to define problems and scope solutions. This role involves designing intuitive interfaces for complex sales workflows and AI capabilities.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Banana Shire, Queensland, Australia
Smartrecruiters 🇦🇺 Banana Shire, Queensland, Australia
The Senior Product Designer will own a product domain and deliver high-quality user experiences while collaborating with product and engineering teams. They will lead design initiatives, conduct user research, and ensure high-quality execution of design work.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Design and deliver high-quality, AI-enabled user experiences from concept through detailed execution. Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to shape and deliver solutions that meet user needs.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Intuit 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Lead significant design initiatives from concept to validated prototype, synthesizing data and research to create innovative user experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to rapidly prototype and test new product concepts.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Avantos Ai 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design of the Avantos Mobile App and the Journey Builder tool. Partner with engineering to create native platform patterns and contribute to the overall design system.
Senior Product Designer (Clinical Education Platform)
🇦🇷 Neuquén, Departamento Confluencia, Argentina
Fullscript 🇦🇷 Neuquén, Departamento Confluencia, Argentina
The Senior Product Designer will shape the future of clinical education on Fullscript Academy by designing user experiences that enhance provider learning and retention. They will lead UX research, collaborate with engineering teams, and contribute to scalable design patterns.
Senior Engineer, Physical Design Engineering
🇮🇳 Kolkata, India
Analog Devices 🇮🇳 Kolkata, India
The Senior Engineer will be responsible for the development of complex mixed signal SoCs, including the implementation and tapeout of high-speed designs. This role involves working with cutting-edge process technologies and ensuring design predictability.
Senior Graphic Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Courtyard.io Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
The Senior Graphic Designer will ideate and execute graphic design creatives for various channels to drive conversion, retention, and engagement. They will partner closely with internal stakeholders to translate project visions into compelling art that meets high standards.
Senior Product Designer - AI Trainer
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Dataannotation Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Review and critique AI-generated UI/UX designs, mockups, and visuals. Evaluate the quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇨🇦 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)
Affirm Remote (🇨🇦 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)
Lead end-to-end design for key initiatives within a product area, driving meaningful customer and business outcomes. Partner closely with product, engineering, and data to deliver intuitive, high-quality experiences.
UI-UX Designer Senior
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Atecna Montréal 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The role involves contributing to the evolution of a roadmap aligned with business objectives and client expectations, as well as co-creating solutions that enhance customer experience and operational efficiency. The designer will also conduct user interviews, facilitate workshops, and collaborate with developers to implement designs.
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.