Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer (f/m/d)
🇩🇪 Germany
Jtl-software-gmbh 🇩🇪 Germany
The role involves evolving and scaling a design system across multiple B2B e-commerce products while applying UX methods like user research and journey mapping. You will structure complex problems into clear UX strategies and mentor other designers to drive iterative improvements.
Senior Product Designer
🇧🇷 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Farfetch 🇧🇷 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
You will lead the design strategy and execution for complex B2B internal platforms, collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve operational challenges. Your role involves driving discovery activities, maintaining design systems, and mentoring peer designers to ensure high-quality, scalable user experiences.
Interaction Designer, Sr - Landmark
🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway
Halliburton 🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway
Lead the design of complex, data-rich workflows and interaction architecture for enterprise software. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to implement scalable experiences using the Landmark Design System.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Siro 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Staff Product Designer will own the end-to-end design craft, including building design systems and defining AI-driven product interactions. They will partner with leadership to influence the product roadmap and conduct user research to represent the customer voice.
Director of Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Siro 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end product design, including the design system, mobile and web interfaces, and AI-driven interactions. You will also partner with leadership to define product strategy, conduct user research, and maintain high standards of craft across the team.
Design Systems Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Genius Ai 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Design Systems Designer will own the vision and execution of the design system, architecting a robust component library and defining standards for the product. They will also lead the design-to-development handoff process and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent visual language across mobile and web platforms.
Lead UI Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Salt 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The role involves designing high-fidelity UI across a suite of fintech software products using an established design system. You will contribute new patterns to the system and present design decisions directly to the client.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Creative Cove Inc. 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for translating brand strategy into high-impact designs across digital, print, OOH, and in-store channels. This includes developing creative concepts, maintaining design systems, and capturing in-store content to drive retail sales.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
Creative Cove Inc. 🇺🇸 Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Senior Designer is responsible for translating brand strategy into high-impact visual designs across digital, print, OOH, and in-store channels. This includes developing creative concepts, maintaining design systems, and capturing in-store content to drive retail sales.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Bounce 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for consumer web and mobile products, from discovery to polished UI. They will collaborate with product managers and engineers to maintain the design system and validate decisions through research.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
Teknasyon 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
Own the end-to-end UX process from research and discovery to final interface design across web and mobile platforms. Build and maintain the design system in Figma while collaborating with product managers and engineers for seamless developer handoff.
UX Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J&m Group 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The UX Designer will create intuitive, accessible, and user-centered digital experiences by collaborating with Product Owners and stakeholders. Key duties include conducting user research, developing design artifacts, and maintaining scalable design systems.
Product Designer
🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
Apptweak 🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
The Product Designer will own end-to-end user flows within a cross-functional squad, delivering polished designs and working prototypes. They are responsible for improving existing product quality, contributing to the design system, and collaborating with PMs to solve user problems.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇹🇷 Turkey
Ruut 🇹🇷 Turkey
The Senior UI/UX Designer will define the look, feel, and functionality of the RUUT financial ecosystem across iOS, Android, and web. This includes owning end-to-end customer journeys and evolving a scalable design system to simplify complex banking and regulatory processes.
UX Designer - 12m FTC
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Capital Group 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The UX Designer will create wireframes, prototypes, and interactive mock-ups while ensuring design consistency through design systems. They will collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital content across various 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.