Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer – Risk Management Group
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Macquarie Group 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
You will lead end-to-end design from discovery to delivery, collaborating with cross-functional teams to create scalable, high-impact solutions. You’ll develop wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs while contributing to and evolving the design system.
Senior Product Designer, Developer Success
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Discord 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will oversee the user experience of a product from concept to launch, creating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes. You will also actively influence your team's roadmap and contribute to the design system.
Digital UI/UX Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Aquariux Fintech 🇸🇬 Singapore
The UI/UX Designer will conduct user research and usability testing, develop design systems, and transform requirements into high-fidelity designs. They will collaborate with engineers and product managers to enhance user experiences and drive product quality.
Frontend Product Software Engineer, Design Systems
🇲🇽 Mexico
Dropbox 🇲🇽 Mexico
Develop and maintain UI components for Dropbox’s design system while building AI-powered tooling to enhance design-to-code processes. Collaborate with designers and engineers to ensure high-quality, reusable code and improve workflows through automation.
Senior Front-End Developer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Bny 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the development and evolution of the design system, focusing on reusability, scalability, and maintainability. Collaborate closely with design, product, and engineering teams to translate design principles into technical solutions.
Senior Visual Designer, Emerging Creative
🇵🇦 Panama City, Distrito de Panamá, Panama
Netflix 🇵🇦 Panama City, Distrito de Panamá, Panama
Create high-fidelity visual and product designs across TV, mobile, and web surfaces to enhance Netflix's brand and user experience. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to build immersive, story-driven interfaces and scalable design systems.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, England, United Kingdom
Xe.com 🇬🇧 Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, England, United Kingdom
Own end-to-end product design for surfaces across mobile and web, from research to high-fidelity design and shipped UI. Contribute to and steward the design system, partnering with PMs and engineers on flow design and interaction patterns.
Freelance Graphic Designer- Agency
🇺🇸 Wheaton, IL 60187, United States of America
Red Caffeine 🇺🇸 Wheaton, IL 60187, United States of America
The role involves translating business objectives into compelling brand experiences and developing scalable design systems. The designer will execute creative concepts across multiple channels including print, social media, and digital platforms.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Baton 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own end-to-end design projects, collaborating with product managers and engineers to create intuitive solutions for complex logistics problems. They will also maintain and evolve the design system while ensuring clarity and usability in AI-driven interfaces.
Senior Product Designer, Design Systems
🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
Netflix 🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
Lead efforts to ensure all components meet quality standards and are built to scale effectively. Partner with engineering to translate design guidance into structured logic for AI tools to generate UI.
Sr. UX Visual Designer, Enterprise and Emerging Design
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end visual and voice interface design for complex AI-driven products within the Alexa ecosystem. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver polished assets and contribute to shared design systems and Figma libraries.
Sr. UX Designer, Alexa Enterprise and Emerging Design
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex Alexa Enterprise features, blending visual and voice interfaces to create intuitive B2B2C experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to Figma libraries to maintain and extend design systems.
Product Designer [210955]
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Skill 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Product Designer will conduct user research and collaborate with stakeholders to understand business processes and user needs. They will translate functional requirements into UX flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI designs while maintaining design systems and collaborating with developers.
Senior Visual Designer, Emerging Creative
🇺🇸 United States of America
Netflix 🇺🇸 United States of America
The role involves creating visual designs across various platforms to enhance product experiences and storytelling. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to craft immersive experiences and define scalable design systems.
Lead UX Product Designer – Design Systems
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Target 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Lead the evolution of Target's multi-platform design system by creating reusable, accessible components and patterns in Figma. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive adoption, maintain documentation, and mentor other designers to ensure high craft standards.
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.