Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer (Staff / Principal Level) (£115k–£140k) at Anima
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jack & Jill 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end design for multiple product lines, acting as both designer and product manager to shape the company roadmap. Formalize design standards and scale the design system to ensure high-precision interfaces for clinicians.
Brand & Product Designer (+ Equity) at Series B AI research lab
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The designer will lead the evolution of the brand's visual identity across digital platforms and marketing campaigns. They will also collaborate with the product team to design high-visibility user experiences and core design system elements.
Product Designer at Series B backed AI startup
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The role involves architecting a scalable design system from the ground up, including tokens and components. The designer will define the interaction layer for next-generation AI agents and eventually lead specific product domains.
Senior Product Designer ($160k-$220k + Equity) at well-funded AI agent orchestration startup
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of a complex AI agent orchestration platform, focusing on human-in-the-loop approvals and memory systems. Collaborate with founders and engineers to define the product vision and build a robust design system.
Founding Product Designer at Fiddle
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the full product design lifecycle from research and UX to high-fidelity interaction prototyping for a new category of design tooling. Collaborate with founders and engineers to replace static mockups with a live, code-integrated IDE environment.
Senior Product Designer at PromptQL
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of core collaboration features for an AI-native chat platform, focusing on threading and message composition. Develop and maintain a comprehensive design system to ensure a cohesive user experience across the interface.
Product Designer, LSP44
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Space Capital 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design of AI agent interfaces and API infrastructure for logistics service providers. This includes creating dashboards, exception queues, and monitoring tools for both operators and developers.
GRAPHIC DESIGN MANAGER
🇴🇲 Tiwi, Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate, Oman
Connect 🇴🇲 Tiwi, Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate, Oman
Lead the strategic planning, execution, and performance analysis of marketing campaigns for a portfolio of exhibitions and conferences. Engage with government entities, industry leaders, and media to drive high-impact marketing initiatives.
Senior Product Designer(UI/UX and AI Innovation)
🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
Infosys 🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
Lead the end-to-end UX/UI design for enterprise SaaS, web, and mobile products, focusing on AI-powered experiences and intelligent workflows. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define UX strategies, maintain scalable design systems, and mentor other designers.
Senior Design Manager - Land Development
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Rowan Digital Infrastructure 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Lead and manage architectural and engineering consultants in the design and permitting of data center buildings and sites. Provide on-site field support and collaborate with internal teams to optimize designs for constructability and quality.
WEB & DIGITAL CONTENT SPECIALIST (GRAPHIC DESIGNER)
🇧🇪 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium
Payroc 🇧🇪 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium
The role involves managing and optimizing the company's websites and digital properties using various CMS platforms. The specialist will create visual assets and implement SEO and tracking strategies to drive lead generation and brand growth.
Senior UX Designer - Interaction & Visual Design (m/f/d) (German speaking C1 / C2)
🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
Fluid Design Gmbh 🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
Lead the full design process from discovery to delivery, creating user journeys, wireframes, and high-fidelity visual interfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and manage client communication through workshops and presentations.
TikTok Content Design Manager
🇸🇬 Singapore
Tiktok 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead a global team of multi-lingual content designers to define and execute the content strategy for TikTok LIVE. Orchestrate complex international campaigns and develop scalable content solutions to enhance user engagement across diverse markets.
Federal Design Manager – Design-Build Focus
🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
Parsons Corporation 🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
The Federal Design Manager leads the design execution process for federal design-build projects, ensuring compliance with contract requirements and federal standards. This role serves as the primary interface between owners, contractors, and design teams to manage design development, submittals, and construction support.
Product Designer
Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Luca Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Lead the end-to-end design process from problem definition to validated prototypes for teachers and students. Develop and maintain the company's design system and define interaction patterns for AI-driven educational features.
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.