Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer, Securities
🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Bitpanda La 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Design end-to-end trading and investment interfaces for TradFi and RWA products across mobile and web platforms. Conduct user research and usability testing to optimize conversion, retention, and user trust within a regulated environment.
Senior Product Designer, Securities
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Bitpanda La 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Design end-to-end trading and investment interfaces for securities, commodities, and real-world assets across mobile and web platforms. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Compliance teams to optimize conversion, retention, and user trust through data-driven design.
Senior Product Designer B2C (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Rabot Energy 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Responsible for the end-to-end B2C product design of the conversion and winback funnels to drive customer acquisition and retention. This includes leading the discovery process, implementing an AI-first design workflow, and iterating directly within the codebase.
Senior Product Designer
🇪🇸 Spain
Rover.com 🇪🇸 Spain
The Senior Product Designer will lead the creation of intuitive user experiences across web, iOS, and Android platforms by collaborating with product managers and engineers. They will own the design process from concept to delivery, utilizing user research and data to refine features and maintain the company's design system.
Intermediate to Senior UX Designer
🇿🇦 Midrand, 1682, South Africa
Executiveplacements.com 🇿🇦 Midrand, 1682, South Africa
Lead the design of user-centric digital experiences by translating user insights and business goals into seamless solutions. Responsibilities include conducting user research, creating wireframes and prototypes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product performance.
Senior Store Design Manager
🇺🇸 Coraopolis, PA 15108, United States of America
Dick's Sporting Goods 🇺🇸 Coraopolis, PA 15108, United States of America
Leads the design and delivery of new and remodeled stores by blending brand, merchandising, and athlete experience. Manages the entire design process from concept to completion while mentoring a team of store designers.
Senior Software Engineer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Biospace 🇺🇸 North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Develop and maintain the Unity React component library and pioneer AI-assisted developer workflows using Claude Code and MCP integrations. Serve as the primary technical resource and community lead for a developer population of over 600 members.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇷 Athens, Central Athens, Greece
Sophea Ai 🇬🇷 Athens, Central Athens, Greece
The Senior Product Designer will create UX/UI for multiple AI-powered products and deliver implementation-ready designs. They will collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to improve usability and consistency across the product portfolio.
Joules Graduate Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 Leicester, City of Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Targetjobs Uk 🇬🇧 Leicester, City of Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Support and evolve creative direction across digital, social, retail, and wholesale channels. Produce accurate artwork and design solutions for packaging, catalogues, and social media under senior guidance.
Principal Product Designer - Market Data
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Dow Jones 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will own the design strategy for the Market Data platform across multiple financial brands, including The Wall Street Journal and Barron's. They will establish shared design patterns for data visualization and mentor senior designers to ensure a high bar for craft and consistency.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇪 Tbilisi, Georgia
Tradingview 🇬🇪 Tbilisi, Georgia
Lead the design process from discovery to delivery for the Pulse Cluster, creating intuitive solutions for complex interface challenges. Collaborate with product managers and developers to refine user experiences based on stakeholder feedback.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the development and execution of high-impact visual identities and creative solutions across digital, social, and event platforms. They will serve as a brand expert, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints while collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet business objectives.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Pactfi 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role involves owning major product surfaces end-to-end and designing the platform's first AI-native interaction patterns. The designer will create scalable interfaces for dense financial data and multi-party workflows while contributing to an extensible design system.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Petsafe Brands 🇺🇸 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design for containment and tracking IoT products, managing the full experience from physical setup to in-app features. Collaborate closely with engineering and hardware teams to handle real-world hardware constraints and mentor junior designers.
UX Designer Senior
🇧🇷 Brazil
Valtech 🇧🇷 Brazil
The Senior UX Designer leads the creation of user-centered narratives, interaction patterns, and information architecture across digital products. They conduct research and validation activities while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to translate insights into scalable design systems.
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.