Design Leadership Jobs
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Lead Product Designer
🇮🇳 India
Aspora 🇮🇳 India
Lead the end-to-end product design process for a global fintech platform, from research to high-fidelity production. Own and scale the design system while mentoring a team of designers and collaborating with Product and Engineering teams.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Tenengroup Ltd. 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
The Senior Graphic Designer will evolve the visual language of the brand and lead visual concepts for product launches and seasonal campaigns. They will design various digital assets including homepage banners, landing pages, and email marketing newsletters.
Senior UX Designer - Fulfilment & Transport
🇬🇧 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Tesco 🇬🇧 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
The Senior UX Designer will lead the end-to-end UX design process, transforming complex user journeys into intuitive digital experiences. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams and advocate for human-centered design while mentoring other designers.
Senior UX Designer - Fulfilment & Transport
🇬🇧 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Tesco Technology 🇬🇧 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
The Senior UX Designer will lead the end-to-end UX design process, transforming complex user journeys into intuitive digital experiences. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and advocating for human-centered design principles.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Planning Recruitment Limited 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the design management process across multiple sites, coordinating consultants, stakeholders, and project teams. The role involves ensuring successful delivery from concept through completion.
Graphic Designer II (12 Month FTC)
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Fanatics 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead the creative development of original apparel graphics by translating market trends and consumer insights into production-ready designs. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency and technical accuracy across various sports-licensed product lines.
Senior Product Designer
🇪🇪 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Tickmill 🇪🇪 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Lead the end-to-end design process to create intuitive web and mobile product experiences while maintaining scalable design systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into high-quality UX flows and mentor other designers to raise overall quality.
Senior Product Designer (AIR)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Jetbrains 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Design and deliver high-quality user interfaces, leading large-scale initiatives from vision to execution. Collaborate with product managers, developers, and researchers to ensure design solutions meet user and business needs.
Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Weekday Ai (yc W21) 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, creating user flows, wireframes, and prototypes for web and mobile applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product requirements and ensure exceptional user experiences.
Product Designer - Mobile App
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Greedygame 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead end-to-end product design for core gaming and monetization features, translating user pain points into intuitive UI/UX flows. Prototype and iterate rapidly using Figma to deliver mockups and design system components for cross-functional teams.
Principal Product Designer - Strategic Discovery (all genders)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Zalando 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
The Principal Product Designer will lead strategic product discoveries and apply systemic design thinking to align cross-functional teams. They will translate insights into user experience concepts and work with senior Product Management to influence the product roadmap.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Mathco 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the creative direction for adoption-focused initiatives across various formats and ensure alignment with the adoption journey stages. Collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to shape narratives and define success metrics.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Israel
Ingenio, Llc 🇮🇱 Israel
Lead the end-to-end design of priority user journeys and pages for a major brand redesign across mobile and web platforms. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate brand direction into scalable, intuitive consumer experiences.
Graphic Designer and Social Media Video Creator
🇿🇦 South Africa
Reworks Solutions 🇿🇦 South Africa
Concept and produce high-quality image and video ads for Facebook, Instagram, and Google to drive leads. Write punchy on-asset copy and utilize generative AI to efficiently deliver polished creative assets on a strict schedule.
Senior Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
People Group Arabia 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior Design Manager will lead the fit-out design management process from IFC through construction, ensuring design intent is translated into a high-quality built asset. They will manage design coordination among various stakeholders and drive resolution of technical issues to support construction progress.
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.