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Design Systems Lead
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Imprint 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Define and drive the long-term vision and roadmap for Imprint's design system, evolving it toward AI-consumable foundations. Lead the establishment of governance models and mentor a team of designers while remaining hands-on with component architecture.
Sr UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Hmh 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead UX and product design efforts from concept to execution to create accessible digital experiences for educational software. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to solve complex problems and ensure alignment with design systems and UX standards.
UI/UX Designer(Q3 - 2026) Fresher
🇮🇳 SabarmatiTaluka, India
Esparkbiz Technologies Pvt Ltd 🇮🇳 SabarmatiTaluka, India
Design user-friendly web and mobile interfaces by creating wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes. Collaborate with stakeholders and developers to ensure consistent design systems and improve usability based on feedback.
Lead Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Tembo 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will own the end-to-end product design for web and mobile experiences, translating requirements into high-quality user flows and polished visual designs. Additionally, you will develop the company's design system and collaborate with engineers and product managers to ensure high-quality implementation.
Graphic Designer (Freelance)
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Swish Breaks 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Create high-quality broadcast graphics, motion elements, and modular design systems to support live streaming and social media content. Partner with streaming teams to develop templates and assets that elevate production quality in a fast-paced environment.
Product Designer Pleno
🇧🇷 Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
H2o Innovation 🇧🇷 Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
Lead end-to-end design processes including problem framing, wireframing, prototyping, and visual refinement. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to execute user research and contribute to the evolution of the Design System.
Senior Product Designer (Connect)
South Korea, Gyeonggi Seongnam-si
42dot South Korea, Gyeonggi Seongnam-si
Lead the design strategy for in-vehicle user experiences and connected mobile products by translating product vision into scalable designs. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define user experiences, improve design systems, and mentor junior designers.
UX Designer Sénior H/F
🇫🇷 Annecy, Upper Savoy, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Annecy, Upper Savoy, France
Define the transverse UX vision for complex banking processes and products while managing user research and high-fidelity prototyping in Figma. You will also mentor junior designers, evolve the design system, and collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to ensure experience consistency.
UX Designer Sénior H/F
🇫🇷 Annecy, Upper Savoy, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Annecy, Upper Savoy, France
Define the transverse UX vision for complex banking processes and interconnected systems while leading advanced user research and prototyping in Figma. The role involves mentoring junior designers, evolving the organizational design system, and collaborating with Product Owners and business sponsors.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇰 Punjab, Pakistan
Decklaration 🇵🇰 Punjab, Pakistan
Own the end-to-end product design for the operator app, branded booking sites, and AI agent experiences. Translate complex operational workflows into simple interfaces while maintaining the design system and collaborating with engineers.
Principal Software Engineer, Frontend - Design Systems
🇺🇸 United States of America
Hubspot 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the frontend technical direction for the Trellis design system to modernize HubSpot's UI and customer experience. Develop internal tooling, migration pipelines, and accessibility models while mentoring senior engineers and aligning with product roadmaps.
Principal UX Design Systems Engineer (Net Sec Product Design)
🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Palo Alto Networks 🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Modernize and scale the enterprise design system by designing components, UI patterns, and documentation. Ensure high-quality file-to-production alignment between Figma and the codebase while integrating GenAI workflows.
Senior Product Designer (Connect)
South Korea, Gyeonggi Seongnam-si
42dot South Korea, Gyeonggi Seongnam-si
Lead the design strategy for Connect IVI OS and mobile products, translating product vision into intuitive user experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product roadmaps and maintain consistent design systems and guidelines.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Skimmer 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Product Designer will create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for new and existing SaaS products. They will collaborate with product and engineering teams to maintain design systems and ensure a consistent user experience across web and mobile platforms.
Lead UI/UX Designer
Lead the design of intuitive and scalable digital products for web and mobile applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into user-centered experiences and maintain 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.