Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Usul 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Design commercial platforms and GUIs for defense companies and government operators to accelerate technology acquisition. Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to take features from discovery to high-fidelity delivery while maintaining a scalable design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Thirdfort 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
As a Senior Product Designer, you will own end-to-end design for one of the core product domains and collaborate directly with product managers and engineers. You will also contribute to the evolving design system and mentor other designers.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
Liveramp 🇺🇸 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex B2B data products, from initial research and wireframing to high-fidelity UI. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver user-centered solutions and evolve the company's scalable design system.
AI Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Thorin 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Founding Product Designer will design AI-native product experiences from concept to implementation and establish the company's design systems and standards. They will partner closely with founders and engineers to shape product strategy and iterate rapidly based on customer feedback.
Sr. Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Benepass 🇺🇸 United States of America
Design and deliver end-to-end product experiences, including full pages and feature flows, in collaboration with Product and Engineering. Contribute to the design system and iterate on designs based on user research and data insights.
Product Designer
🇨🇴 Colombia
Symphony.is 🇨🇴 Colombia
Drive the end-to-end design process for major software projects and develop comprehensive design systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product vision and ensure seamless design-to-development handoffs.
SSG Design Engineering Intern (Fall 2026)
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Cadence Design Systems 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The intern will work on digital design or verification tasks for the Janus NoC IP product. Responsibilities include RTL implementation, simulating logic, developing test plans, and writing functional tests using UVM/SVA.
Lead Product Designer - Facility Tech
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Atoms 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the design of software and workflows to optimize food movement through facilities and empower kitchen partners to scale. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build AI-powered tools and maintain a consistent design system.
Sr. UI/UX Designer I (6705)
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Metrostar 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Lead the visual identity and design system for a mission-critical data brokerage solution, creating high-fidelity mockups and reusable UI components. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver intuitive user experiences and develop external marketing materials to drive product adoption.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Fora 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end product design process from research and prototyping to handoff and QA for the Fora Portal. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to create seamless workflows and contribute to the company's design system.
Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Westminster, Colorado, United States of America
Vantor 🇺🇸 Westminster, Colorado, United States of America
You will work closely with the Creative Director to develop and enhance the brand's identity, campaigns, and design systems. Your role involves taking initial concepts and transforming them into polished, impactful designs across various mediums.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Thirdfort Limited 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Own end-to-end design for a core product domain, transforming complex compliance and risk assessment workflows into intuitive interfaces. Contribute to the evolution of the design system and mentor other designers to elevate overall team quality.
Sr. Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
New York Technology Partners 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Sr. Product Designer will be responsible for UI and interaction design, creating prototypes, and maintaining design systems. Collaboration with product and engineering teams is essential to implement designs and deliver high-fidelity assets.
Sr. UX Designer (US)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jump 🇺🇸 United States of America
The role involves designing intuitive web and mobile experiences for an AI financial assistant, focusing on customer-centric user flows. The designer will contribute to and maintain the design system while collaborating with product managers and engineers to ship high-quality features.
Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Westminster, Colorado, United States of America
Vantor 🇺🇸 Westminster, Colorado, United States of America
Collaborate with the Creative Director to build and scale the brand's identity, campaigns, and design systems. Create high-impact visual assets across web, motion, and events to establish industry leadership in spatial intelligence.
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.