Design Leadership Jobs

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Senior UI- / UX-Designer (m/w/d)

🇩🇪 Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The role involves building and maintaining a cross-product design system and establishing consistent UI/UX patterns for a medical software portfolio. You will conduct user research and usability testing to translate complex radiology workflows into intuitive digital interfaces.

Full-timeMid-level
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Director UI/UX Designer

🇮🇳 Bangalore, Karnataka, India

You will lead the product design team and define the long-term vision for the platform while staying hands-on with interaction and visual design. You will also partner with engineering and product teams to simplify complex enterprise workflows and build a scalable design system.

Full-timeDirector
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Middle+/Senior Product Designer

🇨🇾 Vasa Kellakiou, Cyprus, Cyprus

The role involves owning the end-to-end user experience for B2C gaming and iGaming products across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. Key duties include running A/B tests, maintaining design systems, and collaborating with engineering and analytics teams to iterate on product solutions.

Full-timeSenior
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Design Systems Designer

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Evolve and scale the design system to support AI-driven interaction patterns and dynamic, agent-generated UIs. Establish design standards and guardrails to ensure consistency and high visual quality across technical teams.

Full-time
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Senior product designer

🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden

You will lead end-to-end design work for an AI-native accounting platform, collaborating with cross-functional teams to shape product strategy. This involves conducting user research, building design systems, and utilizing AI tools to prototype and iterate on complex workflows.

Full-timeSenior
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UI/UX | Designer | Tech

🇮🇹 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

The designer will take ownership of the core product surface, including dashboards and deploy flows, from wireframe to shipped UI. They will also maintain the design system and create marketing assets for the platform.

$30,000 - $35,000Full-timeJunior
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Senior Visual Designer, YouTube on TVs

🇺🇸 San Bruno, California, United States

Lead the evolution of the YouTube Living Room design system and component library to ensure visual consistency across TV platforms. Integrate AI-assisted workflows into the design pipeline to create high-fidelity prototypes and next-generation interaction patterns.

$159,000 - $230,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to create user-centered product solutions from conceptualization to final delivery. Key duties include evolving the Rapido Design System and mentoring junior designers within an agile environment.

Full-timeSenior
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UI/UX Designer

🌍 Remote

The designer will conduct user research and apply design thinking to create intuitive, mobile-first interfaces. They will also develop high-fidelity prototypes and maintain a cohesive visual design system in collaboration with product teams.

RemoteFull-time
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Senior Product Designer

🇫🇷 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

The Senior Product Designer will lead the creation of innovative product experiences, focusing on the design of key screens and the development of the company's design system. They will also ensure global visual and interactional coherence while integrating AI-native patterns into the product stack.

HybridContractMid-level
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Founding Product Designer

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

The Founding Product Designer will define the end-to-end user experience for an AI-powered platform, translating complex professional workflows into intuitive interfaces. They will own the entire design process from discovery and research to high-fidelity production designs and the evolution of the company's design system.

Full-time
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Senior Visual Designer, YouTube on TVs

🇺🇸 San Bruno, California, United States

The Senior Visual Designer will evolve the Living Room design system and integrate AI-assisted workflows to prototype next-generation TV interaction patterns. They will collaborate across disciplines to ensure cohesive, accessible, and high-quality user experiences for YouTube on TV platforms.

$159,000 - $230,000Full-timeSenior
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UX Designer

🇩🇪 Germany

The role involves developing design concepts, prototypes, and design systems to enhance user experience across digital platforms. You will conduct independent user research and collaborate with developers and stakeholders to ensure product competitiveness and consistency.

HybridFull-time
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UI/UX Designer

🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

The role involves designing high-fidelity user interfaces and intuitive UX flows for web and mobile applications, including SaaS platforms and dashboards. Additionally, the designer will create visually striking corporate websites and maintain scalable design systems to ensure brand consistency.

Full-time
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Senior UX Designer (Freelance / Part-Time)

🇮🇳 India

The designer will own end-to-end product design for data-dense B2B SaaS interfaces, including flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity screens. They are responsible for building and maintaining a reusable design system aligned with Tailwind and shadcn/ui to ensure seamless translation to code.

Part-timeSenior
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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.