Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Real Dev Inc 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
The Product Designer will lead the full design lifecycle for new features, translating complex concepts into clear UX flows. They will advocate for users by grounding decisions in feedback and usability insights.
Staff UX Writer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Digicert 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Lead high-impact documentation and UX content initiatives, ensuring content quality and alignment with product goals. Mentor writers and drive process innovations to enhance documentation efficiency and scalability.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States
Western Union 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead design efforts for high-impact projects, ensuring user-centric design solutions. They will conduct user research and collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and user goals.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Pomelo Care 🌍 Remote
As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead design strategy for a cross-functional team and deliver high-quality designs for patient-facing experiences. You will also champion data-informed improvements and drive growth through A/B testing and optimizations.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Rain 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior Product Designer will own end-to-end design for core product features, leading user research and usability testing to inform design decisions. They will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and operations to create intuitive dashboard experiences.
Senior UX Designer
🇬🇷 Kavala, Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Mercado Libre 🇬🇷 Kavala, Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Design intuitive solutions for users to manage their accounts quickly and autonomously. Lead the design process from opportunity identification to handoff to development.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇸🇪 Getinge, Halland, Sweden
Aim'n Sportswear 🇸🇪 Getinge, Halland, Sweden
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead and guide the graphic team in daily tasks, ensuring quality and effective creative workflows. They will develop and produce graphic materials across various channels while maintaining brand guidelines.
Sr. Graphic Designer
🌍 Remote
Titanium Healthcare 🌍 Remote
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the conceptualization, design, and production of various marketing materials while ensuring alignment with brand standards. This role also involves managing multiple projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Lead Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Holliston, Massachusetts, United States
Pure Hockey 🇺🇸 Holliston, Massachusetts, United States
The Lead Graphic Designer will lead the execution of digital and print marketing deliverables while ensuring brand consistency. Responsibilities include creating graphics for product launches and collaborating with various departments to meet design needs.
Marketing Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States
Gc Ai 🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States
Lead design across all marketing and sales channels, ensuring brand consistency and managing the design system. Create visual assets for various campaigns and collaborate with cross-functional teams to support revenue goals.
Principal Product Designer
🇨🇿 Capital City of Prague, Prague, Czechia
Gen 🇨🇿 Capital City of Prague, Prague, Czechia
Lead collaboration within a product pillar and influence company strategy through storytelling. Shape design processes to improve efficiency and mentor designers to enhance team effectiveness.
Lead Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Circle 🌍 Remote
You will audit existing workflows and unify them into a cohesive platform experience. Additionally, you will design user experiences for roles, permissions, and billing infrastructure.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Jerry.ai 🇺🇸 United States
As a Staff Product Designer, you will lead design for key products and ship features that modernize car care. Your work will shape the user experience and set design standards for the company.
Senior Product Designer - Games Developer Ecosystem
🌍 Remote
Netflix 🌍 Remote
Lead the UX and UI design of proprietary tools for game developers and partners to integrate features and launch games on Netflix. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop new concepts and improve existing tools and features.
UX Designer, Google Pay
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Google 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
As an Interaction Designer, you will work with a collaborative team to create seamless payment experiences for users in India. You will navigate ambiguity and partner with product managers and engineering leads to deliver value.
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.