Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Cgs Federal (contact Government Services) 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX research and design for websites and applications, including evaluating existing systems, creating wireframes and high-fidelity mockups, and delivering accessible, intuitive solutions. Coordinate design work across clients and teams, communicate concepts through design artifacts, and develop scalable resources while mentoring junior designers.
Senior UI/UX Designer II
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cgs Federal (contact Government Services) 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead UX research, analysis, and design across multiple websites and applications, from evaluating existing systems to delivering high-fidelity interface designs. Collaborate with federal clients and engineering teams to create intuitive, accessible solutions and scalable design resources, while guiding project work and mentoring junior designers.
Financial Services - Technology Consulting - Product Designer - Manager - NYC
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Ey 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead multidisciplinary design teams and delivery across client engagements, maintaining experience quality while managing workstream economics, resources, and client relationships. Shape design practice standards and AI-assisted methods, advise executives on experience strategy, develop junior designers, and contribute to business development and practice building.
Financial Services - Technology Consulting - Product Designer - Senior - NYC
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Ey 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead a product design workstream from client problem framing and research through user flows, prototypes, high-fidelity design, and engineer-ready specifications, using AI tools while reviewing work for accuracy, accessibility, bias, and brand alignment. Manage day-to-day client communication, collaborate with multidisciplinary Agile teams, mentor junior designers, and contribute to proposals, business development, and design capability building.
Lead Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Salesforce 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the creation and evolution of Salesforce’s AI-first design system, tools, and visual language, documenting standards that support consistent, accessible experiences across products. Collaborate with product, design, research, writing, and engineering teams to integrate the system into workflows, validate decisions with users, and mentor junior designers.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Hd Supply 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Leads user-centered design for assigned products, creating advanced design artifacts and conducting research and usability testing to address user needs and business objectives. Collaborates with cross-functional teams, contributes to design frameworks and best practices, advocates for user-centered design, and mentors junior designers.
Mechanical Project Engineer, Design Engineering Quality
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Mechanical Project Engineer will own and execute the mechanical design of automated fulfillment center projects from concept through installation. They are responsible for providing technical oversight, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring all designs meet safety and performance standards.
Lead Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Salesforce 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the creation and maintenance of a next-gen AI-first design system that scales across Salesforce products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define design standards, mentor junior designers, and integrate system components into development workflows.
Jr Web Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Dealeron 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Junior Web Designer supports implementation and client support teams by executing website design changes using HTML, CSS, and jQuery. They are responsible for maintaining high quality standards while meeting deadlines and staying current with industry trends.
Senior Design Manager, Women's Knitwear
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Pvh Corp. 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design and development of women's knitwear collections, translating creative direction and trend research into products that meet brand, quality, and customer expectations. Guide junior designers and collaborate with design, merchandising, sourcing, sales, product development, and external partners to present and execute seasonal collections.
Junior Graphic Designer Intern
🇺🇸 Texas, United States of America
Stirista 🇺🇸 Texas, United States of America
Create and support digital and print creative assets for internal marketing initiatives and client campaigns, including social media graphics, email visuals, web assets, presentations, and branded content. Contribute to moodboards, mockups, brand assets, UX wireframes, research, competitive analysis, creative reviews, and preparation of production-ready files.
Financial Services - Technology Consulting - Product Designer - Senior - NYC
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Ey 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer leads design workstreams within multidisciplinary teams, managing the end-to-end design process from problem framing to final specifications. They are responsible for client relationships, mentoring junior designers, and leveraging AI tools to accelerate design and prototyping workflows.
Senior Design Manager, Women's Knitwear
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Pvh Corp. 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager leads the design process for women's knitwear, conceptualizing innovative collections while ensuring brand alignment and quality standards. They collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior designers to drive the success of the knitwear line in the fashion market.
Senior UI/UX Designer II
🇺🇸 Massachusetts, United States of America
Cgs Federal (contact Government Services) 🇺🇸 Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX research and design for websites and applications, including evaluating existing systems, creating wireframes and high-fidelity mockups, and delivering accessible, intuitive solutions. Coordinate design work across multiple clients and projects, collaborate with federal clients and engineers, develop scalable design resources, and mentor junior designers.
Sr. Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Redlands, California, United States of America
Esri 🇺🇸 Redlands, California, United States of America
Develop and lead compelling visual concepts and narratives across print, digital, social media, events, and other channels, ensuring brand consistency and alignment with organizational goals. Collaborate with stakeholders and creative teams, oversee projects from concept through delivery, and mentor junior designers with constructive creative guidance.
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.