Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Ignite Creative Services, Llc. 🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Lead graphic design and campaign development for food and beverage brands from concept to delivery. Manage pre-production logistics for photo shoots and execute digital deliverables including email campaigns and video content.
Warehouse Solutions Design Manager
🇬🇧 Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Gxo Logistics, Inc. 🇬🇧 Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
The role involves designing innovative, scalable warehouse layouts and supply chain solutions using 2D and 3D tools to drive efficiency and cost savings. The manager will independently lead multiple design projects, engage with customers to gather requirements, and collaborate with internal teams for operational sign-off.
Lead Product Designer (UI/UX)
🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
Peratera 🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
Own the end-to-end design process for the Digital Wallet product, transforming complex financial workflows into intuitive user experiences. Build and evolve the company's design system while collaborating with Product and Engineering teams to shape the product roadmap.
Learning Experience Design Manager
🇵🇭 Quezon City, Eastern Manila District, Philippines
Ttec 🇵🇭 Quezon City, Eastern Manila District, Philippines
Leads a team of media designers and creative specialists to develop high-quality digital learning experiences, including interactive media and AI-enabled solutions. Partners with instructional designers and stakeholders to drive media strategies that align with business objectives and quality standards.
Senior Product Designer - 6 months FTC
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Vypr 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead design for the 'Customer Delight' team, focusing on new features, design standards, and the component library. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and subject matter experts to deliver features using the Shape Up methodology.
Senior Product Designer - POS
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Sumup 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Lead end-to-end design for Reporting, Fiscalisation, and Sales domains to create scalable, unified experiences across dashboard and mobile platforms. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to shape long-term product strategy and establish UX patterns for complex financial data.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
Swoon 🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX design processes from ideation to execution for customer and employee facing applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and engineers to implement scalable design standards and user-centered solutions.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Brea, California, United States of America
Envista Holdings Corporation 🇺🇸 Brea, California, United States of America
The Graphic Designer conceptualizes and executes visual graphics and lead-generating marketing campaigns for dental consumables. They are responsible for the entire design process from concept to production, ensuring all materials align with brand guidelines.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Develop and champion a cohesive design strategy and vision across Google products while collaborating with cross-functional partners. Lead design processes and utilize user research to drive continuous product improvements and maintain high-quality design specifications.
Product Design Engineering Manager - Aerospace & Defense Industry!
🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
C/a Design Inc. 🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the conception and development of rugged embedded computing products for the aerospace and defense industries. Manage the full product lifecycle from initial vision and customer requirement gathering through to full-scale production and deployment.
Senior UX Designer (remote)
Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Brunel Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Lead the end-to-end UX process from user research and usability testing to high-fidelity prototyping. Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering to develop intuitive B2B SaaS solutions and maintain the Design System.
Designer de produit senior / Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Vention 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design and quality direction for the customer account platform, translating complex technical constraints into intuitive user experiences. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to validate solutions through user research and contribute to the evolution of the company's design system and AI workflows.
Staff Product Designer, Mobile focus
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Kayak 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Own the design direction and UX/UI pattern systems across mobile apps to ensure a coherent user experience. Lead native craft for iOS and Android while guiding multiple design teams on quality, velocity, and AI integration.
UI/UX Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Netapp, Inc. 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the design of complex enterprise product experiences by creating high-fidelity prototypes and mockups in Figma. Leverage responsible AI tools to improve productivity and innovation while collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.
Sr. Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
Lhh 🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
Lead the development of packaging, shopper marketing, and digital creative assets for CPG and retail channels. Partner with marketing and leadership teams to ensure brand consistency across all retail and consumer touchpoints.
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.