Design Leadership Jobs
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UX Designer Senior
🇵🇪 Lima, Lima Metropolitan Area, Peru
Multiplica Talent 🇵🇪 Lima, Lima Metropolitan Area, Peru
Lead teams of people as a Senior UX Designer on challenging projects for major clients. Collaborate with clients to understand their needs and deliver high-quality digital and technological solutions.
Senior Design Manager, Restaurant Architecture (US & Canada)
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Dairy Queen 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager provides design, food service equipment, and building systems direction to expedite plan completion and project commencement. They are responsible for managing accurate documentation and timely implementation of prototypical design and operational standards for new store development and reinvestment projects.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Podium 🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States of America
You will design how humans work alongside AI, creating new interaction patterns. You will lead design efforts, collaborating with product management and engineering to solve complex UX problems.
Senior UX UI Designer
🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States of America
Sbm Offshore 🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States of America
Responsible for creating visually striking and user-friendly interfaces by transforming complex concepts into elegant digital experiences. The role involves leading the design approval process and collaborating with developers and executives to implement design guidelines across web and mobile platforms.
Senior Web Designer (d/f/m)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Personio 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Web Designer will own end-to-end design for web surfaces and digital experience touchpoints, ensuring high-quality design and user experience. They will also lead user research and help architect systems and workflows to enhance design efficiency.
Senior Web Designer (d/f/m)
🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
Personio 🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
The Senior Web Designer will own end-to-end design for web surfaces and digital experience touchpoints, ensuring high-quality design and user experience. They will also lead user research and help architect systems and workflows to enhance the design process.
Senior Web Designer (d/f/m)
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Personio 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
The Senior Web Designer will own end-to-end design for web surfaces and digital experience touchpoints, ensuring high-quality design and user experience. They will also lead user research and help architect systems and workflows to enhance the design process.
Senior Product Designer
🇪🇸 Spain
Social Discovery Group 🇪🇸 Spain
The Senior Product Designer will gather and analyze business data to identify areas for improvement and collaborate with development teams to ensure accurate implementation of design specifications. They will also monitor and evaluate the performance of design solutions through user feedback and analytics.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Blue J 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior Product Designer will lead the creation and maintenance of a scalable design system and craft intuitive user experiences for a generative AI tax solution. They will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate user insights into high-fidelity designs and front-end code.
Senior Product Designer Associate (External Agency Staff)
🇺🇸 Inglewood, California, United States of America
The National Football League 🇺🇸 Inglewood, California, United States of America
Design compelling, user-centered digital experiences and high-fidelity UI/UX specifications across the NFL portfolio. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build and manage a cohesive design system and ensure experience cohesion across platforms.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barclays 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will create user-centered and visually appealing designs for digital banking products by conducting user research and collaborating with stakeholders. They will also design and maintain user interfaces that align with the bank's brand identity and continuously improve design quality.
Senior Product Design Manager - Germany (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Germany
Pennylane Sas 🇩🇪 Germany
Lead the development of the financial operating system for the German market by solving real user problems and designing complex B2B digital products. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate user research and business goals into high-fidelity prototypes and scalable solutions.
Senior UX Product Designer - Supply Chain Middle Mile
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Target 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape the future of supply chain operations through digital applications used by warehouse leaders. Your work will involve collaborating with various teams to create intuitive and actionable experiences from complex operational data.
SR UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
General Dynamics Information Technology 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will provide subject matter expertise in UX design, guiding teams in Human-Centered Design methodologies. They will lead the design and development of user interfaces, ensuring applications are user-friendly and visually appealing.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Neural Earth 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of a geospatial intelligence platform, focusing on map-based risk dashboards and AI-assisted workflows. Collaborate with engineering and data science teams to translate complex spatial data into intuitive interfaces for non-technical users.
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.