Design Leadership Jobs

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PRODUCT DESIGNER SENIOR

🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

You will conduct usability testing and user research to identify improvement opportunities for the global Inter Shop experience. Additionally, you will create interfaces using Figma and align design solutions with stakeholders to ensure business objectives are met.

HybridFull-time
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Senior Product Designer

🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of intuitive, accessible digital experiences across mobile and web platforms throughout the product development lifecycle. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align design decisions with business objectives, user needs, and technical constraints.

$108,900 - $124,300Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

The Graphic Designer will execute world-class design assets across digital, print, and retail channels while adhering to specific brand guidelines. They will manage multiple concurrent projects, support photo shoots, and ensure high-quality production standards for all deliverables.

$70,000 - $85,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer - Cleared

🇺🇸 Chantilly, VA 20153, United States of America

The Senior Graphic Designer provides executive-level multimedia support by creating a wide variety of visually appealing design products such as infographics, branding, and briefing presentations. They are responsible for managing multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring all communications align with mission goals and organizational standards.

$70,800 - $148,600Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Oak Lawn, IL 60453, United States of America

The Senior Graphic Designer will own creative projects from concept through production across digital, print, and social marketing channels. They will also serve as a brand steward, ensuring consistency while leading creative development for new clinic openings and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Full-timeSenior
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Product Designer

🇺🇸 United States of America

You will own end-to-end design work across the consumer funnel, including onboarding, search, and booking flows. Additionally, you will partner with the senior designer and engineers to ship net-new products and iterate based on user research and analytics.

$115,000 - $140,000Full-time
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Senior Product Designer

🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of features for both client-facing applications and internal operational tools. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to conduct user research, define information architecture, and ensure high-quality execution through wireframing and prototyping.

Full-time
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PRODUCT DESIGNER SENIOR

🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

You will conduct usability testing and user research to identify improvement opportunities while creating interfaces in Figma that align with the design system. Additionally, you will manage stakeholder expectations and present design proposals backed by qualitative and quantitative data.

Full-time
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Senior Product Designer - Uber Direct & Connect

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

Lead human-centered experience design for high-impact domains and define new interaction patterns for the Uber Direct & Connect delivery marketplace. Partner with Product, Engineering, and Operations to shape the strategic roadmap and design across digital and physical touchpoints.

$180,000 - $200,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

You will lead the design of features for both client-facing applications and internal operational tools. This involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to conduct user research, define information architecture, and execute high-quality UI designs.

$140,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Researcher

🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

The Senior UX Researcher will lead complex, high-impact research initiatives to inform product strategy and design decisions. They will also strengthen the research practice by mentoring team members and advocating for customer-centered decision-making across the organization.

$118,600 - $148,250Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

You will design intuitive interaction flows and UI components to help brokers and agency leaders effectively manage complex data. You will also conduct user research and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship features across the full product lifecycle.

$145,000 - $165,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Researcher, Mixed Methods (Quant-Leaning)

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

You will own the end-to-end quantitative and qualitative research strategy to inform pricing, packaging, and subscription growth decisions. Additionally, you will build and maintain longitudinal measurement systems to track product health and user sentiment over time.

Onsite$176,000 - $220,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior / Staff UX Researcher, Qualitative

Remote (🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America)

You will own the foundational qualitative research agenda for mobile product development, conducting generative studies to shape product strategy. You will partner closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate user insights into actionable product decisions.

Remote$176,000 - $220,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America

The Senior Graphic Designer will shape brand expression across retail, packaging, and physical consumer experiences by developing scalable design systems. They will partner with the Art Director to translate campaign strategies into compelling visual merchandising and retail environments while maintaining brand consistency.

Onsite$85,000 - $100,000Full-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.