Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America)
Codepath Remote (🇺🇸 Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America)
The Senior Product Designer will own the experience design of CodePath's learning platform, including user flows, navigation, and the design system. This role involves direct interaction with users and collaboration with product managers and engineers to create impactful designs.
Senior UX Designer Kiro CLI, Kiro
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Own and drive the end-to-end design process for major features or product areas of Kiro. Collaborate with product management and engineering to ensure successful delivery and influence product strategy through strong design rationale.
Senior Product Designer, AI
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Gitlab Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
You will own the design process end-to-end for GitLab's AI suite, creating intuitive interfaces and seamless experiences for developers. This includes driving design from early exploration to polished execution and collaborating closely with product management and engineering teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Overflow 🇺🇸 United States of America
Take end-to-end ownership of core product areas including giving flows, payment experiences, and client dashboards. Partner with engineering and product teams to transform complex financial workflows into intuitive, high-craft user experiences.
Senior AI Product Designer - Remote
Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Kake Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Take design ownership on client projects, defining navigation, layout logic, and interaction behavior from the first brief to the final release. Leverage AI coding tools to turn design decisions into functional, testable products.
Senior Graphic Designer - AI Trainer
Remote (🇺🇸 Georgia, United States of America)
Dataannotation Remote (🇺🇸 Georgia, United States of America)
Review and critique AI-generated UI/UX designs, mockups, and visuals. Evaluate the quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance.
Senior UI Designer - Design System
🇭🇷 City of Zagreb, Croatia
Super 🇭🇷 City of Zagreb, Croatia
The Senior UI Designer will own and evolve the asset library across the design system, ensuring visual consistency and collaboration with product teams. They will also design and maintain UI components and patterns while contributing to the overall design system.
Senior AI Product Designer - Remote
Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)
Kake Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)
Take design ownership on client projects, defining navigation, layout logic, and interaction behavior from the first brief to the final release. Leverage AI coding tools to turn design decisions into functional, testable products rather than static deliverables.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Abridge 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape the product experience at Abridge, tackling complex design challenges and transforming clinical workflows into intuitive user experiences. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners and advocate for design excellence throughout the product lifecycle.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Agile Resources, Inc. 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The role involves leading the validation of advanced electronic systems used in off-highway equipment, ensuring their reliable performance. Key responsibilities include ownership of Design Verification Plans, establishing validation strategies, and managing non-conformance issues.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
Omada Health Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
As a Senior Product Designer, you will design human-centered experiences that help people make meaningful changes to their health and drive the design process from concept through execution. You will partner with various teams to shape strategy and translate insights into compelling product opportunities.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Spotnana 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Lead the design of complex traveler-facing products and internal tools, focusing on AI-powered and conversational experiences. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver high-quality interfaces while mentoring other designers through critiques.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Healthie 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design vision and execution for platform areas, translating complex clinical and billing workflows into intuitive user experiences. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to evolve the design system and mentor junior designers.
Senior Visual Designer
🇧🇷 Brazil
Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company) 🇧🇷 Brazil
Develop and execute high-quality visual design solutions across various touchpoints including branding, retail, and digital. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure creative alignment and maintain high standards of visual quality.
Senior UX-designer LAMP en Chimera
🇳🇱 Utrecht, Netherlands
Ministerie Van Defensie 🇳🇱 Utrecht, Netherlands
The Senior UX Designer will design end-to-end user experiences for complex applications across two technical teams, ensuring design quality and guiding UX practices. They will facilitate workshops and provide expert feedback to enhance user experience and accessibility.
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.