Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer, AI
🌍 Remote
Maintainx (an Autodesk Company) 🌍 Remote
You will lead end-to-end design for AI-powered product surfaces across web and mobile platforms. You will collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate complex AI workflows into intuitive tools for frontline workers.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design management projects, oversee sub-consultant contracts, and manage financial processes including invoicing and cash flow. They are also responsible for mentoring junior team members and ensuring all project outputs meet quality and contractual standards.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design management projects, oversee sub-consultant contracts, and manage financial processes including invoicing and cash flow. They are also responsible for mentoring junior staff, ensuring quality outputs, and implementing design management procedures across international projects.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design management projects, oversee sub-consultant contracts, and manage financial processes including invoicing and cash flow. They will also support team leadership, mentor junior staff, and ensure all project outputs meet quality and contractual standards.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design management projects, oversee sub-consultant contracts, and manage financial processes including invoicing and cash flow. They will also support team leadership by mentoring junior staff, conducting performance reviews, and ensuring quality compliance across all project outputs.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design management projects, oversee sub-consultant contracts, and manage financial processes including invoicing and cash flow. They are also responsible for mentoring junior staff, ensuring quality compliance, and implementing design management procedures across UK and international projects.
Sr. UX Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Thomson Reuters 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design of AI-powered features, including agentic workflows and generative interactions. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex model behaviors into intuitive, trustworthy, and user-centered experiences.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design management projects, oversee sub-consultant contracts, and manage financial processes including invoicing and cash flow. They are also responsible for mentoring junior staff, ensuring quality compliance, and implementing design management procedures across international projects.
Senior UX Researcher – 6 month contract
🌍 Remote
Pointclickcare 🌍 Remote
The Senior UX Researcher will lead end-to-end research activities, including planning, recruitment, facilitation, and synthesis of findings to drive product strategy. They will collaborate closely with Product and UX Design teams to translate customer insights into actionable design recommendations.
Senior UX Researcher – 6 month contract
🌍 Remote
Pointclickcare 🌍 Remote
The Senior UX Researcher will lead end-to-end research activities, including planning, facilitation, and synthesis of findings to drive product strategy. They will partner with Product and UX Design teams to translate customer insights into actionable design recommendations.
Lead Product Designer / Responsable de produit design
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ironbelly Studios 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
You will own the end-to-end product design for the iOS application and maintain the design system to ensure consistency across all platforms. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with engineering and marketing teams to define the visual identity and defend design decisions to leadership.
Principal Product Designer – UI Platform
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Okta 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
You will serve as a foundational design lead for Okta's global user experience infrastructure, shaping design patterns, architecture, and accessibility standards. You will partner with cross-functional leads to drive platform-level initiatives and mentor designers to promote craft excellence.
Sr. UX Designer
🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States
Thomson Reuters 🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States
You will lead the end-to-end design of AI-powered features, defining how humans collaborate with AI through intuitive workflows and interaction patterns. You will also partner with product, engineering, and data science teams to translate complex model behaviors into trustworthy, user-centered experiences.
Sr. UX Designer
🇺🇸 Eagan, Minnesota, United States
Thomson Reuters 🇺🇸 Eagan, Minnesota, United States
Lead the end-to-end design of AI-powered features, including agentic workflows and generative interactions. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex model behaviors into intuitive, trustworthy, and user-centered experiences.
Sr. UX Designer
🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Thomson Reuters 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
You will lead the end-to-end design of AI-powered features, translating complex model behaviors into intuitive and trustworthy user workflows. You will also partner with cross-functional teams including data science and engineering to define interaction patterns and validate AI experiences through research.
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.