Design Leadership Jobs
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UX & UI Designer
🇳🇴 Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Newcode.ai 🇳🇴 Oslo, Oslo, Norway
The role involves developing and owning the end-to-end user experience across web applications and refining the design system for consistency and accessibility. Additionally, the designer will collaborate with various teams to express innovation and lead design sprints and workshops.
UX & UI Designer
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Newcode.ai 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
The role involves developing and owning the end-to-end user experience across various applications and refining the design system for consistency and accessibility. Additionally, the designer will collaborate with product and engineering teams to express innovation in design and lead design sprints and workshops.
UX & UI Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Newcode.ai 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The role involves developing and owning the end-to-end user experience across various applications and refining the design system for consistency and accessibility. Additionally, the designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to express innovation and lead design sprints and workshops.
Senior UX designer, AVP
🇮🇳 India
Deutsche Bank 🇮🇳 India
As a Senior UX design lead, you will create functional applications and collaborate with teams to define a product vision for Operational Risk. You will support user research, assist in producing UX documents, and present design concepts to stakeholders.
Senior UX designer, AVP
🇮🇳 India
Deutsche Bank 🇮🇳 India
As a Senior UX design lead, you will create functional applications and collaborate with teams to define a product vision for Operational Risk Management. You will also support user research, assist in producing UX documents, and present design concepts to stakeholders.
Senior UX Designer
🇱🇰 Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Robotic Assistance Devices 🇱🇰 Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
The Senior UX Designer will lead user experience design across web and mobile applications, focusing on improving usability and consistency. They will collaborate with engineering, product, and QA teams to advocate for user-centered thinking throughout the product lifecycle.
Healthcare Portal UX Designer
🌍 Remote
General Dynamics Information Technology 🌍 Remote
The UI/UX Designer will lead and support the design of a self-service portal for members and providers to interact with health data. Collaboration with customers, stakeholders, and the development team is crucial for this role.
Senior UX designer, AVP
🇮🇳 India
Deutsche Bank 🇮🇳 India
As a Senior UX design lead, you will create functional applications and collaborate with teams to define a product vision for Operational Risk Management. You will support user research, assist in producing UX documents, and present design concepts to stakeholders.
Senior UX designer, AVP
🇮🇳 India
Deutsche Bank 🇮🇳 India
As a Senior UX design lead, you will create functional applications and collaborate with teams to define a product vision for Operational Risk Management. You will also support user research, assist in producing UX documents, and advocate for design trends.
991- Product Designer (UX)
🌍 Remote
Gofasti 🌍 Remote
The Product Designer (UX) will conduct UX research, plan usability sessions, and convert findings into prioritized UX fixes. They will also design end-to-end flows and collaborate with the AI Lead to enhance user trust and explainability.
Lead Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Bjak 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead the creation of visual assets for various marketing channels and translate creative briefs into attention-grabbing visuals. Collaborate with teams to ensure brand consistency and analyze performance data to improve visual strategies.
Web and Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States
California Environmental Voters 🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States
The Web and Graphic Designer will lead graphic creation, maintain websites, and create web content to drive online actions. They will also analyze data to improve website performance and user experience.
Web and Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
California Environmental Voters 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
The Web and Graphic Designer will lead graphic creation and maintain the organization's websites while creating web content that encourages online actions. They will also analyze website performance using data-driven decisions.
Senior Product Designer (DEX)
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Sysaid Technologies 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Lead the full design process from discovery to polished UX and UI, focusing on Product Led Growth-driven experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define user journeys and optimize design decisions using data and research.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇫🇮 Hyvinkää, Uusimaa, Finland
Paula's Choice Skincare 🇫🇮 Hyvinkää, Uusimaa, Finland
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead and elevate the creative output across print and digital channels, overseeing a small team of designers. Responsibilities include managing the creative process from concept to execution and ensuring brand alignment across all 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.