Design Leadership Jobs
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VDC BIM Designer, DC Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
You will design and maintain federated BIM models for data centers while leading multi-disciplinary coordination and clash detection efforts. Additionally, you will assist in enforcing BIM standards and provide support for information requests during construction phases.
Staff UX Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Honorvet Technologies 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
The Staff UX Designer will lead the end-to-end design of core Go-To-Market experiences, creating intuitive workflows and wireframes that integrate with larger enterprise systems. They will collaborate with cross-functional partners to influence experience strategy and solve complex operational problems for sellers and GTM partners.
Staff UX Designer, 37597465
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Cypress Hcm 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
You will lead the end-to-end design of core Go-To-Market experiences, creating intuitive workflows and wireframes that align with enterprise systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to influence experience strategy and ensure high-quality design delivery across complex operational tools.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Fortive 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
The Senior UX Designer will lead end-to-end design for B2B software products, managing the process from discovery through post-launch iteration. They will conduct user research, create responsive interfaces, and collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams to implement high-quality solutions.
UX Designer
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
Complete Assistance 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
Collaborate with Product Owners and developers to translate user needs into high-quality design solutions within an Agile framework. Lead the user-centric design process and contribute to the evolution of the design system across various digital platforms.
SoC Design Manager / Product Lead
🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Analog Devices 🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The SoC Design Manager will lead the end-to-end execution of complex SoC programs from initial architecture through to commercialization and production ramp. They are responsible for driving cross-functional alignment across hardware, software, and business teams while managing technical risks and customer engagements.
Senior UX / Digital Product Designer (Mensch)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Taikonauten Gmbh 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
You will lead the end-to-end digital product development process, from initial problem definition and discovery to final delivery. This involves structuring complex problems, facilitating workshops, and ensuring high-quality UX and UI design while collaborating with interdisciplinary teams.
Lead Product Designer - Remote & 6-12 months
🌍 Remote
Creative Circle 🌍 Remote
The Lead Product Designer will own UX strategy and execution for customer-facing purchase experiences to drive conversion and growth. They will partner with cross-functional teams to conduct research, lead A/B testing, and ensure high-quality design delivery.
6 month Fixed Term Lead Product Designer, Lifecycle
🇺🇸 United States
Change.org 🇺🇸 United States
The Lead Product Designer will own and elevate all lifecycle touchpoints, specifically email, to drive repeat civic action and return usage. They will design chaptered supporter journeys and extend the existing modular email system to improve performance metrics.
Senior Product Designer, Agent Experience
🇺🇸 United States
Vanta 🇺🇸 United States
Lead end-to-end design for agent-led experiences, defining how AI agents, skills, and memory are surfaced to help customers achieve security and compliance outcomes. Partner with cross-functional teams to establish trustworthy AI patterns and design scalable workflows across Vanta and third-party surfaces.
6 month Fixed Term Lead Product Designer, Lifecycle
🇺🇸 United States
Change.org 🇺🇸 United States
The Lead Product Designer will own and elevate all lifecycle touchpoints, specifically email, to drive repeat civic action and user engagement. They will design chaptered supporter journeys and collaborate with the Marketing team to refresh visual templates and systems.
Staff Product Designer, Agentic CMS
🇨🇦 British Columbia, Canada
Webflow 🇨🇦 British Columbia, Canada
You will lead the end-to-end design of the Agentic CMS, defining how enterprise marketing teams author, organize, and publish content across channels. You will partner with cross-functional teams to build scalable systems that support both human users and AI agents.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Newday 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
You will lead the design of intuitive acquisition journeys within a cross-functional squad, managing the process from discovery through to launch and optimization. Additionally, you will collaborate with stakeholders to deliver customer-centered solutions and contribute to strategic growth initiatives.
Principal Design Manager (Data Centres) - London, Bicester or Newcastle upon Tyne
🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom
Red Engineering Design 🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom
The Principal Design Manager will lead project teams and manage client relationships to ensure high-quality, profitable delivery of complex engineering projects. They are responsible for overseeing design procedures, sub-consultant contracts, and ensuring compliance with technical and safety standards throughout the project lifecycle.
Extremely Low Voltage (ELV) Design Manager
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Dayone 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The ELV Design Manager leads the design process for mission-critical data center projects, ensuring all low-voltage systems are reliable, scalable, and compliant with standards. They coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces between internal teams, consultants, and contractors to deliver high-quality infrastructure solutions.
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.