Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior UX Researcher & Strategist (f/m/x)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Hellofresh 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Lead strategic research initiatives and own end-to-end research and strategy work streams. Shape experiences across the ecosystem by partnering with various teams to understand and improve customer interactions.
Graphic Designer - Foot & Ankle
🇺🇸 Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Conmed Corporation 🇺🇸 Memphis, Tennessee, United States
The Graphic Designer will lead design projects from concept through execution across digital and print platforms, developing original design concepts and collaborating with cross-functional teams. They will also manage production and quality checks for all creative deliverables.
Senior Graphic Designer - Orthopedics
🇺🇸 Largo, Florida, United States
Conmed Corporation 🇺🇸 Largo, Florida, United States
Lead design projects from concept through execution across digital and print platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create marketing materials that support branding and product launches.
UX Designer
🇬🇧 Warwick, England, United Kingdom
Bright 🇬🇧 Warwick, England, United Kingdom
Lead projects from day one, focusing on AI-enhanced workflows and smart automation. Own the full UX process, collaborating closely with product managers and engineers to ensure successful implementation.
Lead UX designer - Papers / Readcube
🌍 Remote
Digital Science 🌍 Remote
The Lead UX Designer will own product discovery and define strategy by addressing complex problems in the productivity space. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams and produce engineering-ready designs while measuring the impact of their work.
Senior UX designer - B2C / Overleaf
🌍 Remote
Digital Science 🌍 Remote
The Senior UX Designer will be responsible for understanding complex problems in the productivity space and supporting end-to-end researcher workflows. This includes crafting impactful AI-supported experiences and leading the product discovery process.
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Senior UI/UX Designer
🇵🇰 Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Emumba 🇵🇰 Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
The Senior UI/UX Designer will create user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes while maintaining design consistency and contributing to design guidelines. They will also lead client conversations and ensure accurate implementation of designs by collaborating with developers.
Senior Product Designer (Contract/Contract-to-perm)
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
This Place 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead the design of end-to-end eCommerce journeys across web and mobile, producing high-quality UX and UI deliverables. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to shape requirements and validate design decisions.
Lead Product Designer, Dating Outcomes
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Match Group 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead end-to-end design for Hinge’s core dating experience, translating strategic goals into user flows and high fidelity UI. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define vision and deliver user-centered outcomes.
Lead Product Designer, Trust and Safety
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Match Group 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead end-to-end design for safety and trusted connection on Hinge, creating user flows, prototypes, and high-quality UI. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define vision and deliver outcomes aligned with user needs and organizational strategy.
Product Designer (Industrial and UX/interaction)
🇨🇦 Valcourt (ville), Quebec, Canada
Brp 🇨🇦 Valcourt (ville), Quebec, Canada
The Product Designer will lead qualitative design research activities and facilitate workshops with the design team. They will develop and lead the UX vision across multiple advanced projects and create prototypes to communicate design intent.
UX Designer
🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Getinge 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
As a UX Designer, you will focus on understanding end users and their needs to create high-quality user experiences. You will collaborate closely with the Lead UX Designer, stakeholders, and the Product Owner to verify designs.
Lead/Principal Product Designer, Agentforce Platform
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
Salesforce 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
As a Lead/Principal UX Designer for Agentforce, you will shape how Employee Agents interact within Salesforce. You will define communication patterns and collaborate with teams to create scalable agent experiences.
Senior UX Designer - Origination & Servicing
The Senior UX Designer is responsible for designing user experiences across complex workflows, including lending-like processes. They will lead UX research and design end-to-end journeys for various stakeholders while ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
Staff Product Designer, Merchant Marketing
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Doordash Usa 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the strategic vision for the Ads & Promotions campaign experience for restaurants on DoorDash. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design tools that meet the unique needs of SMB and Enterprise restaurants.
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.