Design Leadership Jobs
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Principal Product Designer (UX/NetSec)
🇺🇸 Santa Clara, California, United States
Palo Alto Networks 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, California, United States
As a Principal Product Designer, you will craft cohesive and intuitive experiences for Network Security within Strata Cloud Manager. You will lead the design process, mentor team members, and collaborate with senior leadership to deliver data-driven experiences.
Principal Product Designer (NetSec)
🇺🇸 Santa Clara, California, United States
Palo Alto Networks 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, California, United States
As a Principal Product Designer, you will craft cohesive and intuitive experiences for Network Security within Strata Cloud Manager. You will lead the design process, mentor team members, and collaborate with senior leadership to deliver data-driven experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Sensat 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Translate complex geospatial and project data into intuitive designs that enhance decision-making. Lead research and discovery efforts while collaborating closely with product, engineering, and leadership teams.
Senior Product Designer - ZEOS Design and Research (all genders)
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Zalando 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
You will lead the design of complex customer journeys and drive the design vision for ZEOS Logistics service offerings. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to create engaging solutions for merchants and their end customers.
Senior Product Designer
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Uipath 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
The Senior Product Designer will translate conceptual ideas into exceptional design solutions and collaborate with various teams to deliver cohesive experiences. They will craft design artifacts and advocate for design excellence through storytelling and user insights.
Senior Product Designer- Tradebyte (all genders)
🇩🇪 Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany
Zalando 🇩🇪 Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany
Shape the experience and visual direction of Tradebyte products, collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate complex ideas into elegant design concepts. Rapidly prototype and iterate on new features while contributing to the evolution of Tradebyte’s design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Funding Circle Uk 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will autonomously lead end-to-end design projects, ensuring that user experience designs meet both user needs and business goals. They will collaborate closely with engineers and other team members to create intuitive and engaging product experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Anthology 🌍 Remote
As a Senior Product Designer, you will define and evolve the design system and design language while leading design projects that combine research insights and rapid iteration. You will advocate for the user and work collaboratively with product teams to bring ideas to life.
Senior Product Designer (12 Mesi - Tempo Determinato) - Moneyfarm
🇮🇹 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Product Heroes 🇮🇹 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
You will lead the end-to-end design process for web and mobile applications, ensuring user-centric solutions based on research and feedback. Additionally, you will own the design system, creating and maintaining component libraries and style guides.
Senior Product Designer
🇧🇷 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Entain 🇧🇷 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
The Senior Product Designer will define design requirements based on research and analytics, ensuring alignment across the product development lifecycle. They will create product experiences through usability testing and collaboration, delivering high-quality designs and maintaining design consistency.
Urgent Job opening- UX/SAS product Designer- Sunnyvale, CA ( Onsite)
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
Cystems Logic Inc 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
The Senior UX and Product Designer will focus on designing SAS products and platforms, ensuring a deep understanding of analytics workflows and enterprise data environments. The role requires direct experience in designing SAS products or SAS-based platforms.
Product Designer Senior H/F
🇫🇷 Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
The Senior Product Designer will lead a team of designers and oversee user research while defining and evolving design strategies in collaboration with product teams. They will analyze user testing data to identify friction points and make relevant improvement recommendations.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇱 Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Keepit 🇵🇱 Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
The Senior Product Designer will create user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs while collaborating with product managers and engineers throughout the design process. They will also document design decisions and support usability testing.
Principal Product Designer
🇨🇦 Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Geotab 🇨🇦 Oakville, Ontario, Canada
As a Principal Product Designer, you will advocate for user-centered design solutions and drive the end-to-end design process for complex initiatives. You will work closely with senior stakeholders to influence decisions and align on a clear design vision.
Senior Product Designer
🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Trm Labs 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Lead the end-to-end design process, ensuring high-quality user experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric solutions that drive business impact.
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.