Design Leadership Jobs
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Sr. Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Certara 🇺🇸 United States
The main responsibility is to design, deepen, and scale the TFL Studio experience, leading the end-to-end UX and shaping workflows. Additionally, the role involves ensuring TFL Studio aligns with the broader product ecosystem and collaborating with other designers.
Lead Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Alt 🌍 Remote
As a Lead Product Designer, you will shape the core platform and create seamless experiences for users managing their alternative-asset portfolios. You will drive user-centric thinking and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver thoughtful solutions.
Senior Motion Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Mumbai City, Maharashtra, India
Oliver Agency - Apac 🇮🇳 Mumbai City, Maharashtra, India
The Senior Motion Graphic Designer is responsible for designing and creating digital content, interactive programs, and videos for Beauty/Lifestyle brands. They focus on moving motion animation to enhance storytelling based on the creative ideas of the Lead Creator/Digital Designer.
Senior Product Designer / UX/UI
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Fastbreak Ai 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Lead the full product design process from discovery to delivery, conducting user research to identify key user needs. Develop wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs while collaborating closely with engineering.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Teksystems 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will lead design efforts across mobile and web products, focusing on creating and evolving enterprise-grade design systems. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that products meet evolving business and user needs.
Lead Product Designer, Applied AI
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
Lead the design strategy for Applied AI experiences from discovery to shipped products, collaborating closely with engineering and product teams. Influence product decisions and maintain high standards of visual and UX craft.
Lead Product Designer, Applied AI
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
Lead the design strategy for Applied AI experiences from discovery to shipped products. Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and ML teams to translate AI capabilities into intuitive user experiences.
Lead Product Designer, Applied AI
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
Lead the design strategy for Applied AI experiences from discovery to shipped products, collaborating closely with engineering and product teams. Influence product decisions and maintain high standards of visual and UX craft.
Lead Product Designer, Applied AI
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
Lead the design strategy for Applied AI experiences from discovery to shipped products, collaborating closely with engineering and product teams. Influence product decisions and maintain high standards of visual and UX craft.
Lead Product Designer, Applied AI
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
Lead the design strategy for Applied AI experiences from discovery to shipped products. Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and ML teams to translate AI capabilities into intuitive user experiences.
Lead Product Designer, Applied AI
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
Lead the design strategy for Applied AI experiences from discovery to shipped products, collaborating closely with engineering and product teams. Influence product decisions and maintain high standards of visual and UX craft.
Lead Product Designer, Applied AI
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
Lead the design strategy for Applied AI experiences from discovery to shipped products, including AI agents, workflows, and copilots. Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and ML teams to translate AI capabilities into intuitive, usable, and trustworthy user experiences.
Lead Product Designer, Applied AI
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
Lead the design strategy for Applied AI experiences from discovery to shipped products. Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and ML teams to translate AI capabilities into intuitive user experiences.
Lead Product Designer, Applied AI
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
Lead the design strategy for Applied AI experiences from discovery to shipped products, collaborating closely with engineering and product teams. Influence product decisions and maintain high standards of visual and UX craft.
Lead Product Designer, Applied AI
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
Lead the design strategy for Applied AI experiences from discovery to shipped products, collaborating closely with engineering and product teams. Influence product decisions and maintain high standards of visual and UX craft.
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.