Design Leadership Jobs
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Principal UX Designer - Remote
Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Galactic Minds Inc Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
This role will focus on replacing legacy thick-client UI with modern, scalable, and intuitive digital experiences. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, and Business teams to reimagine user journeys.
Principal UX Designer
🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Workday 🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Architect an AI-driven transformation by building custom agents and scalable operating structures for internal design teams. Lead the product design execution for high-stakes, complex agentic Workday products to ensure high-caliber user experiences.
Principal, Design Engineering - Power
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Principal, Design Engineering - Power is responsible for architecting, implementing, and supporting power system solutions for various products. This includes leading the design of DC-DC switch-mode power supplies and ensuring compliance with power, thermal, and safety requirements.
Principal/MTS, Analog Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Micron Technology 🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Design, optimize, and verify block-level analog and mixed-signal circuits for DRAM projects. Collaborate with global design teams to bring innovative circuit designs from concept to silicon.
Sr. Principal/SMTS, IO/Clock Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Micron Technology 🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
You will be responsible for the architecture, design, development, optimization, verification, and technical support of high-speed IP circuits used in Micron’s DRAM memory products. This includes defining and innovating high-speed IO and clocking circuits, as well as collaborating with various teams to ensure performance and reliability.
Principal/MTS, IO Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Micron Technology 🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
The role involves innovating, designing, optimizing, and verifying high-speed IO and clocking circuits for new DRAM products. The engineer will also develop engineering solutions to address challenges related to circuit performance and timing.
Principal Product Designer, Retail
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lightspeed Commerce, Inc. 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the design of agentic AI experiences for retail merchants, defining new interaction patterns and trust frameworks. Raise the overall craft bar of the design organization through hands-on contribution and influence across multiple product areas.
Principal, Design Engineering - Power
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Architect, implement, and support power system solutions for networking, storage, and server hardware platforms. Lead the design of DC-DC switch-mode power supplies and ensure they meet thermal, safety, and system specifications.
Principal Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Legalzoom 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Lead the visual direction and execution of high-impact design initiatives across LegalZoom's marketing ecosystem. Partner closely with various teams to translate business goals and customer insights into thoughtful visual solutions.
Principal Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Legalzoom 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the visual direction and execution of high-impact design initiatives across LegalZoom's marketing ecosystem. Partner closely with various teams to translate business strategy into compelling visual experiences that strengthen the brand.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Gradial 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead design for complex product areas and turn enterprise marketing workflows into intuitive experiences. Partner with various teams to shape user journeys and raise the quality of the product through strong design fundamentals.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Gradial 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead the design of complex, AI-native product areas for enterprise marketing teams from ambiguity to shipment. Define UX patterns for AI-assisted workflows and evolve the company's design system and interaction standards.
Principal Product Designer, Facilities
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Veho 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design strategy and execution for warehouse and facility operations tools, including the Warehouse Management System and mobile scanning apps. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to optimize workflows and drive the overall design system.
Principal Product Designer | UX/UI & AI Experience Design
🇵🇭 Philippines
Human Intelligence 🇵🇭 Philippines
Lead the UX/UI strategy and complete product design lifecycle for AI-powered platforms across healthcare, education, and wellbeing. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform complex AI technology into intuitive, human-centered digital experiences.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Guild.ai 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will shape product direction and roadmap priorities while designing across the full product experience for distinct audiences. They will own problems end-to-end, translating complex AI infrastructure concepts into intuitive user experiences.
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.