Design Leadership Jobs
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Mechanical Design Manager - Water
🇬🇧 Derby, England, United Kingdom
Cowi 🇬🇧 Derby, England, United Kingdom
The Mechanical Design Manager will lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver water sector projects while ensuring compliance with quality, time, and budget requirements. The role involves acting as a technical gatekeeper, managing project risks, and mentoring team members in mechanical design development.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇪🇬 Giza, Aj Jiza, Egypt
Mazeed 🇪🇬 Giza, Aj Jiza, Egypt
Lead the conceptualization and creation of visual designs across branding, marketing, and digital platforms while maintaining consistent design systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align visual assets with company objectives and ensure high-quality output.
Technical Design Manager - Trenery
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Country Road Group 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead and develop a team of four technical designers to translate creative concepts into technically sound and commercially viable products. Oversee fit, construction, and quality standards while managing the critical path and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
Vista 🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
You will lead the design of innovative, user-centered cinema software solutions while mentoring junior designers and advocating for design excellence. The role involves driving end-to-end design processes, from research and discovery to visual execution, while aligning design decisions with business strategy.
Head Of Design
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Meshki 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Head of Design will define and protect the brand's product handwriting while leading the design team to create commercially successful and creatively distinctive collections. They will partner with cross-functional teams to ensure product consistency, fit, and alignment with overall brand vision and commercial objectives.
Product Designer Sênior- Espanhol Fluente
🇧🇷 Brazil
Brq Digital Solutions 🇧🇷 Brazil
The role involves leading the end-to-end digital product design process from discovery and UX flows to high-quality UI delivery. The designer will collaborate with stakeholders to translate business goals into usable digital experiences and provide technical handoffs to development teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
Vista Group 🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
You will lead the design of user-centered cinema software solutions by aligning business strategy with innovative product experiences. The role involves driving end-to-end design processes, mentoring junior designers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure design excellence.
Station Design Manager
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Atkinsréalis 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The Station Design Manager will lead and coordinate the multidisciplinary design of high-speed rail stations from concept through construction. They are responsible for ensuring technical governance, managing project interfaces, and aligning designs with operational, safety, and passenger experience standards.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
Vista Group 🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
You will lead the design of user-centered products by collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative software solutions for the cinema industry. Your role involves driving the end-to-end design process, from research and discovery to visual execution, while mentoring junior designers and advocating for design excellence.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Easygo 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
You will lead product design across the Sportsbook Core and Trust & Compliance domains, working cross-functionally to deliver exceptional user experiences. You are expected to manage multiple roadmaps, prioritize tasks effectively, and translate complex insights into actionable design decisions.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Intrinsic 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
The UX Designer will drive collaborations between development and business teams to prototype and realize design solutions while advocating for the user. They will participate in agile ceremonies and work closely with leadership to deliver high-quality product features that exceed client expectations.
Senior Design Manager (West Seattle Link Extension)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Sound Transit 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Leads and manages the delivery of civil engineering elements for the West Seattle Link Extension project. Provides oversight for large design consultant teams and coordinates across various internal departments and external stakeholders.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
Hybe America 🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end merchandise design for apparel and accessories while translating artist IPs into commercially viable products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage production, creative direction, and visual marketing strategies.
Senior UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead end-to-end research on AI experiences for Windows, collaborating with engineers and scientists to inform model behavior and system design. You will set the methodological standards for evaluating non-deterministic AI systems and provide insights that shape future product roadmaps.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 United States of America
Elation Health 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Head of Design will set the vision, standards, and operating model for the design organization while leading a team of product designers. They will partner with product and engineering leadership to drive design strategy and ensure high-quality, AI-native experiences for clinicians.
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.