Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior UX Designer
🇳🇱 Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
All About Work 🇳🇱 Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
The Senior UX Designer is responsible for the end-to-end UX approach, translating complex legislation and requirements into user-friendly digital designs. They collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to create high-fidelity designs, prototypes, and components within a design system while ensuring WCAG accessibility.
UX & UI Designer (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Aufinity 🇩🇪 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
You will translate complex B2B and FinTech processes into intuitive user interfaces and maintain the company's design system. Additionally, you will validate design hypotheses through user testing and collaborate closely with product management and development teams.
Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Hr Acuity Llc 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Lead UX Designer will set the design strategy, maintain the company's design system, and lead a team of designers and researchers. They will remain hands-on with high-impact design work while partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver user-centric solutions.
Web designer
🇮🇹 Lecco, Italy
Tready Soluzioni Digitali 🇮🇹 Lecco, Italy
Design high-converting landing pages, UI components, and e-commerce materials while maintaining consistent design systems. Collaborate closely with SEO, development, and social media teams to ensure visual hierarchy and UX optimization.
Product Designer
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Air Apps 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
You will be responsible for crafting intuitive user experiences across mobile and web platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This involves conducting user research, developing design systems, and owning the entire design process from concept to final visual delivery.
Product Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Air Apps 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
You will conduct user research and translate insights into intuitive wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups for mobile and web platforms. Additionally, you will maintain design systems and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure a seamless, pixel-perfect user experience.
Product Designer
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Air Apps 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
The Product Designer will craft intuitive user experiences across mobile and web platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include conducting user research, developing design systems, and owning the end-to-end design process from ideation to final visual delivery.
Product Designer
🇮🇹 Rome, Roma Capitale, Italy
Air Apps 🇮🇹 Rome, Roma Capitale, Italy
You will be responsible for crafting intuitive user experiences across mobile and web platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This involves conducting user research, developing design systems, and owning the end-to-end design process from ideation to final visual execution.
Product Designer
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Air Apps 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
You will be responsible for crafting intuitive user experiences across mobile and web platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This involves conducting user research, developing design systems, and owning the entire design process from ideation to final visual execution.
Product Designer
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Air Apps 🇫🇷 Paris, France
The Product Designer will craft intuitive user experiences across mobile and web platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include conducting user research, developing design systems, and ensuring a pixel-perfect, responsive visual design.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Air Apps 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will be responsible for crafting intuitive user experiences across mobile and web platforms while conducting user research and usability testing. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product strategy and maintain scalable design systems.
Product Designer
🇩🇰 1357 København K, Denmark
Air Apps 🇩🇰 1357 København K, Denmark
You will be responsible for crafting intuitive user experiences across mobile and web platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This includes conducting user research, developing design systems, and owning the entire design process from concept to final visual delivery.
Lead UX Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bjak 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will design high-quality, intuitive user interfaces and maintain comprehensive design systems for AI-native applications. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to ensure visual consistency and deliver pixel-perfect experiences.
UI / Product Designer
🇬🇷 Athens, Central Athens, Greece
Campeόn Gaming 🇬🇷 Athens, Central Athens, Greece
You will design and prototype intuitive interfaces for online casino products while maintaining brand consistency across all assets. You will also collaborate with developers and stakeholders to manage design systems and ensure a seamless user experience throughout the project lifecycle.
Freelance Web Designer – Remote
Remote (🇨🇭 Switzerland)
Twine Remote (🇨🇭 Switzerland)
The designer will create high-fidelity UI and web product experiences for technology-driven clients across desktop, tablet, and mobile platforms. Responsibilities include building scalable design systems, producing interactive prototypes, and collaborating with developers for seamless implementation.
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.