Design Leadership Jobs
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Teamlead Design Engineering (m/w/d)
🇧🇬 Sevlievo, Bulgaria
Jobcourier.ch 🇧🇬 Sevlievo, Bulgaria
The Team Lead is responsible for planning and implementing construction orders while leading and developing a six-member team across two locations. Continuous improvement of the construction process and collaboration with other technical departments is also a key responsibility.
Product Designer (UI/UX)
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lavu Tech Solutions Sdn Bhd 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead end-to-end design for complex features, converting ambiguous requirements into clear wireframes and prototypes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to diagnose customer pain points and translate insights into scalable UX patterns.
Senior Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Mace 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior Design Manager will act as the primary interface with FIFA and the World Cup Authority, leading engagements and ensuring compliance with FIFA requirements. They will oversee technical integration and provide strategic guidance on FIFA regulations and compliance pathways.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Polarsteps 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead the design of the 'Digital Relive' team, focusing on enhancing the travel experience by allowing users to relive their trips. Oversee the full product lifecycle, from concepting to prototyping, while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers.
Senior Product Designer (Commercial)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Rightmove 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead design for a complex, multi-sided marketplace, focusing on discovery, definition, and delivery. You will collaborate with various teams to create user-centered designs that drive engagement and commercial performance.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇷 Argentina
Joor 🇦🇷 Argentina
Lead end-to-end design for a product area, collaborating with product and engineering teams. Modernize legacy platform experiences and ensure high-quality implementation of design solutions.
Lead Product Designer (Maternity Cover)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Futurice 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will be responsible for creating high-quality, user-centred designs and managing the sprint-by-sprint design workflow. Additionally, you will lead a squad of designers and oversee DesignOps within your product vertical.
Head of Design
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Froda 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
The Head of Design will own Froda's full visual expression, ensuring consistency across brand and product touchpoints. They will lead design strategy, manage the design system, and coach designers to drive business growth and high-quality user experiences.
Head of Design, Commercialisation and Innovation
🇬🇧 Swindon, SN1 1JZ, United Kingdom
Ukri 🇬🇧 Swindon, SN1 1JZ, United Kingdom
Provide strategic leadership for AHRC's work in design, commercialisation, and innovation while managing a small team and key strategic investments. Responsible for delivering the commercialisation strategy and maintaining relationships with external partners and the Design Council.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Champ 🇺🇸 Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
The Product Designer will lead user research efforts to identify pain points and opportunities, and design intuitive UI flows that align with user and business outcomes. They will work closely with PMs and engineers to test and refine ideas through rapid iteration.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 Trafford, England, United Kingdom
Club L London 🇬🇧 Trafford, England, United Kingdom
Lead the creative development and execution of visual identities across campaigns, digital channels, and e-commerce experiences. Mentor junior designers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure a premium, fashion-led brand aesthetic.
Lead Visual Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Aspora 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Lead Visual Designer will shape the brand identity across all touchpoints, including OOH, social media, and in-app placements. They will collaborate with Product, Growth, and Content teams to ensure visual coherence and evolve the design system.
Senior Project Design Manager - Services and Technology
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mirvac Limited 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead the services and technology strategy and delivery across a diverse portfolio of office, mixed-use, and residential projects. Coordinate with internal stakeholders and consultants to ensure high-quality, sustainable, and commercially viable design outcomes.
Senior Project Design Manager - Services and Technology
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mirvac 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead services and technology strategy and delivery across various projects, ensuring alignment with quality and sustainability expectations. Manage design outcomes, embed governance practices, and support new business opportunities.
Global CAD Design Manager
🇧🇪 7711 Mouscron, Belgium
Stow Group 🇧🇪 7711 Mouscron, Belgium
Lead and develop the global CAD function, acting as the technical and strategic reference for drawing production and standardization. Drive the transition toward 3D parametric design and automation while managing global CAD resources and teams.
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.