Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇿🇦 Midrand, 1682, South Africa
Accenture 🇿🇦 Midrand, 1682, South Africa
The Product Designer will lead design workstreams across UX, UI, and interaction design, overseeing multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality outputs and drive large-scale design programmes integrating strategy and technology. Key activities involve translating insights into deliverables, defining scalable design practices, and championing innovation, while also mentoring junior staff and engaging with senior stakeholders.
UX Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Target 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The role involves participating in the full design process from discovery to production, leading craft-specific work on complex projects, and leveraging data and research to achieve user-centric outcomes. Designers will create deliverables like journey maps, wireframes, UI designs, and prototypes while maintaining high standards for craft, including accessibility.
Senior UX Designer
Remote (🇸🇮 Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Aleph Remote (🇸🇮 Ljubljana, Slovenia)
The Senior UX Designer will own the end-to-end user journey for web-based applications, delivering high-fidelity, production-ready designs that maintain a premium aesthetic across all states and interactions. This role also involves leading the creation and maintenance of a robust Design System in Figma and collaborating closely with engineers during implementation.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Dailypay 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Lead Product Designer will own the end-to-end design lifecycle for consumer mobile features, acting as the design authority within their product squad and partnering strategically with Product and Engineering teams. This role involves translating conceptual ideas into elegant experiences, fostering team growth through mentorship, and ensuring design rigor through close partnership with Research.
Staff Product Designer - Breakout
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Kraken Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
The Staff Product Designer will lead the evolution and modernization of Breakout's end-to-end product experience, defining scalable UX patterns for trading, accounts, KYC, and performance tracking. This involves driving product strategy alongside Product and Engineering, establishing design systems, and ensuring consistency across trading surfaces.
Staff Product Designer - Breakout
Remote (🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom)
Kraken Remote (🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom)
The Staff Product Designer will lead the evolution and modernization of Breakout’s end-to-end product experience, defining scalable UX patterns for trading, accounts, KYC, and performance tracking. This role involves driving product strategy alongside Product and Engineering, establishing design systems, and raising the craft bar through hands-on execution and mentorship.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Jerry.ai 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
The Staff Product Designer will lead design initiatives from inception to launch across core offerings like insurance, safety, and repairs, focusing on modernizing car care for everyday drivers. They will partner with cross-functional teams to create elegant, frictionless experiences, build the design system, and thoughtfully apply AI to enhance user experience.
Sr. Product Designer
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Jerry.ai 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will partner with Product Managers and engineers to define user problems, simplify data-heavy experiences, and design solutions that drive measurable outcomes across core products. This involves creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and final UI, while leading UX explorations for complex workflows.
UX Designer
🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Tes 🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
The designer will be responsible for the entire design lifecycle, transforming complex user problems into simplified, high-performing digital products using an evidence-based approach. Key duties include driving continuous discovery, leading lean experimentation, building high-fidelity prototypes, and playing a pivotal role in Design Operations (DesignOps).
Lead Product Designer (Crypto Exchange)
Remote (🇨🇳 Hong Kong, China)
Hyphen Connect Limited Remote (🇨🇳 Hong Kong, China)
The Lead Product Designer will spearhead and implement comprehensive design initiatives for medium to large-scale projects, focusing on creating pixel-perfect designs across iOS, Android, web, and mobile web platforms. Key duties include maintaining visual consistency by developing reusable design templates and overseeing the Design Language System (DLS).
Lead Product Designer (Crypto Exchange)
Remote (🇨🇦 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Hyphen Connect Limited Remote (🇨🇦 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
The Lead Product Designer will spearhead and implement comprehensive design initiatives for medium to large-scale projects, focusing on creating pixel-perfect designs across iOS, Android, web, and mobile web platforms. Key duties include maintaining visual consistency by developing reusable design templates and overseeing the Design Language System (DLS).
Lead Product Designer (Crypto Exchange)
Remote (🇸🇬 Singapore)
Hyphen Connect Limited Remote (🇸🇬 Singapore)
The Lead Product Designer will spearhead and implement comprehensive design initiatives for medium to large-scale projects, focusing on creating pixel-perfect designs across iOS, Android, web, and mobile web platforms. Key duties include maintaining visual consistency by developing reusable design templates and overseeing the Design Language System (DLS).
Lead Product Designer (Crypto Exchange)
Remote (🇹🇼 Taiwan)
Hyphen Connect Limited Remote (🇹🇼 Taiwan)
The Lead Product Designer will spearhead and implement comprehensive design initiatives for medium to large-scale projects, focusing on creating pixel-perfect designs across iOS, Android, web, and mobile web platforms. Key duties include maintaining visual consistency by developing reusable design templates and overseeing the Design Language System (DLS).
Lead Product Designer (Crypto Exchange)
Remote (🇲🇾 Malaysia)
Hyphen Connect Limited Remote (🇲🇾 Malaysia)
The Lead Product Designer will spearhead and implement comprehensive design initiatives for medium to large-scale projects, focusing on creating pixel-perfect designs across iOS, Android, web, and mobile web platforms. Key duties include maintaining visual consistency by developing reusable design templates and overseeing the Design Language System (DLS).
Lead Product Designer (Crypto Exchange)
Remote (🇺🇸 Foxborough, MA 02035, United States of America)
Hyphen Connect Limited Remote (🇺🇸 Foxborough, MA 02035, United States of America)
The Lead Product Designer will spearhead and implement comprehensive design initiatives for medium to large-scale projects, focusing on creating pixel-perfect designs across iOS, Android, web, and mobile web platforms. Key duties include maintaining visual consistency by developing reusable design templates and overseeing the Design Language System (DLS).
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.