Design Leadership Jobs
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Sr. Product Designer, Connected Fitness
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Peloton Interactive 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will partner with cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive experiences across various platforms. They will drive complex design initiatives and contribute to defining best practices for accessibility standards.
[Produto] Product Designer Pleno
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Totvs 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
The Product Designer will work within the Design & UX Chapter, focusing on the Customer Journey and collaborating with Product Owners and Team Leaders to enhance products and systems. Responsibilities include managing the design process from discovery to delivery, ensuring usability and accessibility, and facilitating collaboration across teams.
Sr. Product Designer, Connected Fitness
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Peloton Interactive 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As a Senior Product Designer, you will partner with cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive experiences across various platforms. You will drive complex design initiatives and contribute to defining best practices for accessibility standards.
UI DESIGNER H/F
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Paris, France
The UI Designer will create graphical interfaces and enrich Design Systems while collaborating with UX Designers, Product Owners, and Developers. They are responsible for ensuring responsive design and accessibility standards across web and mobile platforms using agile methods.
Graphic Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America)
Red Carrot Remote (🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America)
The Junior Graphic Designer will assist senior staff in creating visual communications, including posters, brochures, and reports. They will also design presentations and ensure all materials are compliant with accessibility standards.
UX Designer
🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay
Alabama Solutions 🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay
The role involves researching user needs and designing interaction flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes. The designer will also conduct usability tests and create design systems to ensure consistency and accessibility across products.
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.