Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior UX Designer - Online Team
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Home Depot 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The role involves crafting end-to-end user experiences by combining research outputs with business objectives to drive product alignment. Key duties include delivering UX design artifacts, conducting usability tests, and mentoring junior designers.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cosm 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Define and drive the design direction for internal and B2B backend tools, focusing on information architecture and production-ready interfaces. Lead features end-to-end by collaborating with product managers and engineers to translate complex workflows into actionable designs.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Maax Bath 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The Senior Graphic Designer will create engaging print and digital content from concept to final delivery across various platforms. They will ensure all creative assets align with brand identity while collaborating with marketing and web teams.
Senior Product Designer, AI & Emerging Technology Focus
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Whoop 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of AI-first product experiences, translating complex data into intuitive and trustworthy interfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to create human-centered workflows and prototypes that enhance member health and performance.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Shortcut Software 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role involves designing and implementing product experiences from early concepts to shipped code, focusing on AI-driven workflows. You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to refine interactions and iterate based on real user feedback.
Senior UX Designer / Scrum Master - CHEC
🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Daimler Truck Ag 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
The role involves owning the end-to-end UX strategy for the CHEC web application, including designing complex configuration workflows and maintaining design standards. Additionally, the position serves as the Scrum Master for the Dev/Ops team, facilitating Agile ceremonies and promoting continuous improvement.
Senior UX Designer / Scrum Master - CHEC
🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Daimler Truck 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
The role involves owning the end-to-end UX strategy for the CHEC web application, including designing complex configuration workflows and maintaining design standards. Additionally, the position serves as a Scrum Master, facilitating Agile ceremonies and promoting continuous improvement for the Dev/Ops team.
Senior UX Product Designer - Stores
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Target 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Lead the design of intuitive native handheld applications to support store operations and team member productivity. Partner with product and technology teams to deliver high-quality UX solutions from discovery through production.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Scott Township, PA 15106, United States of America
Wolfe, Llc 🇺🇸 Scott Township, PA 15106, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of consumer, corporate, and merchant platforms, from initial research and wireframing to high-fidelity prototypes. Maintain and evolve the design system while collaborating with engineering to ensure pixel-perfect implementation across the Wolfe ecosystem.
Senior Product Designer (w/m/d/x) – UX / UI
Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
Emil Group Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
The role involves end-to-end design of complex B2B SaaS workflows, focusing on making configuration-heavy tools intuitive and consistent. Responsibilities include continuous user validation, developing a scalable design system, and providing precise specifications to the engineering team.
Senior Visual Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Design Humans™ 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Partner with product managers and designers to bring ideas from concept through execution. Maintain a high bar for visual craft across marketing, brand, UI, and B2B applications.
Senior Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Fivetran 🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Lead the dbt product design team by managing designers and defining the UX strategy for technical data products. Drive the integration of Fivetran and dbt Labs design cultures while shaping AI-powered and agentic product experiences.
Senior Product Designer - Core Product (Remote)
Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
Finom Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
Own the end-to-end design lifecycle from discovery to implementation for core product domains. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate complex business goals into intuitive user experiences and scalable design systems.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
1st Formations 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will own and evolve the design system while translating complex requirements into intuitive, user-centered digital experiences. They will lead design iterations based on data and user insights and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure design feasibility and alignment with business goals.
Senior UI/UX Designer (Enterprise Products)
🇨🇴 Colombia
Applaudo 🇨🇴 Colombia
Applaudo is seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer to lead the end-to-end design process for complex enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in UX/UI design, information architecture, and systems thinking, with experience in designing AI-enabled or workflow-heavy enterprise applications.
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.