Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Lincolnshire, Lake County, IL 60069, United States of America
Zah Group 🇺🇸 Lincolnshire, Lake County, IL 60069, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer develops product launch projects and creative communications that align with business objectives. They ensure consistent brand application across all mediums and manage the production of printed and digital marketing materials.
Product Designer Senior H/F
🇫🇷 Lille, Nord, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Lille, Nord, France
The Senior Product Designer will lead a team of designers, supervise user research, and direct design strategy with product teams. They will ensure user experience consistency and provide recommendations for improvements.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
Mtn For Training & Self-development 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
The Senior Graphic Designer will develop and execute visual concepts for MTN’s training programs, events, and digital campaigns. This includes creating graphics for various platforms and collaborating with teams to translate complex concepts into engaging visuals.
Senior Product Designer
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Nexthink 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
The Senior Product Designer will define user experiences for new and existing product capabilities and collaborate with various teams to develop wireframes and prototypes. They will also create effective design solutions to complex problems and engage with customers to understand their needs.
Environmental Graphic Designer (Senior)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Acrylicize 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
As an Environmental Graphic Designer, you will contribute to the entire lifecycle of projects, collaborating with various teams to bring concepts to life. You will also mentor junior team members and present ideas to clients and stakeholders.
Senior UX Designer
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Agile Defense 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
As a Senior UX Designer, you will lead research and design activities that balance user needs, mission requirements, and technical constraints. You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and data scientists to transform complexity into clarity.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Aspire Recruitment Solutions 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
The Senior Graphic Designer creates high-quality visual materials, including proposals, presentations, and digital assets, to support marketing and business development for U.S. markets. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to transform complex business data into engaging, brand-compliant deliverables.
Senior Product Designer - Growth
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Klaviyo 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Design end-to-end product experiences and simplify complex workflows into intuitive, scalable solutions. Partner with product and engineering teams to create AI-assisted experiences and improve overall frontend UX quality.
Senior Graphic Designer (Night Shift)
🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines
Arcadis 🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines
The Senior Graphic Designer will manage a team of designers, oversee task delegation, and communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders. They will provide guidance and support to ensure the graphics team has the necessary resources to perform efficiently.
Senior Product Designer (f/m/x)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Liveeo 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Own TradeAware's design end-to-end, from problem framing to high-craft, shipped UI. Collaborate closely with engineers and the wider team to solve substantial product and UX challenges.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Talenthawk 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Design Manager will act as the primary point of contact for the design organization, leading oversight and governance of design deliverables across all RIBA stages. They will ensure design outputs align with programme objectives and operational needs while collaborating closely with senior programme stakeholders.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Omnea 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will shape the next phase of Omnea’s product by turning complex enterprise workflows into clear and intuitive user experiences. This role involves direct customer engagement to understand decision-making processes and working collaboratively with Product and Engineering teams.
Controls Design Engineering Internship (m/f/d) - Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
🇩🇪 15537 Grünheide (Mark), Germany
Tesla 🇩🇪 15537 Grünheide (Mark), Germany
The intern will support the design, documentation, and implementation of building automation and industrial control systems. They will collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to optimize systems for safe and efficient operations.
(Senior) UX/UI Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Leopard 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end design of core user journeys, producing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes. Additionally, you will establish the design foundation for AI-powered features and contribute to the product roadmap.
(Senior) UX/UI Product Designer
🇺🇸 Fort Washington, Upper Dublin Township, PA 19034, United States of America
Leopard 🇺🇸 Fort Washington, Upper Dublin Township, PA 19034, United States of America
You will own the design of core user journeys for both internal tooling and external customer interfaces, producing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes. Additionally, you will establish the design foundation for AI-powered features and contribute to the product roadmap with user insights.
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.