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Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Herndon, Virginia, United States of America
Epicor Software Corporation 🇺🇸 Herndon, Virginia, United States of America
Define and drive design strategy across multiple product areas to align feature experiences with platform vision and business objectives. Establish organizational standards for interaction design and design system governance while integrating AI-enabled workflows into the design process.
Sr Visual / UI Designer (All Genders)
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Zooplus 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
The Senior UI/Visual Designer will improve customer experience through scalable design work and lead the design system and core design libraries. They will collaborate with stakeholders and use data-driven insights to enhance digital touchpoints.
Lead Product Designer (Colombia)
🇨🇴 Bogota, Colombia
Slalom 🇨🇴 Bogota, Colombia
As a Lead Product Designer, you will independently own design direction for client engagements, navigating existing product ecosystems and improving design systems. You will partner with stakeholders to communicate design decisions and facilitate workshops that shape product direction.
Lead Product Designer (Colombia)
🇨🇴 Colombia
Slalom 🇨🇴 Colombia
As a Lead Product Designer, you will independently own design direction across small-to-medium client engagements, navigating existing product ecosystems and improving design systems. You will partner with US and Canadian client stakeholders, facilitating workshops and discovery activities to shape product direction.
Lead UX Interaction Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Bosch Group 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Own and drive the interaction design strategy for complex features and journeys across various products. Lead cross-functional teams to create scalable design ecosystems and ensure consistency through design systems.
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.