Design Leadership Jobs
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UI/UX Designer
🇻🇳 Hà Nội, Vietnam
Thu Do Multimedia 🇻🇳 Hà Nội, Vietnam
Responsible for the end-to-end UX/UI design process for OTT applications across Smart TV, Mobile, and Web platforms. This includes creating design systems for white-label products and collaborating with product managers and developers to improve user conversion and retention.
Product Designer
🇨🇿 Capital City of Prague, Prague, Czechia
Oddin 🇨🇿 Capital City of Prague, Prague, Czechia
The Product Designer will own the end-to-end design of back-office tools, including trading and operational platforms. They will also be responsible for building and maintaining a scalable design system to ensure consistency across internal products.
(Senior) UI/UX Designer (m/w/d) - App Design / fluege.de
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Fluege.de 🇩🇪 Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Responsible for the conception and design of user-centric experiences for native iOS and Android apps, from wireframes to final UI. This includes conducting qualitative and quantitative research, maintaining the design system, and collaborating with product and development teams for seamless handoffs.
Product Designer Senior IA-first
🇫🇷 Fresnes, Ile-de-France, France
La Grande Ourse - Agence Ux/ui 🇫🇷 Fresnes, Ile-de-France, France
Lead the end-to-end product cycle by integrating AI functionalities into digital interfaces while managing UX/UI design and design systems. Facilitate product strategy workshops and mentor junior designers to align business, tech, and user needs.
Product Designer
🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
Mirae Asset Securities 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
Establish customer-centric product strategies and UX directions based on user research and data analysis. Lead the end-to-end product design process from problem definition to execution, including the management of design systems.
Digital Product UX Designer
🇺🇸 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
Computer Task Group, Inc 🇺🇸 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
The designer will translate product requirements and user insights into intuitive, high-fidelity digital experiences using Figma. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to iterate on designs, contribute to the design system, and ensure high-quality implementation through engineering handoff.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Loblaw Digital 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior Product Designer will partner with Product, Tech, and Research teams to optimize eCommerce web and app journeys for various grocery and beauty banners. Responsibilities include leading problem discovery, creating high-fidelity interfaces, and ensuring accessibility and scalability through design systems.
Principal Product Designer - Design Systems
🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Halter 🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Lead the design and evolution of design foundations across mobile and web platforms to ensure high craft and consistency. Collaborate with engineers to shape technical architecture and treat the design system as a product for internal users.
Senior Product Designer - Design Systems
🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Halter 🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Lead the design and evolution of design foundations across mobile and web platforms to ensure high craft and consistency. Collaborate with engineers to shape technical architecture and treat the design system as a product for internal users.
Senior Visual Designer
🇨🇴 Colombia
Huge 🇨🇴 Colombia
Create high-quality digital experiences across web and mobile platforms by translating abstract concepts into cohesive visual designs. Develop and maintain scalable design systems and prototypes while collaborating with UX, Product, and Development teams.
Principal Product Designer - Design Systems
🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Halter 🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
You will lead the design of a significant product area by setting and advancing design foundations across mobile and web platforms. Additionally, you will collaborate with engineers to shape technical architecture and mentor designers to raise the overall quality of the product experience.
Senior Product Designer - Design Systems
🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Halter 🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
You will own and advance design foundations across mobile and web while shaping the technical architecture and system structure. You will also mentor other designers and champion the design system across product, engineering, and design leadership.
Staff Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Betterup 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Own the end-to-end strategy and evolution of the design system across web and mobile platforms. Drive the integration of AI-powered workflows for component generation and quality checks to increase design velocity.
Director, Design Systems
🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States
Ebay 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States
Lead the team responsible for building and evolving eBay's design system while focusing on talent development and team growth. Partner with the Principal of Design Systems to translate strategic vision into clear priorities, ownership, and high-quality execution.
Senior Product Designer, Ads Platform
🇺🇸 Los Gatos, California, United States
Netflix 🇺🇸 Los Gatos, California, United States
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design and execution of critical advertising platform features and functionality for global brands and internal teams. They will partner with cross-functional teams to develop design systems and influence ads business strategy through specialized domain expertise.
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.