Design Leadership Jobs
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Principal Product Designer, Slack Messaging
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Salesforce 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
The Principal Product Designer will work cross-functionally with product and engineering partners to represent the design team and ensure design quality. They will lead design discussions, create prototypes, and mentor other designers while influencing the overall direction of the product area.
Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Illumin 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure a seamless user experience. They will create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs while maintaining design standards and advocating for user needs.
Sr. Product Designer, e-commerce, eero
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
The Sr. Product Designer will lead the strategy and execution of design solutions to enhance user engagement and drive digital growth. This includes owning user journeys, maturing design processes, and synthesizing findings for stakeholders.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Vendelux 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the design of core product experiences from ideation to implementation. Collaborate with various teams to ensure designs meet customer needs and enhance user engagement with AI.
Senior UX/UI Product Designer – Mobile
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Recrute Action 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Design intuitive and responsive mobile applications for iOS and Android. Lead user research and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize mobile-first user experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Work Truck Solutions 🌍 Remote
Lead the end-to-end UX design process, ensuring intuitive user-centric experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align design strategies with business objectives.
Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Comcast 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Define and evolve UX strategy, information architecture, and experience frameworks for the Xfinity App. Collaborate with product, engineering, and design peers to align experience goals with business and customer objectives.
Senior UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Phreesia 🌍 Remote
Lead UX for assigned product areas from discovery through delivery, defining interaction models and scalable workflows. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to refine requirements and guide high-quality implementation.
Lead Product Designer, Strategy Collection
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Atlassian 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
As a Lead Product Designer, you will design end-to-end experiences for the Strategy Collection apps and lead design initiatives from strategy to execution. You will mentor other designers and advocate for customers by leveraging data and research.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Mesa, Arizona, United States
Versaterm 🇺🇸 Mesa, Arizona, United States
The Principal Product Designer will define the design vision and strategy for the product portfolio, lead design initiatives, and mentor design leadership. They will also oversee design systems and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve user experience and operational efficiency.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Adonis.io 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Lead Product Designer will own the design vision and execution across the Adonis platform, focusing on creating intuitive experiences for complex data and workflows. Responsibilities include partnering with cross-functional teams, maintaining a design system, and ensuring UX consistency across products.
Senior Product Designer, Provider Growth
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Headway 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
As a Senior Product Designer for Provider Acquisition, you'll own the design of top-of-funnel experiences to convert interested providers into qualified leads. You'll work closely with product marketing, engineering, and data to rapidly test, learn, and optimize.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Topstep 🇺🇸 United States
Lead the design of complex new user experiences and set strategic direction through frameworks and design principles. Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to define roadmaps and ensure quality through delivery.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Pitchbook Data 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
The Lead Product Designer will drive the design strategy and user experience for a Deal Sourcing product, collaborating with various teams to deliver innovative design solutions. This role involves defining experience principles and guiding concepts from inception to delivery while mentoring other designers.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Pitchbook 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
The Lead Product Designer will drive the design strategy and user experience for a Deal Sourcing product, collaborating with product management and engineering teams. They will lead the end-to-end design process, from strategy to execution, ensuring exceptional customer value and innovative solutions.
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.