Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Basis Ai 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will lead the design of user-agent interactions and invent UI primitives that allow humans and agents to co-create work. This involves partnering with founders to define the product vision and spending time performing accounting tasks to build deep user empathy.
Design Systems Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Meta 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead the strategic direction and execution of Instagram's design system, ensuring quality and consistency across all platforms and AI-generated experiences. This involves driving component library development, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and implementing scalable design architecture.
Senior UX Designer
🇨🇦 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Imdex 🇨🇦 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Define and drive the UX strategy for software products, ensuring design decisions are evidence-based and aligned with business objectives. Lead user research and collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate UX thinking into product roadmaps and the broader customer experience.
Design Systems Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genius Ai 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
You will own the vision and execution of the design system, architecting a robust component library and driving adoption across the organization. Additionally, you will lead the development of design tokens and collaborate with engineering to streamline the design-to-development handoff process.
Design Systems Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Genius Ai 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own the vision and execution of the design system, architecting a robust component library and defining standards for mobile and web. Lead the design-to-dev handoff process and ensure the company-wide rebrand is consistently applied across the product.
Sr Electrical Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Moog Inc. 🇺🇸 Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Lead and mentor a team of 6-10 electrical, firmware, and packaging engineers while managing project timelines, costs, and technical constraints. Act as a key technical contributor by executing detailed designs, analyses, and validating adherence to internal standards during design reviews.
Network Design Manager
🇺🇸 Dearborn, Michigan, United States of America
Penske Logistics 🇺🇸 Dearborn, Michigan, United States of America
The Network Design Manager oversees day-to-day operations for a single customer account, managing inbound and outbound logistics and leading a team of supervisors and analysts. They are responsible for the account's financial health, including P&L and budgeting, while ensuring customer requirements and KPIs are met.
Director of Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Siro 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own the end-to-end product design craft, including the creation of design systems and AI interactions for mobile and web surfaces. Partner with senior leadership to frame problems, influence the product roadmap, and represent the voice of the customer.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Siro 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own the end-to-end product craft, including the creation of design systems, patterns, and AI interactions for mobile and web surfaces. Partner with senior leadership to frame problems, influence the product roadmap, and conduct in-person user research.
Manager of Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Realtruck 🇺🇸 Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
The Manager of Design Engineering leads a team of engineers to manage all product development activities, including new product development, testing, and continuous improvement. They are responsible for resource management, budgeting, and coordinating cross-functional efforts to ensure project priorities and safety targets are met.
AI Interface Specialist, Staff UX Designer, Google Labs
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Drive the development of innovative design solutions for complex, multi-modal, and spatial AI interactions. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to architect scalable design systems and influence stakeholders to deliver industry-leading product experiences.
Regional Design Manager
🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Stack Infrastructure 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Lead and govern the end-to-end design management process for data centre developments in the region to ensure alignment with technical standards and cost expectations. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and hyperscale clients from early-stage land acquisition through to detailed design and delivery.
Design Manager
🇨🇦 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Ventana Construction Corporation 🇨🇦 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Lead complex design-build and construction management projects from pre-construction through to construction readiness. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams of architects and engineers to ensure design outcomes align with client expectations, budgets, and constructability.
Head of Design
The Head of Design will lead diverse, global teams in crafting human-centered digital experiences while integrating AI into design workflows. They will provide strategic guidance, manage design systems, and foster a culture of creativity and innovation across the organization.
Lead Product Designer (Digital)
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Globe And Mail 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Lead Product Designer will create compelling, customer-centric user experiences across digital platforms including websites and mobile apps. They will also mentor team members, conduct user research, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to drive product strategy and design vision.
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.