Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
50,000feet, Llc 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Lead the strategy and execution of innovative digital and AI-enabled products through human-centered design principles. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex business requirements into intuitive, scalable user experiences.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Brea, California, United States of America
Ride Aventon 🇺🇸 Brea, California, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will elevate the brand's visual identity by creating compelling assets across digital, print, retail, and e-commerce channels. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to support product launches and marketing campaigns while maintaining brand consistency.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Tempo Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Lead the end-to-end design of complex B2B features and product areas, translating complex problems into intuitive, scalable user experiences. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to drive design strategy and evolve the company's design system.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇨🇦 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Playstation Global 🇨🇦 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end UX design for mobile and web experiences, from initial concept to launch. Partner with Product and Engineering teams to define interaction models, scalable UI frameworks, and overall product strategy.
Senior Product Designer - Core Platform
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sokin 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The role focuses on creating high-quality user interfaces and interaction patterns to elevate the core platform's usability and aesthetic quality. Responsibilities include developing high-fidelity prototypes, evolving the design system, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to build scalable financial workflows.
Senior UX Designer, Gift Cards
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Define and champion the future vision for Amazon Gift Cards by creating high-quality interaction and visual designs. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to launch scalable, accessible user experiences across desktop and mobile platforms.
Senior Quantitative UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Warner Bros. Discovery 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
The role involves designing and executing quantitative research to connect user behavior with attitudinal data. The researcher will own UX measurement through large-scale tracking and translate complex data into actionable product recommendations.
Senior UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Tustin, California, United States of America
Vesync 🇺🇸 Tustin, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end mixed-methods research to shape product strategy and inform design decisions across multiple product lines. Establish and scale research operations, including the development of a research repository and participant panel management.
Senior Staff Product Designer, Finance
🇨🇦 Quinte West, Ontario, Canada
Gusto, Inc. 🇨🇦 Quinte West, Ontario, Canada
Set the UX vision and strategy for the Money and Risk teams to create a cohesive, trustworthy financial platform. Lead the definition of AI-first financial UX while mentoring other designers and influencing product roadmaps.
Senior Product Designer (6-month Contract)
🇵🇹 Portugal
Bounce 🇵🇹 Portugal
The Senior Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for consumer web and mobile products, from discovery to polished UI. They will maintain the design system and collaborate with product managers and engineers to ensure technical feasibility and user satisfaction.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Waters Corporation 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the Waters brand graphic design to ensure consistency and impact across digital and print channels. Translate creative briefs into high-quality visual assets and evolve the brand's visual language across all touchpoints.
Manager or Senior Manager, Design Engineering, Energy Storage
🇺🇸 Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States of America
Desri 🇺🇸 Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States of America
Lead the technical definition and engineering oversight of battery energy storage systems from early development through operations. Establish technical standards, review OEM/EPC deliverables, and serve as the technical authority for BESS integration and quality.
Product Designer (Principal-Level)
Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
Synthesia Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
Lead complex and ambiguous design initiatives to define the long-term UX vision and product direction for the AI video platform. Act as a strategic partner to Product and Engineering leads while mentoring senior designers to raise the overall craft bar.
Product Designer, AI-Native Products (Senior/Staff-Level)
Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
Synthesia Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
Lead the design of AI-native product surfaces for Skills and Dubbing & Localisation, focusing on conversational avatar experiences and AI-driven workflows. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to set the design vision, influence roadmaps, and raise the overall craft bar for the product.
Senior Product Designer (Visual Storytelling & Motion)
Remote (🇱🇰 Sri Lanka)
Pulse Id Remote (🇱🇰 Sri Lanka)
Own the end-to-end UI/UX for the Pulse iD platform, including the maintenance of the Figma design system and creation of high-fidelity prototypes. Translate complex product capabilities into visual stories and short animated videos for marketing and sales channels.
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.