Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior UI/UX Designer (human)
🇩🇪 72555 Metzingen, Germany
Neura Robotics 🇩🇪 72555 Metzingen, Germany
Design intuitive interfaces for robotics platforms and translate complex technical capabilities into simple user experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evolve the NEURA design system and refine solutions based on user research.
Senior UX Designer | Bangalore
🇮🇳 India
Photon 🇮🇳 India
Lead end-to-end UX design for web and mobile applications, translating business requirements into intuitive user flows and high-fidelity designs. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define design systems and mentor junior designers.
Senior UX Researcher, GP Studio
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Develop and execute research plans to understand user pain points and streamline workflows for internal AI and automation tools. Collaborate with PMs and Engineering to translate research insights into actionable product requirements for Global Partnerships.
Civil Design Manager - Site Design
🇺🇸 Kansas, United States of America
Olsson 🇺🇸 Kansas, United States of America
Lead quality assurance and senior-level design reviews for land development projects while managing technical project staff. Act as a consultative resource for clients and oversee the production of high-quality project deliverables.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Fixico 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Own end-to-end product design for specific domains, focusing on complex flows and technical feasibility. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate company strategy into scalable components and high-quality user experiences.
Senior Product Designer II POS Hospitality (all genders)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Lightspeed Commerce, Inc. 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Lead the end-to-end design of complex native iOS experiences for the POS Hospitality squad to improve operational efficiency for restaurant staff. Collaborate with cross-functional partners and mentor junior designers to raise the overall quality of the product's design and usability.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇱 Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Ig Group 🇵🇱 Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Own the end-to-end design process from ideation to implementation, focusing on UX, UI, and research. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver customer-centric solutions across core domains like Crypto and Trading.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇮🇳 India)
Ocrolus Inc. Remote (🇮🇳 India)
Define the user experience for digital products by creating process artifacts and translating customer feedback into actionable design hypotheses. Leverage AI-powered tools to rapidly prototype and deliver high-fidelity, developer-ready designs in Figma.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇪🇬 Egypt
Uxbert Labs 🇪🇬 Egypt
Develop and maintain strong visual identities and brand systems across digital and print platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create impactful creative campaigns and support UX/UI teams with visual assets.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇵🇱 Jordanów, Sucha County, Poland
Uxbert Labs 🇵🇱 Jordanów, Sucha County, Poland
Develop and maintain strong visual identities and brand systems across digital and print platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create impactful creative campaigns and support UX/UI teams with visual assets.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Commerceiq 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Own the end-to-end experience of AI-driven product workflows from concept to shipment across sales and retail media products. Build functional proofs of concept using AI tools to bridge the gap between design intent and engineering reality.
Senior UI Designer
🇵🇹 Faro, Portugal
Vml Enterprise Solutions 🇵🇹 Faro, Portugal
The Senior UI Designer will create pixel-perfect responsive interfaces and digital brand identities to improve user experience and increase conversion. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to execute design systems at scale for large consumer-facing brands.
Senior UI Designer
🇵🇹 Faro, Portugal
Vml 🇵🇹 Faro, Portugal
Create pixel-perfect responsive interfaces and digital brand identities that improve user experience and increase conversion. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to execute design systems at scale for large consumer-facing brands.
Senior UX Designer, Spatial Experiences, Google Hardware
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design intuitive spatial experiences and interaction models for Google hardware. Create wireframes, prototypes, and flow diagrams to communicate user experiences from concept to execution.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Squer 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Own the end-to-end design process from problem discovery and human-centered research to high-fidelity prototyping and implementation. Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to ensure product vision alignment and translate design decisions into scalable design system rules.
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.