Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Systems Lead (Remote, Rancagua)
Remote (🇨🇱 Chile)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇨🇱 Chile)
Build and maintain Figma design systems for multiple distinct client brands, including token architecture, variables, modes, and reusable component libraries. Provide documentation and developer handoff that enable implementation without clarification and keep Figma systems aligned with code.
Freelance Head of Design - Remote - Global women's Luxury RTW Brand
Remote (🇫🇷 94260 Fresnes, France)
Mode Search Ltd. Remote (🇫🇷 94260 Fresnes, France)
Develop and execute seasonal luxury womenswear collections with the Founder and Creative Director, translating the brand’s creative vision into refined, commercially relevant designs. Manage design development from research and concepts through sampling, fittings, production collaboration, and final product approval.
Design Systems Lead (Remote, Salvador)
Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Build and maintain Figma design systems for multiple distinct client brands, including token architecture, variables, modes, and reusable component libraries. Document and hand off systems so developers and build pipelines can implement them without clarification.
Senior Product Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Salto)
Remote (🇺🇾 Uruguay)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇺🇾 Uruguay)
Build and maintain Figma design systems for multiple client brands, including token architecture, variables, modes, and reusable component libraries. Document and hand off systems so developers and build pipelines can implement them without clarification.
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Design Systems Lead (Remote, Bogota)
Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)
Build and maintain Figma design systems for multiple distinct client brands, including token architecture, variables, modes, and reusable component libraries. Create documentation and developer handoffs that enable implementation without clarification and keep Figma systems aligned with code.
Design Manager, Data Centers - Remote (U.S.)
Remote (🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America)
Aecom Remote (🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America)
Lead data center due diligence and design teams to deliver high-quality projects across various disciplines including architecture, mechanical, and electrical engineering. Proactively manage project plans, client relationships, and technical proposals while identifying and resolving project issues.
Product Design Manager
Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
Pennylane Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
Lead, develop, and grow a team of five product designers, partnering with design, product, engineering, and HR leaders to hire and retain talent. Identify strategic UX opportunities, guide user research, measure design impact, and establish processes and best practices that balance speed, quality, consistency, and business goals.
Design Systems Lead (Remote, Goiania)
Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Build and maintain Figma design systems for multiple distinct client brands, including token architecture, variables, modes, and reusable component libraries. Document and hand off systems so developers and build pipelines can implement them without clarification.
Design Systems Lead (Remote, Salto)
Remote (🇺🇾 Uruguay)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇺🇾 Uruguay)
Build and maintain Figma design systems for multiple distinct client brands, including token architecture, variables, modes, and reusable component libraries. Create documentation and developer handoffs that enable implementation without clarification and keep Figma systems aligned with code.
Design Systems Lead (Remote, Temuco)
Remote (🇨🇱 Chile)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇨🇱 Chile)
Build and maintain Figma design systems for multiple distinct client brands, including token architecture, variables, modes, and reusable component libraries. Document and hand off systems so developers and build pipelines can implement them accurately without additional clarification.
Design Systems Lead (Remote, Managua)
Remote (🇬🇧 Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇬🇧 Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
Build and maintain Figma design systems for multiple distinct client brands, including token architecture, variables, modes, and reusable component libraries. Document and hand off systems so developers and build pipelines can implement them without clarification.
Remote Aviation Design Manager
Remote (🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America)
Egis Group Remote (🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America)
The Design Manager leads the technical design function by managing design teams, ensuring project deliverables meet quality standards, and enforcing technical processes. They also coordinate resource allocation across projects and partner with project managers to ensure successful execution and client satisfaction.
Design Manager, Data Centers - Remote (U.S.)
Remote (🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America)
Aecom Remote (🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America)
Lead data center due diligence and design teams to deliver high-quality projects across various disciplines including architecture, mechanical, and electrical engineering. Proactively manage project plans, client relationships, and technical proposals while resolving issues throughout the project lifecycle.
Principal Product Manager, Design Systems & Accessibility
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Zillow Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Own the product strategy, integrated roadmap, measurement, and adoption of Zillow’s design systems, while shaping the strategy for accessibility systems, tooling, and product health. Partner across Design, Engineering, Product, and program leadership to scale accessibility and evolve shared systems for AI-enabled product development.
Head of Design
Remote (🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine)
Company Remote (🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine)
The Head of Design will lead four design departments, managing team performance, hiring, and professional development while aligning design output with business goals. They are responsible for optimizing production processes, implementing AI tools, and collaborating with C-level executives to drive performance metrics.
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.