Design Leadership Jobs
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Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Nubank 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the creation of 0-1 product experiences and define the global visual identity and interaction patterns for the Nu homepage. Act as a strategic advisor to leadership and mentor senior designers to ensure a cohesive global design language.
Digital Product Designer, Principal
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Rei 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
The Principal Digital Product Designer will shape high-impact digital experiences across REI’s platforms, defining product direction and partnering with various teams. They will guide teams through ambiguity, elevate design quality, and connect work across journeys and systems.
Principal, Design Engineering (Thermal)
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Celestica 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Complete ownership of thermal design for various electronic products, including thermal modeling, design, testing, and revisions until transfer to manufacturing. Conduct thermal simulations and analyses to verify thermal feasibility and inform designs.
Principal, Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead the design and coding of RAG architectures and agentic workflows to automate hardware engineering data queries. Develop multimodal AI capabilities and predictive analytics to optimize the design cycle and technical documentation.
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Digital Product Designer, Principal
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Rei (recreational Equipment Inc.) 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
The Principal Digital Product Designer shapes high-impact digital experiences by defining product direction and creating design standards across REI's platforms. They lead the end-to-end design process, collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring other designers to elevate overall design quality.
Principal Product Designer, Payer
Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
Headway Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
Lead the design vision and execution for the Payer group to ensure clinical excellence and coding accuracy. Partner with product and engineering leaders to define payer strategy and translate regulatory requirements into intuitive user experiences.
Graphic Designer Principal
🇺🇸 Glendale, California, United States of America
The Walt Disney Company 🇺🇸 Glendale, California, United States of America
Lead the development and execution of environmental graphic and signage solutions for complex themed entertainment projects. Manage large teams of designers and consultants while ensuring alignment with project goals from concept through construction.
Principal UX Researcher
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Ocean Infinity 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Define and lead the UX research strategy across Ocean Infinity’s software and operational platforms. Conduct and oversee qualitative and quantitative research activities to inform product design and strategy.
Principal Product Designer
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Nice 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Own the design quality and coherence of the product ecosystem, establishing standards and governing the internal design system. Lead the experience design for complex enterprise AI workflows and ensure consistency across a distributed product organization.
Principal UX Researcher
🇧🇷 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ocean Infinity 🇧🇷 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Lead and shape the user research strategy across technology platforms, products, and operational systems. Define problems to solve and translate complex technical workflows into actionable insights to inform product strategy.
Principal UX Researcher
🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Ocean Infinity 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Define and lead the UX research strategy across Ocean Infinity’s software and operational platforms. Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to inform product design and improve user experiences.
Principal Product Designer
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Nice 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
You will own the overall design quality and coherence of NiCE-Cognigy’s product ecosystem, defining and driving the design vision and experience standards. You will lead the completion and governance of the internal design system while ensuring consistency across multiple product areas.
Associate Principal Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Tekion Corp 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Associate Principal Graphic Designer will manage the brand's visual identity across digital channels and lead design projects from concept to launch. They will mentor the design team, maintain quality standards, and advocate for design in leadership discussions.
Product Designer, Principal Associate Level
🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
As a Product Designer, you will combine your craft expertise with an understanding of customers and the business to co-create innovative solutions. You will leverage your design skills to create artifacts such as journey maps, blueprints, high-fidelity designs, and prototypes.
Product Designer, Principal Associate Level
🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
As a Product Designer, you will combine your craft expertise with an understanding of customers and the business to co-create innovative solutions. You will leverage your design skills to create artifacts such as journey maps, blueprints, high-fidelity designs, and prototypes.
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.