Design Leadership Jobs in Adelaide, Australia
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Design Manager
🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Multiplex 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Lead and manage design development and delivery across the project, coordinating consultants and stakeholders throughout design and construction. Oversee design programmes, documentation, value management, and design changes while working with project and site teams to resolve risks and coordination issues and support efficient construction.
Associate Design Manager
🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Aurecon 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Lead design management and delivery for major, complex multidisciplinary projects, establishing governance, scopes, work packages, schedules, budgets, and reporting while coordinating disciplines and managing delivery risks. Lead Adelaide’s Design Management team, build client relationships, oversee commercial performance, contribute to bids, and improve local delivery capability.
Design Manager - Utilities and Renewable Energy
🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Consolidated Power Projects 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Lead the integration of electrical, primary and secondary, overhead line, civil, and structural design inputs for high-voltage infrastructure and renewable energy projects. Coordinate with engineering teams and external stakeholders to resolve technical challenges and ensure designs are consistent, compliant, efficient, and aligned with client and industry requirements.
Associate Design Manager
🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Aurecon 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Lead the design management of major, complex, and multidisciplinary projects while providing leadership for the Adelaide Design Management team. Manage project governance, commercial performance, and stakeholder relationships to ensure successful delivery from concept through construction.
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Design Manager - Utilities and Renewable Energy
🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Quanta Services Australia 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
The Design Manager will lead the integration of multi-disciplinary engineering inputs for high-voltage infrastructure and renewable energy projects. They will act as a central technical reference point to ensure designs are compliant, efficient, and aligned with client requirements.
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.