Design Leadership Jobs in Australia
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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.
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.
ANZ Design Manager Opportunities
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lead design delivery for complex transport infrastructure projects from concept through issued-for-construction stages, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and interfaces across rail, roads, bridges, and structures. Manage client relationships, project scope, schedules, budgets, and quality while championing design governance, safety, compliance, digital engineering, and staff development.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Redpath Partners 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Assess development sites and feasibility, shape planning strategies, and lead design from early concepts through planning and design development. Manage consultants and stakeholders, optimise site yield, and ensure design outcomes meet commercial objectives, project requirements, and planning constraints.
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ANZ Design Manager Opportunities
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lead the design delivery of complex transport infrastructure projects from concept to IFC while coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams. Manage project scope, budgets, and quality outcomes while building trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders.
Design Manager - Transmission Lines AUSTRALIA WIDE
🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genusplus Group 🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Lead and coordinate design teams to deliver high-quality engineering designs and construction documentation on schedule, while managing project delivery, budgets, profitability, and competing priorities. Develop buildable, cost-effective solutions; maintain client and stakeholder relationships; mentor team members; oversee construction planning and tender documentation; and improve processes while ensuring safety, environmental, and quality compliance.
Design Manager | Data Centres
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mission Critical Recruitment 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead multidisciplinary design for hyperscale data centre projects from concept through construction and commissioning, including appointing consultants and vendors and developing design briefs. Coordinate stakeholders, provide technical guidance, review and approve design documentation, and ensure designs meet project objectives, budgets, timelines, codes, standards, and sustainability requirements.
Assistant Design Manager
🇦🇺 River Of Life City Church, Slacks Creek, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Multiplex 🇦🇺 River Of Life City Church, Slacks Creek, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Support the Design Manager in coordinating design activities from development through construction and completion, including consultants, documentation, and key design interfaces. Resolve design issues with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and construction teams while keeping design deliverables aligned with programme, buildability, quality, and compliance requirements.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mott Macdonald 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead and coordinate digital designers to deliver water, wastewater, network, and treatment infrastructure designs in line with project budgets, schedules, client requirements, and engineering standards. Collaborate with delivery teams, clients, and partner organizations; mentor junior designers; contribute construction and commissioning expertise; and support bids and client relationships.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Redpath Partners 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead design management from project inception through delivery, coordinating consultants, contractors, clients, and internal teams while ensuring technical compliance, buildability, safety, programme, and budget alignment. Drive value engineering and cost optimisation, manage design progress and procurement, contribute to tenders and business planning, and mentor design team members.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mott Macdonald 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Oversee and coordinate a team of digital designers to deliver water and wastewater infrastructure projects within budget and program constraints. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders while providing technical support and mentoring junior staff.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Stantec 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Design Manager will lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex building projects while ensuring quality, budget, and schedule adherence. They will also foster strong client relationships and mentor emerging leaders within the business.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hickory Group 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Design Manager oversees the comprehensive design process from initial planning to project completion, ensuring seamless integration and buildability. They lead design teams, coordinate with stakeholders, and manage design risks and budgets to align with project objectives.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Acciona 🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Lead transmission line and substation design across high- and medium-voltage infrastructure, coordinating design from concept through detailed delivery. Manage interfaces, technical governance, constructability, cost, schedule, change, and risk while leading reviews, consultants, and team capability development.
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.