Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager
🇮🇳 India
Value At Void™ 🇮🇳 India
The Design Manager will manage multiple design projects from initiation to delivery, ensuring high-quality outcomes and timely delivery. They will also lead design initiatives, optimize internal processes, and support team development.
Head Of Design
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
Weekday Ai 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
Lead the overall design vision and strategy while managing a high-performing team of product, visual, and brand designers. Drive end-to-end product design across web and mobile platforms to improve user adoption and engagement.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Gensler 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Manage all phases of projects, including design and construction drawings, while ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget. Build client relationships and drive business opportunities while overseeing project teams and coordinating with various stakeholders.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Reserve Bank of India, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, - 400038, Maharashtra, India
Mace 🇮🇳 Reserve Bank of India, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, - 400038, Maharashtra, India
The Design Manager will coordinate design management activities to meet business plan outcomes, ensuring client briefs and stakeholder requirements are met. They will also build collaborative relationships and promote knowledge sharing within the organization.
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Design Manager
🇮🇳 Reserve Bank of India, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, - 400038, Maharashtra, India
Mace 🇮🇳 Reserve Bank of India, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, - 400038, Maharashtra, India
The Design Manager coordinates design activities to meet timelines, budgets, and performance objectives for a mixed-use development in Mumbai. They lead design resources, apply governance frameworks, and promote carbon reduction initiatives to support net zero goals.
Head of Design and Impact
🇮🇳 New Delhi, India
Wwf 🇮🇳 New Delhi, India
Lead the design, measurement, and learning aspects of WWF India's programmes to ensure robust impact and evidence-based outcomes. Collaborate with fundraising teams to develop high-quality proposals for corporates, HNIs, and strategic donors.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Jaipur, Jaipur Tehsil, India
Radon India 🇮🇳 Jaipur, Jaipur Tehsil, India
Lead and manage the interior design team for residential and commercial projects. Ensure projects are delivered as per client requirements, quality standards, and timelines.
Senior Learning Design Manager (AI-Enabled)
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Vectra 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the global learning organization's execution and serve as the onsite lead for the Bangalore team. Translate business goals into AI-enabled learning architectures, curricula, and production-ready content.
Head of Design
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Aspora 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead and scale all three design functions: product design, brand design, and marketing design. Establish design quality standards and ensure visual and tonal consistency across all markets and channels.
Head of Design
🇮🇳 India
Aspora 🇮🇳 India
Lead and unify the product, brand, and marketing design functions under a single global vision. Establish design quality standards and drive the evolution of the design system across all customer-facing surfaces.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Chattels Design 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Lead and manage a team of interior designers to ensure high-quality project delivery. Oversee the design process from concept to execution while collaborating with project managers, clients, and vendors.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Ahmedabad, India
Livspace 🇮🇳 Ahmedabad, India
As a Customer Delivery Manager - Design, you will manage the design process for multiple projects through a team of designers. This includes ensuring productivity, conducting training, and managing customer relationships.
Design Manager - Electrical
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Jacobs 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The candidate will manage the Electrical Design team, ensuring compliance with industry codes and standards while developing electrical packages for power and distribution systems. They will also collaborate with engineering teams, clients, and contractors to meet project goals and timelines.
Design Manager - GDC
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Sj Group 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Design Manager will oversee sustainable building design projects, ensuring compliance with energy modelling standards and certifications. They will collaborate with teams to creatively solve design challenges and contribute to positive environmental impacts.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Larsen & Toubro 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Design Manager will oversee the design aspects of large-scale construction projects, specifically Elevated Metros. They will ensure that all design elements meet the technical requirements and standards for Metro Projects.
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.