Design Leadership Jobs in India
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Design Manager – Architect
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Isprava 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Lead architectural design, plotting, and master planning, ensuring design quality, timely delivery, and compliance with project standards and regulations. Coordinate consultants and internal teams, review design deliverables, conduct site visits, resolve design challenges, and oversee inspections and project handover.
Head of Design
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Sustvest 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Own solar design across commercial and industrial projects, from site feasibility and module layouts through generation modelling, electrical drawings, and execution-ready bills of quantities. Support sales proposals, issue construction drawings, resolve site queries, review as-built drawings, and establish design standards and templates.
Senior Design Manager /Architect in Bangalore
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Atelier Astil 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead and mentor a team of creative designers while overseeing the design process from concept to execution. Ensure all architectural work meets high standards of quality, functionality, and design coherence.
CPU Front-end Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Intel Corporation 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The manager will lead the Memory Execution Unit (MEU) Front-End development team, overseeing RTL design, verification, and formal verification processes. They are responsible for driving microarchitecture strategy, ensuring PPA objectives are met, and fostering a high-performing, collaborative engineering culture.
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Media & Graphics Design Manager
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Accenture In India 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Develop high-quality digital creative assets for eCommerce, CRM, and social media while ensuring brand consistency. Utilize Generative AI tools to enhance creative production and optimize product content for various digital marketplaces.
Head of Design ( Pan India)
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
315work Avenue 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the Pan-India design function for managed office and corporate interior projects from concept to final handover. Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary team of architects and designers while ensuring compliance with budgets and quality standards.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Maharashtra, India
315work Avenue 🇮🇳 Maharashtra, India
Manage corporate interior and managed office design projects from initial concept through to final execution. Coordinate with clients, vendors, and internal teams to ensure designs meet budget, timeline, and quality standards.
Media & Graphics Design Manager
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Accenture 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
The Media & Graphics Design Manager leads creative direction across various media channels and ensures brand consistency throughout the production process. They are responsible for coaching multidisciplinary teams, reviewing deliverables, and presenting strategic concepts to internal and external stakeholders.
Senior Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Gensler 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead and manage multiple architectural projects from programming through construction administration while ensuring they remain on time and within budget. Focus on building strong client relationships, driving business opportunities, and mentoring project teams.
Creative Director (Creative Design Leadership)
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Infosys 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead creative thinking, storytelling, and design direction for an internal agency within an IT MNC. Translate business problems into powerful creative work through strategic account planning and campaign development.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
Hill International 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
The Design Manager oversees the planning, coordination, and monitoring of all design activities throughout the project lifecycle. They ensure that architectural, structural, and specialist designs meet quality, budget, and regulatory standards.
Design Manager - Rail
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Wsp In India 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The role involves managing and coordinating multidisciplinary design delivery for rail and metro infrastructure projects from concept to detailed design. Key accountabilities include coordinating design interfaces, managing risks, and ensuring high-quality integrated design outcomes through stakeholder engagement.
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.