Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Skilled Careers 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
As Design Manager, you will oversee the design process across multiple projects, ensuring successful coordination and delivery of design information. You will work closely with various teams to drive programme, quality, and buildability objectives.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Skilled Careers 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design coordination across various consultants and manage the design process on remediation projects. They will ensure compliance with relevant regulations and provide technical support to delivery teams.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Sphere Solutions 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate all design-related activities for a high-profile refurbishment and new build project. This includes managing the design process from pre-construction to completion, ensuring compliance and cost-effective solutions.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bovis 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will deliver Design Management on projects from pre-bid to handover, working independently with the senior project team. They will manage high-value complex projects and represent the business at a senior level with clients and partners.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
1st Step Solutions Ltd 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will act as the senior electrical engineer, overseeing projects from estimation to construction and commissioning. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with engineering standards, supporting estimation teams, and managing external design partners.
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Planning Recruitment Limited 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the design management process across multiple sites, coordinating consultants, stakeholders, and project teams. The role involves ensuring successful delivery from concept through completion.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
White Space Recruitment 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Manage and coordinate retail and F&B design projects from concept through construction documentation. Act as a key liaison between clients, design teams, consultants, and external stakeholders.
Global Learning Experience Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Boston Consulting Group (bcg) 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will design engaging and impactful learning experiences for the global Risk function, helping employees understand and apply compliance requirements. This involves creating a cohesive learning experience that drives sustained behavior change across the firm.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead design management projects across the UK and internationally, ensuring quality and compliance with contractual obligations. Responsibilities include managing sub-consultants, preparing contracts, and establishing design management procedures.
Senior Retail Design Manager, Global Real Estate Services
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hsbc 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the global retail branch design proposition, setting standards and shaping future formats. This role involves managing design governance, overseeing delivery, and partnering with senior leaders to enhance customer experiences.
Design Manager (Wastewater Non-Infrastructure)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Cowi 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will be responsible for the design and delivery of wastewater treatment and non-infrastructure projects, managing all AMP8 stages. This includes overseeing design risk management activities and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Thomas Gray 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will strengthen the design management team for a specific project. They will oversee the design aspects of construction projects in the leisure, residential, and healthcare sectors.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings to identify project risks.
Head of Design
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Midnight Club 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and inspire a team of designers while setting high creative standards. Collaborate with Group Partners to drive design excellence and develop the department's approach and skillset.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Gen2tek 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will take ownership of Design Management and Building Regulation Principal Designer duties, managing design compliance and engaging duty holders. The role involves working on high-rise residential, mixed-use, and commercial refurbishment 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.