Design Leadership Jobs
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Flexibility Market Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Elexon 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and manage a team of Flexibility Market Design Advisors while providing technical leadership and subject matter expertise. Engage with industry stakeholders and support the delivery of the Market Facilitator Delivery Plan.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Act as a Design Manager on major property and infrastructure projects, coordinating between design teams and engineering specialists. Develop design strategies and manage the design program to ensure project goals and client requirements are met.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wsp 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager coordinates multi-disciplinary teams on major property and infrastructure projects from inception through to handover. They are responsible for managing design programmes, resolving risks, and ensuring deliverables meet high quality and regulatory standards.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead multi-disciplinary design teams to meet client scopes, budgets, and timescales within the Defence or Technology sectors. They are responsible for coordinating design activities with procurement and construction teams while managing project risks and technical delivery.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Kier Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
As a Design Manager, you will coordinate and oversee design activities across multiple highway and infrastructure schemes. You will manage the complete design process from concept through to construction support and scheme close-out.
Content and Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Health Foundation 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead a team to develop and disseminate high-quality digital and printed content. Oversee the creation of graphics, photography, video, and data visualizations to engage audiences and strengthen the brand.
Content and Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Health Foundation 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead a team of three officers to produce high-quality digital and printed content, including graphics, video, and data visualisations. Develop and champion brand and storytelling guidelines to engage audiences and strengthen the organization's brand.
Head of Design
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Capcade 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Establish and lead the design discipline, setting the craft bar and building a design system from the ground up. Own the end-to-end user experience for complex B2B workflows, focusing on AI-powered features and onboarding.
Privacy By Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Vodafone 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the transformation of global privacy processes, operating models, and tooling to ensure scalable compliance. Provide subject matter expertise in Privacy by Design and Responsible AI while managing metrics and audit actions.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Atkinsréalis 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the delivery of multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects from concept to construction, ensuring targets for programme, budget, and quality are met. Manage project teams, facilitate client communication, and oversee contractual and commercial risks.
Director, Design Engineering - DC Development (m/f/d)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Digital Realty 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the technical delivery and design governance of complex, high-performance data center projects from inception through handover. Coordinate multi-disciplinary consultant teams and act as the primary technical authority for internal stakeholders and customers.
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.