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Civil Infrastructure - Transportation Project Manager / Design Manager Rail
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Aecom 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead the design process for rail civil infrastructure projects from planning through execution and closure. Manage multidisciplinary teams and oversee design stages to ensure quality, budget adherence, and compliance with industry regulations.
Senior Design Manager
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Cundall 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead and support the design management of large-scale data centre projects by coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing deliverables. The role involves driving design reviews, managing client expectations, and contributing to the improvement of design management processes.
Senior Design Manager
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Cundall 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead or support the design management of large-scale data centre projects by coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing deliverables. Drive project meetings and workshops while working closely with clients to ensure successful outcomes and risk management.
Design Manager - Arquitectura, Estructura y Urbanización de Obra de Edificación
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Sacyr 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
The Design Manager will oversee design teams, establish delivery schedules, and ensure design quality aligns with internal guidelines. They are responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary teams, resolving technical discrepancies, and providing technical support for procurement and construction implementation.
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Design Manager - Arquitectura, Estructura y Urbanización de Obra de Edificación
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Sacyr 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead and coordinate design teams across architecture, structure, and urbanization phases from project design through construction. Ensure quality control, resolve interdisciplinary conflicts, and provide technical support for procurement and construction implementation.
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.