Design Leadership Jobs
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Head of Design - Gas
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Ies Utilities Group Ltd 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Head of Design will lead, build, and manage the in-house Design Department to ensure safe and efficient delivery of multi-disciplinary infrastructure designs. They are responsible for design governance, technical leadership, and supporting business growth through effective pre-construction management and client engagement.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Jacobs 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary detailed design teams for major UK water and wastewater infrastructure programs to ensure buildable and effective solutions. Manage design scope, technical interfaces, and assurance while fostering trusted client relationships and mentoring staff.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Ground Control 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate the design function for landscape construction and civil engineering projects, ensuring solutions are buildable, compliant, and cost-effective. Act as the technical authority for design decisions, managing both internal teams and external consultants while overseeing temporary works and CDM compliance.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Ground Control 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate design activities across landscape construction and civil engineering projects, acting as the technical authority. They are responsible for managing internal and external design teams, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and overseeing project buildability and commercial objectives.
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Hdr 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Direct and coordinate multidiscipline teams throughout the entire project lifecycle from initiation to close-out. Manage project finances, staffing, and deliverables while maintaining client relations and implementing QA/QC procedures.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Cundall 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead and 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 business growth.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
As a Design Manager, you will lead and manage design projects in the electricity transmission and distribution sector, overseeing engineering design work and project management services. You will ensure compliance with best practices and UK regulations while driving projects from concept to completion.
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.