Design Leadership Jobs in Salt Lake City, United States of America
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Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
Jll 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will lead the end-to-end design process, from initial concept through project completion, while collaborating with clients and project teams. They are responsible for directing design teams, managing external vendors, and ensuring design solutions align with budgetary and business objectives.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
American Equipment 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead and mentor multidisciplinary mechanical and electrical design teams to support custom overhead crane manufacturing. They are responsible for driving the digital transformation from 2D drafting to 3D modeling while ensuring design quality and operational efficiency.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
L.f. Driscoll 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The Design Manager directs external design consultants through all project phases to ensure design intent, constructability, and budget alignment. This role serves as the primary point of contact for owners and internal teams while managing design schedules and operational risk assessments.
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.