Design Leadership Jobs
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UX Designer
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Fetchjobs.co 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Digital Solutions Specialist will develop and manage digital strategies that align with client objectives and oversee the implementation of digital projects. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams and monitor digital performance metrics to optimize user engagement.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Camberley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Costain Group Plc 🇬🇧 Camberley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will be responsible for the design delivery of non-infrastructure wastewater projects, managing design deliverables and ensuring project risks are communicated and recorded. They will also coordinate design reviews and implement the project BIM strategy.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Camberley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Costain Group 🇬🇧 Camberley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Responsible for the design delivery of non-infrastructure wastewater projects on the Thames Water AMP8 Framework. This includes leading Design Managers and collaborating with multiple teams to deliver carbon-efficient design solutions.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Hounslow, England, United Kingdom
Vinci Building Uk 🇬🇧 Hounslow, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager is responsible for independent design management on medium to large-scale projects, coordinating design activities and managing consultant relationships. The role requires developing project-specific design management strategies and driving team performance while ensuring compliance with project requirements.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. You will also collaborate with multiple teams to integrate brand and user experience while driving improvements in digital design processes.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. You will also collaborate with teams to integrate brand and user experience while driving improvements in digital design processes.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. You will also collaborate with different teams to integrate brand and user experience while driving improvements in digital design processes.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. You will also drive the adoption of AI-enabled tools within digital design and collaborate with various teams to enhance brand and user experience.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. You will also collaborate with different teams to integrate brand and user experience while driving improvements in digital design processes.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. You will also drive the adoption of AI-enabled tools within digital design and collaborate with various teams to enhance brand and user experience.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. You will also drive the adoption of AI-enabled tools within digital design and collaborate with multiple teams to enhance brand and user experience.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. You will also collaborate with multiple teams to integrate brand and user experience while driving the adoption of AI-enabled tools in design.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, producing high-quality outputs in multiple formats. You will also drive the adoption of AI tools within digital design and collaborate with various teams to enhance brand and user experience.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 Southampton, England, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. You will also drive the adoption of AI-enabled tools within digital design and collaborate with various teams to enhance brand and user experience.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. You will also drive the adoption of AI-enabled tools within digital design and collaborate with various teams to enhance brand and user experience.
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.