Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Balfour Beatty Plc 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Oversee and control the design process on civil engineering projects across the East of England. Ensure that all design and procurement activities meet client requirements and remain within agreed cost parameters.
Design Manager - 12 Month FTC
🇬🇧 West Midlands, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Mostonrecruit 🇬🇧 West Midlands, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will oversee the design processes for construction and refurbishment projects, ensuring that design information is delivered on time and within budget. They will manage multiple projects, coordinate with consultants and stakeholders, and support project teams in various aspects of design management.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Skilled Careers 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
As Design Manager, you will oversee the design process across multiple projects, ensuring successful coordination and delivery of design information. You will work closely with various teams to drive programme, quality, and buildability objectives.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Solihull, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England, United Kingdom
Strabag 🇬🇧 Solihull, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England, United Kingdom
As a Design Manager, you will lead and coordinate the design process throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery of design information. You will collaborate with clients, consultants, and internal teams to manage design risks and support successful project delivery.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Alton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Cento 🇬🇧 Alton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and develop a design team, ensuring fire system designs meet client requirements and industry standards. They will also manage an existing Fire Designer and support the growth of the design team as the business expands.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead and manage design processes for infrastructure projects across the UK and internationally, including financial oversight and quality compliance. Manage sub-consultants, develop design management procedures, and mentor junior team members.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Stretford, Trafford, England, United Kingdom
Wates Group 🇬🇧 Stretford, Trafford, England, United Kingdom
As Senior Design Manager, you'll lead the design function on site, ensuring successful delivery by bringing together teams, disciplines, and stakeholders. You will also drive quality, innovation, and collaboration across the design lifecycle.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Ashbrittle Recruitment 🇬🇧 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
As Design Manager, you will coordinate and manage the design process across multiple projects, ensuring effective collaboration with project teams and consultants. You will also identify and resolve design issues while driving value engineering opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Skilled Careers 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design coordination across various consultants and manage the design process on remediation projects. They will ensure compliance with relevant regulations and provide technical support to delivery teams.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Hallen, BS10 7RP, United Kingdom
Thorn Baker Construction 🇬🇧 Hallen, BS10 7RP, United Kingdom
Lead multi-disciplinary design teams and manage consultants and design partners. Drive design delivery from early stages through to construction, ensuring efficient and compliant solutions.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Sphere Solutions 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate all design-related activities for a high-profile refurbishment and new build project. This includes managing the design process from pre-construction to completion, ensuring compliance and cost-effective solutions.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Systra Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will be accountable for the design delivery of allocated civil engineering work packages, ensuring timely and budget-compliant project outcomes. They will also coordinate between design and construction teams and maintain good relationships with external parties.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bovis 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will deliver Design Management on projects from pre-bid to handover, working independently with the senior project team. They will manage high-value complex projects and represent the business at a senior level with clients and partners.
Assistant Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
We Are Footprint 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
You will support the coordination and management of the design process, ensuring information is delivered accurately and on time. Key tasks include assisting in design management, coordinating teams, and monitoring design deliverables.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
Willmott Dixon 🇬🇧 Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
You will oversee, monitor, and report on design programmes, ensuring high-quality outputs that align with project goals and budgets. Key responsibilities include leading the design process, managing consultants, and ensuring compliance with statutory approvals.
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.