Design Leadership Jobs
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Head of Design - Decarbonisation
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Alternative Heat 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead a multi-disciplinary design team to develop commercially viable decarbonisation and net zero solutions for large-scale commercial and public sector buildings. Oversee the full project lifecycle from initial assessment and options appraisal through to detailed design and technical assurance.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, 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 managing resources, timelines, and budgets.
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.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Birmingham, 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.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Leeds, 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.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, 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.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 City of London, London, 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.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wsp 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead and manage design projects within the UK electricity transmission and distribution sector from concept to completion. Oversee engineering design work, manage global project teams, and ensure compliance with safety, quality, and UK regulations.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead design management projects across the UK and internationally, ensuring quality and compliance with contractual obligations. Responsibilities include managing sub-consultants, preparing contracts, and establishing design management procedures.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Laing O'rourke 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the architectural and façade design scope from early-stage design development through to construction readiness. Manage and coordinate consultant architects, façade engineers, and specialist designers while ensuring compliance with client requirements and statutory standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead design management projects across the UK and internationally, ensuring quality and compliance with contractual obligations. Responsibilities include managing sub-consultants, preparing contracts, and establishing design management procedures.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
United Living Group 🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead technical and design processes, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. This includes managing external consultants and ensuring compliance with regulations and company standards.
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
🇬🇧 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.
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.
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.