Design Leadership Jobs in United States of America
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Director, Experience Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Paypal 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead, coach, and develop a team of product and UX designers while setting design priorities, quality standards, and team practices. Guide developer-facing experiences, design-system strategy, and AI-enabled design tooling, partnering across functions and contributing hands-on to selected design work.
Creative Production Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cella 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead hands-on, high-volume production design, especially executive presentations, while translating brand systems and creative direction into scalable, consistent visual work. Partner with cross-functional teams, uphold quality standards, and improve design workflows, templates, and production practices.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Cal Solar Inc 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
The Design Manager leads the engineering execution of commercial solar PV and battery storage projects while serving as the primary technical point of contact for clients. This role involves managing a team of designers, ensuring code compliance, and coordinating with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Sls Consultants 🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Lead design delivery for a 1.5 GW hyperscale data center campus, coordinating architecture, engineering, and specialty consultants across civil, utility, building, and infrastructure disciplines. Manage schedules, design packages, technical reviews, stakeholder alignment, consultant performance, and risks while ensuring owner requirements and quality standards are met.
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Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Fluidstack 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Manage concurrent data center design and solution-delivery programs from initiation through construction-ready handoff, coordinating schedules across architectural, structural, MEP, civil, technology, and specialty disciplines. Establish efficient program governance and reusable systems, while identifying and resolving risks, dependencies, and blockers.
I-270 Design Manager (PE I) - Denver
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
State Of Colorado 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Lead and oversee design development for the I-270 Corridor Improvements Project, including coordinating engineering disciplines, preparing and reviewing plans, specifications, and estimates, and ensuring compliance with applicable standards and environmental commitments. Advance community enhancement projects through planning, procurement, funding, coordination, and budget oversight, and provide design support during construction.
Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Mirage 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will lead and grow the product design team while setting the vision, strategy, and quality standards for all design work at Mirage. You will also partner with executive, product, and engineering teams to translate complex AI capabilities into intuitive user experiences.
Contract Design Manager
🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Ascension 🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Develop category negotiation strategies and manage contracts throughout their lifecycle, using market research and trend analysis to guide decisions and improve outcomes. Engage stakeholders and end-users, monitor contract performance, communicate relevant updates, and lead associate hiring, onboarding, development, and coaching.
Design Manager - Menswear
🇺🇸 Beverly Hills, California, United States of America
Fam Brands 🇺🇸 Beverly Hills, California, United States of America
Lead and develop three Design Managers while setting a cohesive design vision across product categories and ensuring brand consistency, innovation, and commercial alignment. Partner with merchandising, product development, production, sourcing, and marketing teams to deliver seasonal assortments on schedule, within cost and margin targets, and in line with market trends.
I-270 Design Manager (PE I) - Denver
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Colorado Department Of Transportation 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Lead design oversight for the I-270 Corridor Improvements Project, coordinating the development and review of engineering plans, specifications, and estimates while ensuring compliance with state and federal standards. Advance related community enhancement projects through planning, procurement, budgeting, stakeholder coordination, and design support during construction.
Design Manager - Menswear
🇺🇸 Beverly Hills, California, United States of America
Fam Brands 🇺🇸 Beverly Hills, California, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead and mentor a team of designers to ensure cohesive brand vision and executional excellence across sportswear categories. They will partner with merchandising and production teams to drive innovation while meeting commercial goals and margin targets.
Assistant Design Manager
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Siris Llc 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Support the Design Manager with design contract administration, project coordination, meetings, documentation, design reviews, and review of RFIs, submittals, and other construction-phase materials. Coordinate A/E team site visits and investigations, assist with scopes of work and cost estimates, and help ensure compliance and communication among the Smithsonian, contractors, and project stakeholders.
Interior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Ballenisles Country Club 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
The Interior Design Manager oversees hospitality design projects from concept development through procurement and installation. They coordinate with clients, vendors, and internal teams to ensure projects meet budget, schedule, and quality standards.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Sls Consultants Llc 🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Lead the design delivery for a 1.5 GW hyperscale data center campus by managing architecture, engineering, and specialty consultants. Drive design schedules, milestone planning, and ensure all technical requirements and operational standards are met throughout the project lifecycle.
Sr. Creative & Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Finix 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end creative output for the Finix brand, including brand identity, campaign assets, and web design. You will collaborate cross-functionally to establish a consistent visual and verbal voice across all customer touchpoints.
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.