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Design Manager - Data Center
🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Gilbane Building 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Lead the integration of design and construction teams to deliver coordinated, cost-effective data center designs on schedule and within budget. Oversee design progression, risk management, and the transition from preconstruction to execution across advanced delivery models.
Senior Creative Design Manager
🇺🇸 Missouri, United States of America
H&r Block 🇺🇸 Missouri, United States of America
Lead the creative vision and design strategy for performance marketing and lifecycle communications across paid media and CRM channels. Manage a team of designers to deliver data-driven creative assets that drive customer acquisition, engagement, and retention.
Senior Design Manager, Commercial Furniture
🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Open Plan Systems 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Lead the daily operations of the Design Department by supervising the design team and managing project workflows. Oversee the maintenance of CET Designer standards and collaborate with Sales, Engineering, and Manufacturing to ensure accurate project execution.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 United States of America
Modcorr 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Design Manager oversees the planning and execution of design activities for detention facility projects, ensuring alignment between internal teams and external architects. They are responsible for maintaining BIM standards, managing design schedules, and ensuring quality control across all deliverables.
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Design Manager - Federal Government Sector
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Manage multidisciplinary design teams to deliver high-quality, compliant projects for federal clients such as USACE, NAVFAC, and AFCEC. Act as the primary client interface while maintaining fiduciary responsibility for project budgets and schedules.
Head Of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Owl Ventures 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role begins as a hands-on principal designer creating AI-powered learning experiences and design systems. It eventually transitions into leading the entire design organization, managing designers and contractors while owning company-wide design quality.
Senior Creative Design Manager
🇺🇸 United States of America
H&r Block 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Creative Design Manager leads the creative vision and strategy for performance marketing and lifecycle communications across various digital channels. This role involves managing a design team, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, and leveraging data to optimize creative assets for acquisition and retention.
Design Manager - Water
🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Wharton-smith 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
The Design Manager leads planning, budgeting, and risk analysis during the pursuit and preconstruction phases of municipal water projects. They collaborate closely with estimating and operations teams to ensure constructability, cost control, and successful project delivery.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Covolt Power 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
The Design Manager coordinates PV and BESS project engineering efforts between clients, consultants, and internal teams to ensure IFC design packages are delivered on time and budget. They manage technical interfaces, facilitate design reviews, and oversee the handover of designs and permits to operations.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Covolt Power 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Coordinate and drive PV and BESS project engineering efforts to ensure design packages are delivered on time and within budget. Manage technical interfaces between clients, consultants, and internal teams while overseeing the integration of civil, structural, and electrical disciplines.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States of America
Covolt Power 🇺🇸 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States of America
Coordinate and drive PV and BESS project engineering efforts to ensure design packages are delivered on time and within budget. Manage technical interfaces between clients, consultants, and internal teams while overseeing the integration of civil, structural, and electrical disciplines.
Sr Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Dpr Construction 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead and manage design processes for technically complex and sustainable construction projects. Oversee design integration across advanced technology, life sciences, and healthcare markets.
Sr Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Dpr Construction 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead and manage design processes for technically complex and sustainable construction projects. Coordinate across advanced technology, life sciences, and healthcare markets to ensure project success.
Design Manager Major Projects
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Mott Macdonald 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Design Manager is responsible for the technical integrity and coordination of multidisciplinary design solutions on major projects. Key duties include managing design budgets, leading interdisciplinary reviews, and ensuring contract-compliant technical delivery.
Design Manager Major Projects
🇺🇸 Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830, United States of America
Mott Macdonald 🇺🇸 Woodbridge Township, NJ 08830, United States of America
The Design Manager is responsible for the technical integrity and delivery of multidisciplinary design solutions for major projects. Key duties include managing design budgets, coordinating interdisciplinary interfaces, and ensuring contract-compliant technical solutions.
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.