Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Tsui Group 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the design activities for the School Upgrade Program and critical repair projects, ensuring compliance with functional, budgetary, and legal requirements. Coordinate between architects, consultants, and District personnel from project conception through final handoff to execution.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 United States of America
Switch 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Design Manager leads design coordination for complex, large-scale data center projects, managing the design process from kickoff through permitting and construction handoff. This role involves overseeing schedules, quality, and documentation while serving as a primary escalation point for design-related decisions.
Senior Design Manager, Enterprise, Worldwide Grocery Retail Growth & Development (WWRGD)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design function of the Project and Equipment Request Form (PERF) program across the grocery store fleet. Establish design standards, prioritize requests, and coordinate with construction and procurement partners to deliver in-store improvements.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Morgner Construction Management Corp. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Design Manager will plan, organize, and direct design activities for the School Upgrade Program and critical repair projects, ensuring compliance with standards and guidelines. They will manage multiple projects, coordinate with architects and consultants, and oversee the design review process.
Senior Product & Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Gainor Staffing 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead end-to-end product development from concept through manufacturing and launch. Manage production schedules, vendor relationships, and manufacturing timelines to ensure projects stay on track.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Motion Recruitment 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for consumer-facing experiences and establish the company's visual language and design system. Partner closely with product and engineering leadership to influence product strategy and roadmap decisions.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Maas Companies, Inc. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
As Senior Design Manager, you will lead design activities for the School Upgrade Program and critical repair projects, ensuring compliance with budgetary and legal requirements. You will manage the design process from conception through final review and approval, coordinating with various District branches and representing the design program in community outreach.
Infrastructure & Capital Projects – Senior Design Manager – K-12, ANS
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Accenture 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
You will lead and direct design activities for School Upgrade and critical repair projects, serving as the District’s primary design authority. You will manage the overall design process to ensure compliance with various requirements and oversee multiple projects from concept through final design review.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cordoba Corporation 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will lead and oversee design activities for the School Upgrade Program and critical repair projects, ensuring high-quality project delivery. This role includes managing multiple projects, coordinating with various stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with standards and regulations.
Creative Director - Design Systems
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Haus 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Creative Director will oversee a multidisciplinary team and ensure the quality and consistency of the design system. They will also serve as the primary client-facing partner and establish documentation standards and design QA practices.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Maas Companies 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the design process for the School Upgrade Program, managing architects and projects from conception through final approval. Coordinate with various District branches and the Division of the State Architect to ensure projects meet functional, budgetary, and legal requirements.
Creative Director - Design Systems
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Haus 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead a multidisciplinary production team to build, document, and govern a mature enterprise design system. Act as the primary client contact to translate priorities into delivery plans while ensuring high craft and consistency across Figma and code.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Francison Consulting, Inc. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager is responsible for managing the design process for major capital improvement and repair projects, ensuring compliance with various standards and regulations. This role involves coordinating with multiple stakeholders and overseeing the design review process.
Innovation and Solution Design Manager, Business Solutions
🇺🇸 Guernsey, WY 82214, United States of America
Mourant 🇺🇸 Guernsey, WY 82214, United States of America
The role involves designing and implementing the AI strategy and technology roadmaps to drive efficiency and service quality. It requires identifying emerging technologies and coordinating with stakeholders to integrate sustainable solutions across the business.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Bettingjobs 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Define and lead the overall creative vision and design standards across multiple brands and platforms. Collaborate with various teams to create engaging player experiences and elevate the visual layer of the app.
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.