Design Leadership Jobs in United States of America
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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 - 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.
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.
Tool Install Design Manager, Peoria, AZ - Semiconductor
🇺🇸 Peoria, Arizona, United States of America
World Wide Professional Solutions 🇺🇸 Peoria, Arizona, United States of America
Lead and integrate engineering and design activities for semiconductor tool installation, ensuring alignment between manufacturing equipment and facility utility systems. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to manage design deliverables, resolve technical conflicts, and support construction through startup.
Design Manager - Illinois Tollway
🇺🇸 Lisle, IL 60532, United States of America
Wsp 🇺🇸 Lisle, IL 60532, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead design excellence for the Illinois Tollway, overseeing multidisciplinary teams and ensuring technical standards are met across complex transportation projects. They will act as a trusted technical advisor, managing design quality, innovation, and stakeholder consensus to support the program's strategic objectives.
Senior Technology Design Manager - Data Hall Fit Out
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Coreweave 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Senior Technology Design Manager will lead and coordinate the design process for data center fit outs, ensuring alignment with performance, efficiency, and scalability standards. This role acts as the primary point of contact for design-related matters, collaborating with internal SMEs and external consultants to oversee construction implementation.
RTL Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead a high-performance engineering team to own the design and implementation of blocks while meeting functional, timing, area, and power requirements. Guide verification efforts and implement automation to improve design team efficiency.
Store Design Manager - WSS
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Foot Locker 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Store Design Manager leads the creative and technical development of store environments, overseeing the full design process from concept to construction. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet operational, financial, and brand standards while managing project documentation and vendor coordination.
Buildings & Facilities Design Manager Southwest Division
🇺🇸 Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
Mott Macdonald 🇺🇸 Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
The Buildings & Facilities Design Manager will lead and grow the Southwest Division's buildings practice by overseeing multidisciplinary engineering teams and driving project delivery excellence. They are responsible for developing growth strategies, managing client relationships, and securing new business across key infrastructure and facility sectors.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Vanir Construction Management, Inc. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the design lifecycle for campus capital projects, overseeing planning, design deliverables, quality reviews, compliance, schedules, budgets, and DSA approvals. Coordinate the Capital Program Team, design consultants, and District stakeholders, and review construction changes and their impacts on project scope, cost, and schedule.
Technical Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Janie And Jack Llc 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own fit, construction, and technical execution across apparel categories, maintaining standards and ensuring products meet design, quality, safety, and manufacturability requirements. Lead technical problem-solving with internal teams and suppliers, use customer and product-performance data to address systemic issues, and manage and develop technical design support.
Mechanical Design Manager
🇺🇸 Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Brightpath Associates Llc 🇺🇸 Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Manage mechanical design projects from planning through completion, overseeing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and consultant performance. Coordinate with project teams and design professionals, lead design reviews, resolve issues, and support cost-effective facility design and project standards.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Olathe, Kansas, United States of America
Mytruehr 🇺🇸 Olathe, Kansas, United States of America
The Design Manager is responsible for leading the design team, overseeing project workflows from concept to construction, and ensuring high-quality design outcomes. They will also focus on process improvement, budget management, and fostering a collaborative environment to support company growth.
Senior Airfield Civil Engineer & Design Manager
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Lead and manage aviation and airfield design across project stages, including planning, design submittals, reviews, and construction administration, while overseeing schedules, budgets, and design quality. Coordinate with stakeholders, guide design teams through project constraints, present design solutions, and occasionally inspect construction work for compliance.
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.