Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager
🇺🇸 Texas, United States of America
Ava Energy 🇺🇸 Texas, United States of America
Lead multi-discipline design coordination and master scheduling for hyperscale GPU data center builds. Establish program governance, including gates, change control, and playbooks to streamline engineering delivery.
Senior Staff UX Design Manager, Gmail
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will drive the strategy and execution of an agentic Gmail experience by integrating AI into legacy workflows. Additionally, you will manage a design team while collaborating with cross-functional leaders to ensure cohesive, high-quality user experiences across desktop and mobile.
Design Manager - Interiors
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Manage all phases of corporate interior projects from set-up through construction administration, ensuring they are delivered on time and on budget. Lead project teams and maintain client relationships while overseeing scheduling, budgets, and financial performance.
Experience Design Manager Sr
🇺🇸 Orlando, Florida, United States of America
Pnc 🇺🇸 Orlando, Florida, United States of America
Lead and develop a team of designers to create unified digital experiences and complex operational workflows. Partner with business and technology leaders to drive platform modernization and establish enterprise-wide design standards.
Senior Deputy Design Manager - Municipal Projects
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Turner & Townsend 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Direct and support Project Managers in managing CMARs and architects through all phases of design and construction for municipal projects. Coordinate civil scopes, manage external consultants, and ensure high-level client service delivery.
Design Manager - Workplace Interiors
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Lead all phases of corporate interior projects, managing client relationships, budgets, and project schedules. Mentor junior staff and collaborate with consultants to ensure high-quality design delivery and business development.
Head of Design, Unified Service Platform
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gusto 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead and coach a team of three designers while maintaining a hands-on player-coach role for high-leverage design work. Drive design strategy and quality for the Unified Service Platform, ensuring seamless AI-human service integration.
Head of Design, Unified Service Platform
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Gusto 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Lead and coach a team of three designers while maintaining a hands-on player-coach role for high-leverage design work. Set the design vision for the Unified Service Platform and represent design within the cross-functional leadership quartet.
Design Manager - Kraemer Design + Production
🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Playcore 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Lead the day-to-day design management of exhibit and visitor experience projects from concept through installation. Guide multidisciplinary teams to translate client content into engaging, hands-on, and educational physical and digital experiences.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Bob 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
As the first design leader, you will own the end-to-end product experience, from onboarding to high-trust financial workflows. You will create prototypes, conduct user research, and define the interaction model for an AI finance employee across web, mobile, and conversational surfaces.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Padcom Design And Construction Management 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Direct design activities for major capital improvement and modernization projects while ensuring compliance with District standards and DSA requirements. Oversee consultant performance, architectural firm selection, and design quality from concept through construction transition.
Store Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Uniqlo 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Leads the end-to-end execution of retail store development projects in the U.S., managing schedules, costs, and quality. Coordinates with real estate teams and external vendors to ensure brand standards and local code compliance from feasibility to handover.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Lincolnshire, Lake County, IL 60069, United States of America
Camping World 🇺🇸 Lincolnshire, Lake County, IL 60069, United States of America
Lead creative direction across performance marketing, email, print, and web while managing brand consistency and high-priority projects. Mentor and develop designers through constructive feedback and oversee quality assurance processes and workflows.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Lincolnshire, Lake County, IL 60069, United States of America
Camping World Holdings, Inc. 🇺🇸 Lincolnshire, Lake County, IL 60069, United States of America
Lead the in-house design team in delivering high-quality, on-brand creative assets across performance marketing, email, print, and web. Manage project lifecycles from concept to completion while mentoring designers and maintaining brand standards.
Design Manager - Architecture - Senior
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead architectural teams through all project phases from design to construction while managing client relationships and project financial health. Partner with studio leadership to drive business development through RFPs and mentor junior staff to foster professional growth.
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.