Design Leadership Jobs in United States of America
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Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America
Aureos 🇺🇸 Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead multidisciplinary design teams and coordinate design delivery across construction project phases, ensuring designs meet programme, budget, quality, compliance, and client requirements. Manage design risks, approvals, interfaces, and change while supporting construction teams and developing design staff.
Technical Design Manager
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Cato Corporation 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead and coordinate a team of technical designers, overseeing product development work to meet goals and deadlines. Partner with buyers and cross-functional teams to achieve optimal fit, consistent sizing, quality construction, and improved processes, while supporting training and performing technical designer duties for assigned products.
Fire Sprinkler Design Manager
🇺🇸 United States of America
Snowdon - Fire Protection Search 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead and develop the sprinkler design team while overseeing drawings, hydraulic calculations, material lists, and technical submissions. Manage design quality, schedules, and project hours, and coordinate with project managers and field teams to resolve issues and support project delivery.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Ashburn, VA 20147, United States of America
Aligned Data Centers 🇺🇸 Ashburn, VA 20147, United States of America
Lead data center projects from design handoff through construction turnover, overseeing design teams, deliverables, schedules, risks, budgets, and compliance. Coordinate with construction managers, operations, customers, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery and continuous improvement.
Senior Design Manager – Highway P3 / DBFOM Projects
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Vva Consultants 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Lead design development and multidisciplinary coordination for major highway P3 / DBFOM pursuits, including conceptual designs, technical solutions, ATCs, and technical submissions. Coordinate with clients, public agencies, project teams, and stakeholders to align design with construction, operations, commercial objectives, schedules, and RFP requirements.
Growth Design Manager, Web & Acquisition
🇺🇸 United States of America
Superhuman 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the strategy, design, experimentation, and execution of top-of-funnel web experiences, including landing pages, acquisition flows, sign-up, and interactive tools. Build and mentor a team of designers, strengthen scalable web design systems, and partner with Growth, Marketing, Product, Engineering, Research, and Data teams to improve conversion and activation.
Healthcare Planning and Design Manager - Northeast
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Silentia Us 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Build relationships with architects, interior designers, and healthcare planners, and secure Silentia specifications in hospital construction and renovation projects across the Northeast. Track specified projects through procurement and installation, verify that field execution matches the design, and coordinate with sales and design teams.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Industrious 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will lead projects through all design phases, including test fits, construction documentation, and launch, while ensuring brand standards are met. They will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to innovate physical workplace products and manage design workflows.
Deputy Design Manager - Gateway
🇺🇸 Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
Parsons Corporation 🇺🇸 Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
The Deputy Design Manager will oversee the design team and coordinate design activities for heavy commuter rail systems. They are responsible for managing the design process, ensuring deliverables meet standards, and coordinating with construction teams for a seamless transition.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead the planning, execution, and closeout of water and wastewater infrastructure projects, ensuring they meet scope, schedule, budget, contract, quality, financial, and risk requirements. Support New England market growth through innovative solutions, staffing and completion forecasts, and mentoring developing project and design managers.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Wethersfield, CT 06109, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Wethersfield, CT 06109, United States of America
Lead the planning, execution, and closeout of water infrastructure design projects, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, contract, quality, financial, and risk requirements are met. Support New England market growth through innovative solutions, staffing and completion forecasts, and mentoring less experienced staff.
Principal Design Manager
🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States of America
The Principal Design Manager will lead and manage project delivery within the municipal water and wastewater market, ensuring successful project execution and client satisfaction. They will also contribute to strategic growth, mentor junior staff, and oversee quality assurance and control for complex engineering projects.
Commercial Furniture Dealer Design Manager
🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Henricksen 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Manage design team operations, workload distribution, project delivery, and process compliance while resolving issues and coordinating with sales, customer service, and other offices. Develop and support team performance and wellbeing, improve client and partner relationships, and promote an inclusive, values-driven culture.
Commercial Furniture Dealer Design Manager
🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Henricksen 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
The Design Manager will oversee design team operations, ensuring compliance with department guidelines and optimizing talent through effective workload management. They will also foster engagement across departments and vendor partners to deliver high-quality design projects and business outcomes.
Project Design Manager
🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Cushman & Wakefield 🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
The Project Design Manager leads interior design projects for Tier 2 and 3 locations, ensuring compliance with workplace standards, building codes, and safety regulations. They manage the full design lifecycle, including space planning, material selection, and coordination with contractors and specialty consultants.
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.