Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager, AMER
🇺🇸 Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America
Yondr Group 🇺🇸 Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America
Lead the project design review process and coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure consistency and quality across all vendor deliverables. Manage technical due diligence, site selection, and the implementation of global design standards throughout the project lifecycle.
Instructional Design Manager
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Kfc 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Lead and coach a team of instructional designers while personally developing high-impact learning solutions across various modalities. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align training programs with business priorities and drive operational readiness.
Senior Technical Design Manager - Advanced Manufacturing
🇺🇸 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Clark Construction Group, Llc 🇺🇸 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Lead design integration for complex advanced manufacturing projects from pursuit through commissioning. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to ensure design decisions support construction execution, budget, and facility performance.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 United States of America
Dps Group Global 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Design Manager plans and organizes architectural and engineering functions for semiconductor and advanced technology projects. They are responsible for managing project budgets, resource plans, client relationships, and leading subordinate project managers.
Innovative Program Curriculum Design Manager (Volunteer)
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Passion For Life, Inc. 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Develop and implement the Learning Experience and Design strategy to create scalable, learner-centered solutions for youth. Lead the LED team in creating experiential learning classes and ensuring quality assurance across various delivery modalities.
Instructional Design Manager
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Kfc Europe 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Lead a team of instructional designers while directly creating high-impact learning solutions to build capability across the KFC system. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to drive readiness strategies for product launches, technology implementations, and operational improvements.
Industrial Design Manager
🇺🇸 Foster City, California, United States of America
Denken Solutions, Inc. 🇺🇸 Foster City, California, United States of America
Drive alignment across design studio initiatives by managing timelines, tracking deliverables, and identifying project risks. Partner with cross-functional teams in engineering, product, and manufacturing to ensure seamless execution of robot industrial design programs.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Lakewood, Colorado, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Lakewood, Colorado, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager leads design project management for large or multi-discipline projects from proposal through closeout. Key duties include managing design teams, overseeing project schedules, and ensuring compliance with contract requirements and quality objectives.
Process Design Manager
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Bank Of America 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Manage the assessment, development, and execution of process improvement and transformation initiatives to achieve operational excellence. This includes owning processes in the Single Process Inventory, documenting end-to-end maps, and mitigating risks to improve productivity and customer satisfaction.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Xion 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the creative and brand vision to redefine the company's global presence across digital, social, and viral channels. Develop and implement scalable design systems while collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver user-centric experiences.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Gin Design Group 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Lead hospitality interior projects from concept to execution by managing workflows, budgets, and client communications. Direct design processes, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with architects and contractors to ensure brand alignment.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage workloads, ensure contract compliance, and maintain positive client relationships while monitoring project financials.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage workloads, ensure contract compliance, and oversee project financial performance and schedules.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage schedules, ensure contract compliance, and oversee project financial performance.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Lakewood, Colorado, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Lakewood, Colorado, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage workloads, ensure contract compliance, and maintain positive client relationships.
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.