Design Leadership Jobs in United States of America
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Senior Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Iron Mountain 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design delivery for major data center developments, expansions, customer deployments, and complex upgrades, from concept through construction, commissioning, and handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and internal partners, manage design risks and value engineering, and mentor Design Managers.
Senior Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Annapolis, Maryland, United States of America
Iron Mountain 🇺🇸 Annapolis, Maryland, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design delivery for major data center developments, customer deployments, expansions, and complex upgrades, from concept through construction, commissioning, and handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders, manage design risks and value engineering, and mentor Design Managers while aligning decisions with safety, customer, commercial, resilience, and sustainability goals.
Senior Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Trenton, New Jersey, United States of America
Iron Mountain 🇺🇸 Trenton, New Jersey, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design delivery for major data center developments, customer deployments, expansions, and complex upgrades, from concept through construction, commissioning, and handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage design risks, reporting, and value engineering while partnering with internal divisions and mentoring Design Managers.
Senior Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Iron Mountain 🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design delivery for major data center developments, customer deployments, expansions, and complex upgrades, from concept through construction, commissioning, and handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage design reporting, risks, value engineering, and stakeholder partnerships while mentoring Design Managers.
Senior Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Iron Mountain 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design delivery for major data center developments, customer deployments, expansions, and complex upgrades, from concept through construction, commissioning, and handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders, manage design risks and value engineering, and mentor Design Managers while aligning decisions with safety, customer, commercial, resilience, and sustainability goals.
Senior Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Iron Mountain 🇺🇸 Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design delivery for major data center developments, expansions, customer deployments, and complex upgrades from concept through construction, commissioning, and handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders, manage design risks and value engineering, and mentor Design Managers while aligning decisions with safety, customer, commercial, resilience, and sustainability goals.
Senior Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Iron Mountain 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design delivery for major data center developments, deployments, expansions, and complex upgrades, from concept through construction, commissioning, and handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders, manage design risks and value engineering, and partner with internal divisions while mentoring Design Managers.
Senior Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Iron Mountain 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design delivery for major data center developments, customer deployments, expansions, and complex upgrades, from concept through construction, commissioning, and handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage design reporting, risks, value engineering, and stakeholder partnerships while mentoring Design Managers.
Senior Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Iron Mountain 🇺🇸 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design delivery for major data center developments, expansions, customer deployments, and complex upgrades, from concept through construction, commissioning, and handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage design reporting, risks, value engineering, and stakeholder partnerships while mentoring Design Managers.
Senior Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
Iron Mountain 🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
Lead design delivery for major data center developments, customer deployments, expansions, and complex upgrades from concept through construction, commissioning, and handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders, manage design risks and value engineering, and mentor Design Managers while aligning decisions with safety, customer, commercial, resilience, and sustainability goals.
Art Director or Senior Graphic Designer (Freelance)
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Quigley-simpson & Heppelwhite 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Develop and execute creative concepts that align with brand objectives while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ensure all deliverables maintain brand consistency and meet high standards of craftsmanship through the entire project life cycle.
Senior Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Arizona, United States of America
Iron Mountain 🇺🇸 Arizona, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will lead end-to-end design execution for major data center developments, including concept development, construction, and commissioning. They will direct multidisciplinary teams and manage technical, commercial, and program risks to ensure project goals are met.
Workplace Design Manager, Americas
🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Apple 🇺🇸 California, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead the design vision for workplace projects in the Americas from conception through completion. They will manage cross-functional teams and ensure that all spaces reflect Apple's brand, values, and human-centered design standards.
Head of Design - Zonda - Arlington, VA
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Costar 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
The Head of Design will define and champion a cohesive design vision across Zonda's portfolio while managing a team of product and creative professionals. They will partner with cross-functional teams to drive innovation, establish AI-enabled workflows, and enhance customer experiences.
Head of Design - Zonda - Arlington, VA
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Costar Group 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Lead a cohesive design vision across Zonda’s products, brand, marketing, and events, while managing and developing a multidisciplinary design team. Establish effective and AI-enabled design processes, advocate for user-centered decisions, and partner with Product, Technology, and Marketing to improve customer experiences and business outcomes.
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.