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Senior UX Design Manager, Search Ads UI
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
As a Senior UX Design Manager, you will define product strategy and lead the development of design solutions to user, product, and business problems. You will collaborate closely with Engineering and Product Management leaders to align business goals with design innovation.
Senior UX Design Manager, Search Ads UI
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
As a Senior UX Design Manager, you will define product strategy and lead the development of design solutions to user, product, and business problems. You will collaborate closely with Engineering and Product Management leaders to align business goals with design innovation.
Design Manager - Workplace Interiors
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead all phases of corporate interior projects, managing client relationships and project delivery. They will mentor junior staff and ensure high-quality design and client satisfaction.
Design Manager - Interiors - Senior
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
As a Senior Design Manager, you will lead complex, large-scale corporate interiors projects and serve as a trusted advisor to clients. You will manage multidisciplinary teams, ensuring design excellence and financial performance while fostering team development.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Placon Corporation 🇺🇸 Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Lead design teams across multiple locations to deliver accurate, on-time product and tooling designs. Oversee product development and tooling design within the NPD process and manage external tooling procurement.
Design Manager - Workplace Interiors
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead all phases of corporate interior projects, managing client relationships, budgets, and project schedules. Mentor junior staff and coordinate with contractors and consultants to ensure high-quality project execution.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Lead the design and execution of industrial wastewater treatment projects, ensuring alignment with client expectations. Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resources for successful project delivery.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design and execution of industrial wastewater treatment projects, ensuring alignment with project goals and client expectations. Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resources while communicating directly with clients and senior management.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the design and execution of industrial wastewater treatment projects, ensuring alignment with project goals and client expectations. Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resources for successful project delivery.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Sparta, Illinois, United States of America
Mace 🇺🇸 Sparta, Illinois, United States of America
You will lead design governance, ensuring projects meet minimum standards and resolving deviations with stakeholders. Additionally, you will provide expert design guidance and coordinate teams to align standards and operational practices.
Design Manager - Mission Critical / Industrial
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Provide project leadership by communicating objectives, scope, and schedules while managing project workflows and resources. Oversee project lifecycle from estimating to close-out, ensuring fiscal responsibility and client satisfaction.
Design Manager - Mission Critical / Industrial
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Lead the delivery of high-performance critical facilities and industrial projects while overseeing project workflows and resource allocation. Serve as the primary liaison between clients and project teams to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
Architectural Design Manager
🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Blue Heron 🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
The Architectural Design Manager will support design leadership in maintaining performance and advancing the company's growth through integrated operations and team alignment. They will oversee design direction, ensure adherence to design standards, and manage designer staff.
Group Product Design Manager, Monetization Platform
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead and grow a team of designers focused on monetization experiences, ensuring high-quality UI and measurable outcomes. Drive alignment across a complex organization while fostering a culture of innovation and growth.
LN Concerts, Architectural Design Manager
🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Live Nation Entertainment 🇺🇸 California, United States of America
The Design Manager will oversee the design and construction of music venues, ensuring alignment with Live Nation's objectives. This includes managing project scope, schedule, and cost while collaborating with various stakeholders.
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.