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Semiconductor Design Manager, Data Center
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Aecom 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the semiconductor manufacturing facility design team to deliver projects that meet client requirements on schedule and to a high degree of quality. Manage project resources and foster collaboration among team members while ensuring effective communication with stakeholders.
Project Design Manager
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Cushman & Wakefield 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
The Project Design Manager will lead the design and project management process for Nontraditional restaurant environments, ensuring solutions reflect brand standards while adapting to unique constraints. They will manage the project team, serve as the primary design liaison, and evaluate existing conditions to provide creative design solutions.
Architectural Design Manager
🇺🇸 Garner, North Carolina, United States of America
Tyndall Engineering & Design 🇺🇸 Garner, North Carolina, United States of America
The Architectural Design Manager will lead the commercial architectural design function, overseeing project execution and ensuring design quality. They will also develop team members and support the growth of architectural services.
UX Designer (III) [210707]
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Aquent 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The UX Designer will collaborate with engineers to guide design specifications and drive improvements based on UX testing and stakeholder input. They will create innovative design solutions that align with user insights and business needs while building consensus across teams.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Premier Group 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Lead and scale a growing Product Design organization across multiple customer-facing experiences. Drive design quality, strengthen design systems, improve team processes, and foster a customer-centric design culture throughout the organization.
Project Design Manager
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Cushman & Wakefield 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Lead the design and project management process for non-traditional restaurant environments, ensuring brand standards are met across various atypical sites. Act as the primary liaison between architecture, kitchen design, and construction teams to translate operational needs into technical design solutions.
Design Manager (Remote)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Coresite 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Design Manager manages the design process for capital expenditure projects across CoreSite's existing facilities, focusing on interior retrofit and improvement work. This role involves coordinating design timelines, deliverables, and budgets while ensuring minimal disruption to customers.
Product Design Manager, Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lyft 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Product Design Manager will set the strategy and roadmap for Lyft Product Language across various surfaces and lead the AI transformation of the design system. They will manage a team of designers and ensure quality standards are met across platforms.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 Redwood City, California, United States of America
Bellota Labs 🇺🇸 Redwood City, California, United States of America
Lead and manage the design organization across UI/UX, Game Art, and Graphic Design while establishing a collaborative design culture. Shape the visual identity and player experience across the gaming ecosystem, ensuring designs meet usability and business objectives.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Southfield, Michigan, United States of America
Barton Malow 🇺🇸 Southfield, Michigan, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead technical matters related to design and engineering for project pursuits and execution, ensuring the design meets the Owner's criteria and the needs of the construction team. This role involves managing design scope, schedule, and quality across projects while collaborating with various stakeholders.
Design Manager - Renewables/Solar
🇺🇸 Southfield, Michigan, United States of America
Barton Malow 🇺🇸 Southfield, Michigan, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead technical matters related to design and engineering for renewable energy and solar projects, ensuring alignment between design and construction. This role involves managing design scope, schedule, and quality while collaborating with various stakeholders.
New Development Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Upward On 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The New Development Design Manager will oversee the design and development process from pre-development to project launch, ensuring that the product meets market demands. This includes reviewing architectural plans, advising on finishes, and coordinating with various teams throughout the project lifecycle.
Product Design Manager, Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lyft 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the strategy, vision, and execution of the Lyft Product Language (LPL) across product, marketing, and brand surfaces. Manage a team of designers and illustrators while integrating AI into system tooling and workflows.
EMAT Energy Management Efficiency Synthesis Design Manager
🇺🇸 Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States of America
Stellantis 🇺🇸 Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States of America
The Energy Management Efficiency Synthesis Design Manager leads the integration and delivery of Energy Management simulation and validation activities across vehicle programs. This role involves overseeing a team of engineers and ensuring vehicles meet performance and efficiency targets.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Permitflow 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Build and lead PermitFlow's design organization, evolving it into a strategic partner across the business. Define the design strategy and ensure quality standards while doing hands-on design work.
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.