Design Leadership Jobs in United States of America
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Manager, Learning Experience Design (Leadership)
🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Lead a team of designers to create high-impact leadership and DIB learning experiences using human-centered design and AI tools. Manage the strategic portfolio of learning initiatives, iterating on curricula based on data and user insights to drive business outcomes.
Senior Design Manager A/E
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
O2epcm, Inc. Dba O2 Engineering, Projects & Construction Management 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will oversee multiple seismic, critical repair, and retrofit projects while supervising a team of design professionals. They are responsible for coordinating the design process to ensure compliance with District standards, budgetary requirements, and functional program goals.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, United States of America
Pride Resource Partners Llc 🇺🇸 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager oversees the design review process for seismic, critical repair, and retrofit projects to ensure compliance with budgetary and functional requirements. They manage teams of design professionals and coordinate with architects and district personnel to ensure timely project completion.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Danish Athletics 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Manages multiple seismic, critical repair, and retrofit projects while supervising a team of design professionals through the review process. Ensures that architectural and engineering plans comply with District standards, budgetary requirements, and legal guidelines.
Senior Design Manager, A/E Services
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Maas Companies 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager oversees the design process for seismic, critical repair, and retrofit projects across multiple school campuses. They lead a team of design professionals, manage architecture firms, and ensure all projects remain within budget and regulatory standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cordoba Corporation 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager oversees multidisciplinary design teams and manages capital improvement projects, focusing on seismic upgrades and critical repairs. They coordinate the design review process to ensure projects meet programmatic, budgetary, and regulatory requirements while collaborating with architects and stakeholders.
Occupancy Planner / Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Jll 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Occupancy Planner / Design Manager will lead occupancy planning initiatives and provide design governance for retail branch projects to ensure alignment with business objectives. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create functional, brand-consistent environments while managing project lifecycles from programming through construction.
Expert Opportunity - Visual Design Manager ($70/hr, up to $1,400/week)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Ethos 🇺🇸 United States of America
Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks for a foundational AI lab. Focus on slide layout, template design, and brand-compliant production across core workflows.
Occupancy Planner / Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Jll 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The role involves managing occupancy planning and retail design for a financial services client's branch portfolio to optimize space and customer engagement. Key duties include creating feasibility studies, enforcing design standards, and collaborating with architects and stakeholders from programming through construction.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Red Wing, MN 55066, United States of America
County Of Goodhue 🇺🇸 Red Wing, MN 55066, United States of America
The Design Manager oversees right-of-way acquisition, public land ownership tasks, and the design and engineering of construction projects. They also assist department management with program preparation and provide guidance to engineering technicians.
Senior Integrated Design Manager
🇺🇸 Ohio, United States of America
Aligned Data Centers 🇺🇸 Ohio, United States of America
Lead integrated design management across multiple complex projects, ensuring alignment between schedule, cost, and constructability. Provide technical authority and mentorship to junior design managers while coordinating with construction teams to meet business objectives.
Senior Integrated Design Manager
🇺🇸 Ohio, United States of America
Aligned Data Centers 🇺🇸 Ohio, United States of America
The Senior Integrated Design Manager provides technical leadership across multiple projects, integrating schedule, cost, and constructability early in the design process. They are responsible for mentoring staff, maintaining accountability for third-party design teams, and ensuring design decisions align with long-term business objectives.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Brasfield & Gorrie, Llc 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
The Design Manager leads project teams by facilitating collaboration between owners, designers, and trade partners to ensure scope, schedule, and budget alignment. They are responsible for mentoring team members and guiding the design process from preconstruction through to construction operations.
Senior Design Manager (Industrial)
🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Brasfield & Gorrie, Llc 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager leads project teams through the design and preconstruction phases to ensure alignment on scope, schedule, and budget. They facilitate collaboration between owners, design teams, and trade partners while mentoring staff to ensure effective project execution.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
The Project Design Manager leads and inspires design teams to execute projects from the proposal phase through closeout, with a specific emphasis on process engineering. They are responsible for managing project schedules, financial performance, and ensuring compliance with contract requirements.
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.