Design Leadership Jobs in Atlanta, United States of America
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Design Manager- Industrial Architecture
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Gray Aes 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead architectural design and coordinate project teams, consultants, and build-design partners to deliver integrated, technically accurate design documents within project scope, budget, and schedule. Supervise and mentor design staff, oversee quality and regulatory submissions, support construction administration, and contribute to customer engagement and business development.
Design Manager - (Owner's Representative) - Data Center Construction
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Kalcon 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead multidisciplinary design coordination for a hyperscale data center project, serving as the liaison between project/construction management and A/E partners from design through construction administration. Manage schedules, project documentation, submittals and RFIs, change and cost controls, permitting, quality, risk tracking, and stakeholder reporting.
Design Manager, Assistant
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Gray Architects & Engineers, Llc 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Design Manager, Assistant will lead and mentor architectural staff while collaborating with project teams to define deliverables and ensure technical excellence. They are responsible for overseeing design proposals, conducting research on building codes, and supporting construction administration tasks.
Sr. Design Manager, Data Centers
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Jll 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Sr. Design Manager leads multidisciplinary design teams to coordinate and integrate mission-critical data center projects, ensuring operational reliability and scalability. This role manages BIM processes, design RFI workflows, and quality assurance to bridge design intent with construction execution.
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Design Manager (Transportation P3 / Alternative Delivery)
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead technical reviews and multidisciplinary design integration for large-scale transportation projects to ensure high-quality, constructible solutions. Coordinate across engineering disciplines to identify technical risks and manage subconsultants to ensure efficient project delivery.
Design Manager - Renewable Energy
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Mccarthy Building Companies, Inc. 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Design Manager oversees the design process and participants for renewable energy projects to ensure quality, cost, and scope goals are met. This includes managing design deliverables, resolving field-related design issues, and coordinating between owners and subcontractors.
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.