Design Leadership Jobs in India
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Design Manager - Interior Design
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Hnh Placement Pvt. Ltd. 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Lead interior design projects from concept through completion, managing space planning, materials, design details, budgets, and timelines. Coordinate clients, design teams, vendors, and contractors; review project documentation and drawings; and ensure quality, safety, and regulatory standards are met.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Ralsonics Research Pvt. Ltd. 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Lead the machine design team and coordinate with electrical and automation functions, overseeing design reviews, approvals, customer change requests, and workload planning. Manage drawing and BOM releases for each project and standardize machine platforms to reduce design-to-delivery time.
Design Manager - Hyderabad
🇮🇳 Telangana, India
Bonito Designs 🇮🇳 Telangana, India
Manage interior designers and draftsmen, coordinate across departments, and oversee design quality, timelines, estimates, drawings, and site reviews. Meet with clients, guide design decisions, mentor and train team members, and maintain Bonito’s design standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Rsp India 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead architectural design and delivery for large-scale hospital and healthcare projects, managing work from design development through documentation and execution support. Coordinate with clients and multidisciplinary teams, resolve design issues, ensure compliance with codes and project requirements, and deliver quality outputs on schedule.
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Head of Design – AI Datacenters
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Hcltech 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Lead the end-to-end design strategy and delivery of core and shell architecture and high-density MEP systems for hyperscale AI datacenters. Develop advanced liquid cooling and power infrastructure, plan sites and structural capacity for GPU-heavy deployments, and coordinate with engineering, construction, clients, consultants, and vendors.
Design Manager - Service Design & User Experience (UX)
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Caterpillar Inc. 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the Service Design strategy and multidisciplinary teams responsible for journey architecture, design and experience operations, accessibility governance, and experience measurement. Establish scalable processes and standards, use customer and employee insights to guide improvements, and align experience initiatives with business goals.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Maharashtra, India
Orbit Verify 🇮🇳 Maharashtra, India
Lead the complete product development cycle, including product modifications, testing for quality compliance, technology integration, technical documentation, and product analysis. Lead a team of engineers, support customer and sales requirements, troubleshoot at customer sites when needed, and participate in quality system audits.
Interior Design Manager
🇮🇳 Guwahati, India
Homelane 🇮🇳 Guwahati, India
Lead and develop internal designers and the showroom’s design partner community, while driving sales targets, partner conversion, customer satisfaction, and predictable project collections. Coordinate with central design and other teams to improve processes and products, deliver a consistent customer experience, and ensure project deliverables are communicated and met.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Patna, Patna Rural, India
Homelane 🇮🇳 Patna, Patna Rural, India
Lead, coach, and develop a team of architects and interior designers while overseeing project funnel progression, conversion metrics, customer experience, and revenue predictability. Manage key customer interactions and escalations, coordinate with production, operations, and installation teams, and ensure projects move smoothly from booking to production readiness.
Head of Design - Civil
🇮🇳 Faridabad, India
Jsm Group 🇮🇳 Faridabad, India
Lead the Civil Design function and provide technical authority across civil engineering activities for power, utility, and infrastructure projects, including reviewing and approving design deliverables and ensuring compliance with standards and client requirements. Develop and mentor a multidisciplinary team, manage resources and performance, and drive innovation, value engineering, and continuous improvement.
Mobile IN - VP UX Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Barclays 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Set the strategic direction for product development UX and oversee design initiatives, policies, stakeholder relationships, team performance, and departmental financial effectiveness. Manage product and operational risks, ensure governance and compliance alignment, and use market research and customer insights to improve digital banking experiences.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Livspace 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead a team of 6 to 10 designers delivering designs for 12 to 15 projects each month, managing productivity, work quality, and design discussions. Maintain customer relationships and satisfaction, monitor design survey ratings, and train designers on technical details as needed.
Head of Design ( Pan India)
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
315work Avenue 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the Pan-India design function for managed office and corporate interior projects, overseeing work from client brief and concept development through execution and handover. Manage design teams, coordinate with internal stakeholders and clients, ensure compliance with budgets, timelines, quality and statutory requirements, and standardise design processes across locations.
Design Manager - Workplace Interiors
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Gensler 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Manage the design and delivery of workplace interior projects across all phases, overseeing scope, contracts, fees, schedules, budgets, staffing, and project communications. Lead project teams and client relationships, monitor financial performance, prepare proposals, negotiate fees, and ensure project objectives and contractual requirements are met.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Nidec Power 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Design and develop low- and medium-voltage AC synchronous generators, prepare electrical specifications and documentation, and manage product transfers and development projects to meet customer requirements and delivery timelines. Lead and mentor a small team, coordinate with global and cross-functional stakeholders, support testing and certification, and deliver cost savings while maintaining quality and compliance.
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.