Design Leadership Jobs in Leeds, United Kingdom
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Mott Macdonald 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary teams in the technical delivery of complex, sustainable water and wastewater infrastructure projects from definition to handover. Manage design performance across cost, quality, risk, and technical assurance while maintaining strong client relationships.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Grant Thornton Uk 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
As a Digital Design Manager, you will lead digital design delivery from concept to execution across various projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. You will also collaborate with multiple teams to integrate brand and user experience while driving the adoption of AI-enabled tools in design.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
As a Design Manager, you will lead and manage design projects in the electricity transmission and distribution sector, overseeing engineering design work and project management services. You will ensure compliance with best practices and UK regulations while driving projects from concept to completion.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Balfour Beatty Plc 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Oversee and control the design process on civil engineering projects across the East of England. Ensure that all design and procurement activities meet client requirements and remain within agreed cost parameters.
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings and workshops throughout the project lifecycle.
FREELANCE DESIGN MANAGER
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Brown & Wills Recruitment 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will work closely with the site delivery team and report to the design director. They will leverage their expertise in technical support, building control, and design coordination.
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.