Design Leadership Jobs in London, United Kingdom
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Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Skilled Careers 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will take ownership of the electrical design review process and manage external MEP design consultants to ensure high technical standards. They will also provide technical leadership and identify value engineering opportunities to optimize project costs.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Fawkes & Reece 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The successful candidate will manage the design process throughout project delivery, coordinating various teams to ensure design information is compliant and buildable. Responsibilities include leading design coordination meetings and resolving technical challenges.
Technical Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Falcon Green 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and manage the development and delivery of design aspects of a major residential project, ensuring compliance with design briefs and relevant legislation. They will also oversee the production of Contractors Proposals and manage the design program and information schedule.
Design Manager - PMCM Rail
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will drive communication across teams and stakeholders, manage technical queries, and oversee project management processes. They will also review design information and maintain project records to ensure alignment with client expectations.
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Mace 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will provide project-level design guidance and ensure compliance with client design standards across multiple regions. They will also monitor design governance progress and support project teams with training and updates on design standards.
Design Manager - Track
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Egis Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design delivery of complex track infrastructure for the HS2 project across multiple contracts and international teams. Manage multidisciplinary project teams and maintain senior-level relationships with clients, regulators, and stakeholders.
Design Manager - F&B Experience / London
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
White Space Recruitment 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Manage and coordinate retail and F&B design projects from concept through construction documentation. Act as a key liaison between clients, design teams, consultants, and external stakeholders.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Mace 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Oversee and assure workplace design across UK/Europe and US/LAM regions to ensure compliance with client design standards. Provide guidance, training, and governance to project delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 City of London, London, 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.
Head of Design
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Emj 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the creation of engaging digital medical content while ensuring scientific accuracy and brand consistency. Additionally, you will oversee the design team, manage workflows, and drive collaboration across various departments.
Lead Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Zoopla 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Lead Product Designer will drive design vision and execution across multiple product areas, focusing on the future of Search. This role involves hands-on leadership, mentoring designers, and ensuring design quality aligns with product strategy and business performance.
Lead Retail Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Unibail-rodamco-westfield 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Lead Retail Design Manager will lead the roll-out of Retail Design Guidelines and manage design reviews, ensuring compliance with Westfield’s design criteria. They will also collaborate with various teams to attract new brands and maintain design excellence across projects.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Falcon Green 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will oversee the design process from pre-construction to project delivery, ensuring quality and coordination among various project elements. This role involves managing design consultants and liaising with clients and project staff on design matters.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jj Rhatigan & Company 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will manage and coordinate the design process across complex UK projects, ensuring that design information is compliant, buildable, and delivered on schedule. This includes engaging in pre-construction activities and leading the design process using Procore.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Laing O'rourke 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the architectural and façade design scope from early-stage design development through to construction readiness. Manage and coordinate consultant architects, façade engineers, and specialist designers while ensuring compliance with client requirements and statutory standards.
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.