Design Leadership Jobs in London, United Kingdom
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hdr 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate multi-discipline design delivery teams to ensure projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget. They are responsible for managing design programmes, client communication, and ensuring technical compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
Design Manager or Senior Design Manager - Norway (Stargate Norway - Narvik)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Nscale 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will oversee the design process for the Stargate Norway initiative, ensuring facilities meet world-class technical standards for AI compute. They will collaborate with construction, cost management, and engineering teams to manage design packages, permitting, and project delivery.
Head of Design (C5252BF)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Referment 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Head of Design will set the design vision and quality standards for a complex B2B platform while leading a small, growing design team. This role involves hands-on product design, from early concepts to shipped experiences, while partnering closely with engineering and product teams.
Design manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Talent Forte 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the technical delivery of commercial projects from design development through to construction and handover. This involves coordinating multidisciplinary teams, resolving technical issues, and ensuring compliance with building regulations and safety standards.
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Design Systems Director
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Accenture Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the creation, evolution, and adoption of a design systems practice to deliver consistent digital experiences at scale. Bridge the gap between design and engineering through rigorous component thinking and governance across client engagements.
Design Systems Director
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Accenture 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the creation, evolution, and adoption of a design systems practice to deliver consistent, high-quality digital experiences at scale. Manage the design system roadmap, governance, and stakeholder alignment while mentoring a team of practitioners across design and engineering.
Senior Design Manager (m/f/d)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Equinix 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager leads the design process for a portfolio of datacenter projects, ensuring technical excellence and mission-critical resilience. They manage relationships with design partners and equipment suppliers while aligning regional designs with global standards.
Architectural Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Stack Infrastructure 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Act as the Architectural Subject Matter Expert to review and assure designs for hyperscale data centre projects across Europe. Ensure architectural plans integrate with engineering requirements and comply with regulatory obligations throughout the project lifecycle.
Digital Design Manager - 12 Month FTC
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Allsaints 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Manage the output of digital content across website, email, and performance marketing channels while leading a team of digital designers. Ensure all assets adhere to brand guidelines and commercial goals through a rigorous approval and workflow process.
Head of Design
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Loba Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and take ownership of the design function, managing a team of four or more Design Managers. Oversee the coordination and delivery of design across a portfolio of complex, high-specification residential projects.
Bid Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bidrecruitment 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design and delivery of high-quality tender submissions and visually engaging proposal documents. Drive continuous improvement of bid templates, content libraries, and visual standards to enhance submission impact.
Head of Design
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jdl Recruitment 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the delivery of data centre designs from concept to GMP handover, ensuring alignment with business priorities and customer expectations. Establish design management frameworks and govern the performance of external consultants and technical specialists.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hill & Hill Recruitment Ltd 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design process for mixed-use residential schemes valued at over £100m. Report directly to the Design Director to ensure project delivery.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Tilbury Douglas Fit-out 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design management process for high-specification commercial fit-out projects from pre-construction through to handover. Coordinate multiple subcontractor packages and resolve technical interfaces to ensure design intent is buildable and commercially deliverable.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Sweco 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design management of major mission critical and data centre projects across Europe. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure technical robustness, commercial alignment, and successful project delivery.
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.