Design Leadership Jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Design Manager - Master Planning
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Egis Group 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager will lead the conceptualization and execution of large-scale master planning projects while managing multidisciplinary teams. They are responsible for ensuring project alignment with client vision, local regulations, and sustainability standards throughout the project lifecycle.
Creative Design Manager | alfanar Electric
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Alfanar 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Responsible for leading creative direction and ensuring brand consistency across all marketing campaigns and visual content. The role involves managing the end-to-end creative workflow and leading a team of designers, photographers, and media specialists.
Creative Design Manager | alfanar Electric
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Alfanar 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Creative Design Manager is responsible for leading creative direction, ensuring brand consistency, and overseeing the end-to-end delivery of high-quality visual content across all marketing initiatives. They will manage the creative team, optimize workflows, and align creative outputs with business objectives and budget constraints.
Architect and interior Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Fajr Skills Business Solutions 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Lead the design and execution of architectural and interior projects from concept development through to completion. Oversee project timelines, budgets, and quality standards while coordinating with internal teams and external partners.
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Senior Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Mace 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior Design Manager will lead the design management process across multiple concurrent buildings and infrastructure packages while coordinating multidisciplinary consultants. They are responsible for ensuring design excellence, managing stakeholder expectations, and aligning project deliverables with budget and quality standards.
Senior Design Manager - Public Realm
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Qiddiya | القدية 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Lead the planning, design coordination, and delivery of public realm projects across assigned districts. Manage multidisciplinary consultant teams to ensure designs align with masterplans, citywide standards, and technical requirements.
Senior Design Manager - Public Realm
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Qiddiya | القدية 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Lead the planning, design coordination, and delivery of public realm projects across assigned districts and citywide initiatives. Manage multidisciplinary consultant teams to ensure designs align with masterplans, technical standards, and the Public Realm Design Manual.
Senior Design Manager - Public Realm
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Qiddiya Investment Company 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior Design Manager will lead the planning, design coordination, and delivery of public realm projects across assigned districts. They are responsible for managing consultant teams, ensuring compliance with design standards, and integrating public realm requirements with wider infrastructure programs.
Senior Design Manager - Public Realm
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Qiddiya Investment Company 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior Design Manager will lead the planning, design coordination, and delivery of public realm projects across assigned districts. They are responsible for managing consultant teams, ensuring compliance with design standards, and integrating public realm requirements with wider infrastructure programs.
Design Manager - Infrastructure
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Parsons Corporation 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager will manage and coordinate the delivery of multi-disciplinary design across assigned infrastructure projects to ensure compliance with standards and budgets. They will also facilitate communication between consultants, stakeholders, and delivery teams to resolve technical queries and ensure integrated project outcomes.
Design Manager – Hospitality
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Parsons Corporation 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager will lead the architectural and interior design process for luxury hospitality projects, acting as the primary liaison between clients, consultants, and contractors. They are responsible for ensuring design excellence, managing project budgets and timelines, and maintaining rigorous quality control throughout the project lifecycle.
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.