Design Leadership Jobs in Shanghai, China
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Design Manager, Greater China
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Vuori, Inc 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Develop and deliver store designs for Greater China that reflect Vuori’s global brand while responding to local context, merchandising needs, and business requirements. Coordinate design reviews and approvals with global and local teams, monitor construction for alignment with approved plans, and resolve design issues while escalating cost, schedule, and scope decisions as needed.
Design Manager - Wet
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Dyson 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
The Design Manager leads the technical delivery of Floorcare development programmes from concept through to production readiness. They act as the primary technical interface between global RDD teams and local partners to ensure projects meet Dyson's standards for quality and performance.
Design Manager, Greater China
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Vuori, Inc 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
The Design Manager will own the end-to-end execution of global retail design standards across the China market, ensuring brand vision is translated into reality. This role involves leading local design teams, managing external consultants, and collaborating with cross-functional departments to ensure project timelines and quality standards are met.
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.