Design Leadership Jobs in United Arab Emirates
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Assistant Retail Design Manager
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Pmk International Consult Llc 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The Assistant Retail Design Manager will coordinate design teams, manage design programmes, and oversee project documentation. They are responsible for ensuring design quality, managing stakeholder relationships, and maintaining regulatory compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
Head of Design
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Ziina 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The Head of Design will lead the design team, set the product vision, and maintain a hands-on role in designing new features. They are responsible for scaling the design system, driving product strategy, and influencing leadership decisions through evidence-based insights.
Senior Design Manager – Mixed-Use Development (Architecture and Interior Design)
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Mace 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Act as the client's representative and design guardian to lead and integrate all architectural and interior design activities for a prestigious mixed-use development. Ensure the seamless integration of various asset classes, including office towers, luxury hotels, and retail, while maintaining design excellence and commercial performance.
(Senior) Design Manager - Project & Development Services (PDS)
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Cushman & Wakefield | Core 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The role involves developing and implementing design strategies and managing the end-to-end design process for multiple complex projects. The manager is responsible for coordinating design disciplines, ensuring quality standards, and delivering value to clients within budget and timelines.
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Design Manager- Sewage & Tunnels Systems
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Tractebel 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead the design of sewage and tunnel systems, specifically focusing on large-scale infrastructure. Manage design teams and oversee the delivery of complex PPP projects.
Design Manager- Utilities Systems
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Tractebel 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead the design of utilities systems and manage design teams for large-scale projects. Oversee project delivery specifically within the context of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) frameworks.
Assistant Design Manager
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Ghd 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Support the Design Manager in planning and coordinating multidisciplinary design projects and managing design activities between internal teams and external consultants. Monitor project schedules, facilitate coordination meetings, and ensure compliance with quality standards and local regulations.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Ghd 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead and oversee the full design delivery for complex, large-scale building projects while providing strategic direction to multidisciplinary teams. Manage design processes, ensure compliance with local legislative requirements, and mentor high-performing teams to achieve project objectives.
Assistant Design Manager
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Ghd Group Pty Ltd 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Support the Design Manager in planning and delivering multidisciplinary design projects within the Property & Buildings sector. Coordinate activities between internal teams and external consultants while monitoring schedules and project deliverables.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Ghd Group Pty Ltd 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead and oversee the full multidisciplinary design delivery for complex, large-scale building projects. Provide strategic direction to design teams while ensuring alignment with client requirements and company standards.
Design Manager
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Aecom 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead the planning, design, and technical delivery of pavement engineering works for transportation and infrastructure projects. Manage multidisciplinary teams to ensure the delivery of safe, durable, and cost-effective pavement solutions while mentoring junior staff.
Design Manager
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Room8 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead and manage all design activities across various stages while coordinating with external consultants. Ensure design solutions meet commercial, functional, aesthetic, and cost objectives while complying with UAE regulations.
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.