Design Leadership Jobs in United Kingdom
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Head of Design- Childrenswear Babywear & Essentials
🇬🇧 Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Trp Recruitment Ltd 🇬🇧 Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
The successful candidate will lead the UK design function, driving creative vision, trend direction, and product strategy across a diverse customer portfolio. They will also mentor and develop the design team while ensuring the seamless execution of design concepts.
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.
GURU Architectural Design Manager
🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
Primark 🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
The Architectural Standards Technical Manager is responsible for managing the Guru platform, ensuring all architectural and shopfitting data is accurate and up to date. This includes page creation, content management, and collaboration with various teams to maintain architectural standards.
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GURU CFE Design Manager
🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
Primark 🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
The role involves supporting the creation and maintenance of Centre Floor Equipment standards and content within the Guru system. It also includes assisting with the development of new retail equipment concepts and managing technical documentation.
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.
Design Manager - PMCM Rail
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, 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.
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.
Head of Design - Decarbonisation
🇬🇧 Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Alternative Heat 🇬🇧 Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Lead a multi-disciplinary design team to develop commercially viable decarbonisation and net zero solutions for large-scale commercial and public sector buildings. Oversee the full project lifecycle from initial assessment and options appraisal through to detailed design and technical assurance.
Head of Design - Decarbonisation
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Alternative Heat 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead a multi-disciplinary design team to develop commercially viable decarbonisation and net zero solutions for large-scale commercial and public sector buildings. Oversee the full project lifecycle from initial assessment and options appraisal through to detailed design and technical assurance.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, 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 managing resources, timelines, and budgets.
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.