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Manager, Learning Experience Design (Leadership)
🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Lead a team of designers to create high-impact leadership and diversity learning experiences using human-centered design and AI tools. Manage the strategic portfolio of learning initiatives and iterate on curricula using a product mindset based on data and user insights.
Manager, Learning Experience Design (Leadership)
🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Lead a team of designers to create high-impact leadership and DIB learning experiences using human-centered design and AI tools. Manage the strategic portfolio of learning initiatives, iterating on curricula based on data and user insights to drive business outcomes.
Sr. Design Manager
🇺🇸 Hoover, Alabama, United States of America
Ebsco Industries Inc 🇺🇸 Hoover, Alabama, United States of America
The Sr. Design Manager will lead the execution of customer experience and web design, ensuring brand consistency across all digital channels. They will manage the design team, oversee project workflows, and collaborate with marketing leadership to deliver high-quality, user-focused creative work.
Senior Design Manager
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Exyte Gmbh 🇫🇷 Paris, France
The Senior Design Manager provides end-to-end leadership and technical accountability for project design delivery while managing multidisciplinary teams and external consultants. They are responsible for ensuring designs meet commercial, schedule, quality, and HSE objectives while maintaining effective communication with key stakeholders.
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Creative Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Tata Consultancy Services 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The role is responsible for delivering a consistent brand experience across the UK market through physical and digital touchpoints. This includes managing office and event branding, creating marketing collaterals, and coordinating with creative agencies and global teams.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Romford, England, United Kingdom
Thomas Gray 🇬🇧 Romford, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will support the Head of Design across various projects for a contractor client. The role involves managing design processes and interacting directly with clients.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Belfast City District, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Gilbert-ash 🇬🇧 Belfast City District, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
The Design Manager is responsible for overseeing the overall design of allocated projects, including managing consultants, designers, and specialist sub-contractors. They ensure design deliverables are met on time and within budget while maximizing commercial opportunities and minimizing risks.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Built 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Provide expert design leadership and technical insight across tenders, ECI, and live projects to improve buildability and project performance. Act as a trusted advisor across the business to navigate complex design challenges and strengthen project outcomes.
Associate Director - Design Manager, Water Infrastructure
🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary water infrastructure design for major projects from concept through to construction. Manage scope, budgets, and resources while collaborating with clients and stakeholders to align technical and commercial outcomes.
Design Manager – Water Infrastructure
🇦🇺 Newcastle-Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Newcastle-Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Lead multidisciplinary project delivery teams to ensure water infrastructure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards. Manage overall design delivery and make critical design project decisions while collaborating with clients and contractors.
Design Manager- Marine
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Bechtel Corporation 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Leads the delivery and governance of complex marine and port infrastructure design programs while providing strategic leadership to multidisciplinary engineering teams. Drives business growth through market engagement, client development, and the leadership of technical pursuits and proposals.
Senior Client Side Design Manager
🇮🇪 County Westmeath, Ireland
Life Science Recruitment 🇮🇪 County Westmeath, Ireland
Lead client-side design management for a major pharmaceutical manufacturing expansion, coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and EPCM partners. Manage the interface between design, procurement, construction, and operations to ensure alignment with GMP and business objectives.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Built Australia 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Senior Design Manager will provide expert design leadership and independent insight across tenders and live projects to strengthen design outcomes. They will act as a trusted advisor to project teams, reviewing documentation and navigating complex design challenges throughout the project lifecycle.
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.
Design Manager
🇨🇳 China
Arcadis 🇨🇳 China
The Design Manager will coordinate with clients, contractors, and consultants to prepare fit-out and renovation designs for offices and retail spaces. They are responsible for managing the entire project lifecycle, ensuring creative design execution, and maintaining high standards of quality and efficiency.
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.