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Architectural Design Manager
🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Juniper 🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Lead architectural design direction for luxury homes, maintaining design quality and consistency while managing, mentoring, and developing the design team. Coordinate with construction, operations, sales, and marketing; improve design standards and workflows; and support presentations, visualizations, and high-profile projects.
xPL Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Turner Construction Company 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead design and engineering execution for offsite manufacturing projects, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing scope, schedules, budgets, deliverables, risks, and design approvals. Ensure designs are compliant, constructible, and fabrication-ready, and support the transition from design through manufacturing, production, and field installation.
Construction Design Manager (R5486)
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Shield 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Lead facility planning, programming, design development, and project delivery as the owner's representative, directing external architecture, engineering, and specialty consultant teams. Coordinate stakeholders and design reviews, resolve technical and constructability issues, and support procurement and construction while ensuring projects meet operational, budget, schedule, security, and long-term facility requirements.
Design Systems Lead (Remote, Rancagua)
Remote (🇨🇱 Chile)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇨🇱 Chile)
Build and maintain Figma design systems for multiple distinct client brands, including token architecture, variables, modes, and reusable component libraries. Provide documentation and developer handoff that enable implementation without clarification and keep Figma systems aligned with code.
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Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Black & White Engineering 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design delivery across complex data centre projects, managing interfaces, risks, quality standards, and alignment with project objectives and programmes. Work with clients, engineers, consultants, and contractors to deliver practical engineering solutions, while supporting and mentoring colleagues.
Pre-Construction and Design Manager
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
National Church Residences 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Lead pre-construction and design activities for a development pipeline exceeding $50 million, including managing architect, consultant, and general contractor relationships, procurement, budgets, schedules, and design compliance. Coordinate with developers, funders, lenders, and internal stakeholders to prepare funding applications, meet project requirements, and support construction underwriting.
Design Manager - Interiors
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Arena Group Plc 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead client design meetings to establish creative direction and manage the design process from initial concept through to final execution. Collaborate with internal teams including renderers, CAD artists, and project managers to ensure designs are both visually stunning and buildable.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Architecture Social 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead technical design management and on-site delivery for a major development, coordinating architectural, structural, MEP, and specialist disciplines. Manage design reviews and construction documentation, resolve technical challenges with project stakeholders, and ensure design quality, programme milestones, and compliance through construction.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Kgo 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Represent the owner throughout data center design and construction, coordinating consultants, contractors, vendors, and equipment suppliers while monitoring contractual compliance, deliverables, budget, and schedule. Review project changes and payment applications, manage risks and approvals, resolve design and construction issues, and track closeout items and reporting.
Data Center Design Manager
🇺🇸 New Albany, Plain Township, OH 43054, United States of America
Kgo 🇺🇸 New Albany, Plain Township, OH 43054, United States of America
Represent the owner throughout data center design and construction, coordinating consultants, contractors, vendors, and equipment suppliers while monitoring contractual compliance, deliverables, budget, and schedule. Review project changes and payment applications, manage risks and approvals, resolve design and construction issues, and track meetings, closeout items, and warranties.
Freelance Head of Design - Remote - Global women's Luxury RTW Brand
Remote (🇫🇷 94260 Fresnes, France)
Mode Search Ltd. Remote (🇫🇷 94260 Fresnes, France)
Develop and execute seasonal luxury womenswear collections with the Founder and Creative Director, translating the brand’s creative vision into refined, commercially relevant designs. Manage design development from research and concepts through sampling, fittings, production collaboration, and final product approval.
Head of Design
🇫🇷 France
Jdl Recruitment 🇫🇷 France
Lead data centre design from feasibility and concept through detailed design, construction, and handover, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and external design partners. Ensure designs meet customer requirements and regulatory standards while optimizing buildability, cost, programme, CAPEX, and energy performance.
Textile Design Manager
🇺🇸 Aston Township, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Fxi 🇺🇸 Aston Township, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Lead the full design and development cycle for mattress covers and textiles, from trend direction and concept through prototyping, approval, and commercial launch. Set fabric, construction, quality, and compliance standards; manage technical specifications and supplier qualification; and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver products on time, on cost, and to specification.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Crest Recruitment 🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Manage the design and technical process to progress schemes from planning, estimating, and design development through to site commencement. Provide technical support through project completion and lead value engineering in collaboration with commercial and operational colleagues.
Design Manager - Interior Design
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Hnh Placement Pvt. Ltd. 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Lead interior design projects from concept through completion, managing space planning, materials, design details, budgets, and timelines. Coordinate clients, design teams, vendors, and contractors; review project documentation and drawings; and ensure quality, safety, and regulatory 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.