Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 Solihull, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England, United Kingdom
Strabag 🇬🇧 Solihull, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England, United Kingdom
As a Design Manager, you will lead and coordinate the design process throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery of design information. You will collaborate with clients, consultants, and internal teams to manage design risks and support successful project delivery.
Head of Design - Chief Digital Office
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Telefónica 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Set the vision and quality standards for design across the CDO product pipeline while building a scalable design operations infrastructure. Lead and coach a team of over 40 designers, integrating design into strategic corporate conversations and establishing career frameworks.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead and manage design processes for infrastructure projects across the UK and internationally, including financial oversight and quality compliance. Manage sub-consultants, develop design management procedures, and mentor junior team members.
DESIGN MANAGER - Automotive & Industrial projects
🇺🇸 Novi, Michigan, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Novi, Michigan, United States of America
The Design Manager will coordinate with various stakeholders to align project objectives and manage multi-disciplinary engineering design efforts. They will also be responsible for financial management and ensuring timely service delivery that meets client expectations.
DESIGN MANAGER - Automotive & Industrial projects
🇺🇸 Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
The Design Manager will coordinate with various stakeholders to align project objectives and manage multi-disciplinary engineering design efforts. They will also be responsible for financial management and ensuring timely service delivery that meets client expectations.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Owais Construction Group 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the design activities for the School Upgrade Program, ensuring projects meet functional, budgetary, and legal requirements. Coordinate between architects, consultants, and district personnel to oversee the design process from conception to final handoff.
Fashion Design manager
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Tristan 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The Fashion Design Manager leads and develops the design team, ensuring productivity and alignment with the seasonal vision. They manage the product development calendar and facilitate collaboration across teams to deliver cohesive collections that reflect the brand's identity.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Larsen & Toubro 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Design Manager will oversee the design aspects of large-scale construction projects, specifically Elevated Metros. They will ensure that all design elements meet the technical requirements and standards for Metro Projects.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Ashbrittle Recruitment 🇬🇧 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
As Design Manager, you will coordinate and manage the design process across multiple projects, ensuring effective collaboration with project teams and consultants. You will also identify and resolve design issues while driving value engineering opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
Project Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mirvac 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
As Project Design Manager, you will lead and coordinate the design process across all disciplines to optimize project outcomes and minimize risk. You will work closely with various teams to ensure design intent, buildability, program, cost, and quality are aligned throughout the project lifecycle.
Project Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mirvac Limited 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead and coordinate the multidisciplinary design process from concept to delivery for a residential project at Green Square. Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external consultants to ensure design excellence, buildability, and alignment with budget and programme.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Hill International 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead the planning, design, and delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Oversee multidisciplinary teams and manage technical interfaces, budgets, and stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
Design Manager
🇩🇪 Dresden, Saxony, Germany
G2 Recruitment 🇩🇪 Dresden, Saxony, Germany
The Electrical Design Manager will lead and manage electrical design activities across the project lifecycle, ensuring compliance with standards and project specifications. They will also support site teams during installation and collaborate with commissioning teams for seamless project delivery.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Skilled Careers 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design coordination across various consultants and manage the design process on remediation projects. They will ensure compliance with relevant regulations and provide technical support to delivery teams.
Head of Design
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Telefónica 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Set the vision and quality standards for design across the product pipeline while building a scalable design operations infrastructure. Lead and coach a team of over 40 designers, integrating AI tools and establishing career frameworks.
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.