Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 City of London, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead multi-disciplinary design projects by coordinating internal and external teams to meet client scope, budget, and timeline requirements. They are responsible for identifying project risks and ensuring high-quality design decisions through effective stakeholder engagement and integration.
Senior Product Designer / Senior Strategic Product Manager
🇨🇳 Nanjing City, Jiangsu, China
南京金斯瑞生物科技有限公司 🇨🇳 Nanjing City, Jiangsu, China
Define the long-term strategic product portfolio and roadmaps for life science reagents over a 3-5 year horizon. Translate customer insights and emerging technology trends into high-impact product specifications and business cases for executive leadership.
Product Designer (VN candidates only)
🇻🇳 Phường An Khánh, Vietnam
Citics Group 🇻🇳 Phường An Khánh, Vietnam
Lead the end-to-end design process for core products, including valuation apps and agent platforms, from discovery to engineering handoff. Simplify complex domain workflows and maintain a consistent design system across the product ecosystem.
Senior UX Designer
🇮🇳 pune, Maharashtra, India
Ciena 🇮🇳 pune, Maharashtra, India
Lead and execute complex design initiatives while conducting in-depth analysis of user needs and business requirements. Maintain cross-portfolio UX guidelines and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure a unified and scalable user experience.
Design Manager
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Black & White Engineering 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design delivery for mission-critical data centre projects across Malaysia and APAC. Manage sub-consultants, project budgets, and design governance to ensure alignment with client requirements and local codes.
Lead Product Designer
🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Kernel Wealth 🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Lead and mentor a team of product designers while remaining hands-on in creating high-impact web and mobile experiences. Collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing teams to drive design quality and integrate AI-enabled practices.
Lead - Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Freshworks 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Lead strategic design initiatives for the Freshservice platform to transform complex enterprise workflows into intuitive user experiences. Partner with product and engineering leadership to influence the product roadmap and mentor a growing design team.
Design Manager, Granlund
🇫🇮 Finland
Biisoni 🇫🇮 Finland
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate design management for large-scale data center projects, ensuring adherence to schedules, budgets, and quality standards. They will act as the primary contact for stakeholders and manage a multidisciplinary team of 15–20 professionals.
Senior - Graphic Designer
🇮🇩 Gambir, Central Java, Indonesia
1engage 🇮🇩 Gambir, Central Java, Indonesia
Lead the end-to-end creative production of multi-channel campaigns, combining high-impact visual design with compelling copywriting. Present creative strategies directly to clients and ensure visual consistency across all brand touchpoints.
Graphic Designer
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Playside Studios 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead the end-to-end creation of high-stakes pitch decks and presentation materials for game concepts. Collaborate with artists and designers to translate complex game ideas into polished, engaging visual assets and wireframes.
Head of Design (Portfolio)
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
S32 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
The Head of Design will lead the design strategy for a consumer-app startup within the S32 portfolio. This role involves shaping the company's direction and driving growth through impactful design initiatives.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Symal Group 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead the engineering and design function for a $800M Solar and BESS project, managing multidisciplinary teams to deliver construction-ready designs. Drive value engineering to protect margins while ensuring technical compliance with client specifications and network agreements.
Head of Design (Singapore, Data Centers)
🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Lvi Associates 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Lead the end-to-end delivery of major data center developments from feasibility and planning through to commissioning. Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams and establish technical standards to ensure operational effectiveness and energy efficiency.
M&E Design Manager
🇬🇧 Gillingham, England, United Kingdom
Primech Building Services 🇬🇧 Gillingham, England, United Kingdom
Lead and mentor the M&E design team while overseeing the delivery of coordinated designs from concept to completion. Ensure all projects comply with industry standards, statutory regulations, and sector-specific requirements for healthcare and education environments.
Product Design Manager - UX, Product Design
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Phonepe Limited 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
The Product Design Manager will lead the design strategy for Payment Gateway and Web Platforms while mentoring a team of 4-5 designers. They will collaborate with leadership to align design outputs with business goals and ensure high-quality, scalable product delivery.
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.