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Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage the Design Management team and projects across the UK and internationally, overseeing financial processes and invoicing. Responsible for managing sub-consultants, implementing design procedures, and mentoring junior team members to ensure quality and contractual compliance.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage the Design Management team and projects across the UK and internationally, overseeing financial processes and invoicing. Responsible for managing sub-consultants, implementing design procedures, and mentoring junior team members to ensure quality and contractual compliance.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage the Design Management team and projects across the UK and internationally, overseeing financial processes and invoicing. Responsible for managing sub-consultants, implementing design procedures, and mentoring junior team members to ensure quality and contractual compliance.
Mechanical & Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Hillside, Illinois, United States
Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc. 🇺🇸 Hillside, Illinois, United States
Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team in the design, development, and implementation of manufacturing equipment and automation solutions. Manage capital projects from concept to commissioning while establishing engineering standards and mentoring technical talent.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Grindr 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Own end-to-end product design for core areas of the Grindr app, moving from early discovery to high-fidelity production specs. Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to raise the quality bar and shape the company's design culture.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Grindr 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Own end-to-end product design for core areas of the Grindr app, moving from early discovery to high-fidelity production specs. Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to raise the quality bar and shape the company's design culture.
Senior Product Designer, Operations Tools
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Alpaca 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex internal financial operations tools, from research and prototyping to production implementation. Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to translate complicated business rules into intuitive, data-rich interfaces.
Senior Transmissions Design Manager (Onsite)
🇺🇸 East Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Rtx 🇺🇸 East Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Lead and develop a high-performing transmissions engineering team while managing complex gearbox design activities from concept through production. Collaborate across functions and suppliers to ensure gearbox designs meet performance, quality, and manufacturability objectives.
Graphic Designer, Studio
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Anastasia Beverly Hills 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer collaborates with leadership to define and execute a cohesive visual brand identity across print, digital, and video mediums. They are responsible for managing design projects, delegating tasks to the creative team, and ensuring all assets align with brand guidelines.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Crown + Conquer 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
The Graphic Designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform marketing strategies into visually compelling campaigns across digital and physical platforms. They are responsible for leading design projects, creating original identity systems, and overseeing the production phase to ensure quality and brand consistency.
Product Designer, Marketing & GTM
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Enigma 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
You will partner with the marketing lead to shape and execute go-to-market creative strategies, including campaigns, web pages, and sales collateral. Additionally, you will systematize the brand identity, maintain asset libraries, and contribute to the evolution of the company's design system.
Platform Design Manager
🇺🇸 District of Columbia, United States
Saic 🇺🇸 District of Columbia, United States
The Platform Design Manager will lead the modernization and operational management of Google and Microsoft collaboration platforms at an enterprise scale. This role involves designing, automating, and supporting production environments while ensuring governance, security, and SLA adherence.
Senior Design Manager (Water)
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Systra Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead the design delivery of water sector work packages, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and according to regulatory standards. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and maintain strong client relationships while managing project controls and financial forecasts.
Senior Design Manager (Water)
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Systra Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Lead the design delivery of water sector work packages, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and according to regulatory standards. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and maintain strong client relationships while managing financial controls and resource allocation.
Senior Design Manager (Water)
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Systra Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead the design delivery of water sector work packages, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to high quality and regulatory standards. They are responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing project controls, and maintaining strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.
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.