Design Leadership Jobs
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Assistant Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
We Are Footprint 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
You will support the coordination and management of the design process, ensuring information is delivered accurately and on time. Key tasks include assisting in design management, coordinating teams, and monitoring design deliverables.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
Willmott Dixon 🇬🇧 Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
You will oversee, monitor, and report on design programmes, ensuring high-quality outputs that align with project goals and budgets. Key responsibilities include leading the design process, managing consultants, and ensuring compliance with statutory approvals.
Expression of Interest - Design Manager - Water Sector
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Stantec 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
As a Design Manager, you will lead a team to deliver impactful water projects, overseeing all aspects of delivery and ensuring successful project outcomes. You will collaborate closely with clients and guide your multidisciplinary team throughout the project lifecycle.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
1st Step Solutions Ltd 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will act as the senior electrical engineer, overseeing projects from estimation to construction and commissioning. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with engineering standards, supporting estimation teams, and managing external design partners.
Design Manager
🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Black & White Engineering 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
The Design Manager will work on high-profile, technically complex projects in the data centre sector, combining hands-on technical expertise with project impact. They will collaborate with experienced engineers across multiple disciplines to drive best practices in engineering design.
Design Manager
🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Osmii 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Lead multidisciplinary design efforts for data centers, managing external engineering firms and ensuring compliance with client requirements. Oversee the technical design and construction phases while ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulations.
Apprentice Design Manager
🇬🇧 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
West Suffolk Nhs Foundation Trust 🇬🇧 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
The Apprentice Design Manager will support the Head of Estates & Development and other managers with capital projects while studying for a degree. Responsibilities include coordinating project elements and supporting design development and project governance activities.
Design Manager - Construction - Manchester
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Graham Group 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams, ensuring that designs are innovative and compliant with education-sector requirements. They will manage the design process from concept through to construction and handover, maintaining high standards throughout.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Planning Recruitment Limited 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the design management process across multiple sites, coordinating consultants, stakeholders, and project teams. The role involves ensuring successful delivery from concept through completion.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
White Space Recruitment 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Manage and coordinate retail and F&B design projects from concept through construction documentation. Act as a key liaison between clients, design teams, consultants, and external stakeholders.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Mathco 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the creative direction for adoption-focused initiatives across various formats and ensure alignment with the adoption journey stages. Collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to shape narratives and define success metrics.
Senior Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
People Group Arabia 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior Design Manager will lead the fit-out design management process from IFC through construction, ensuring design intent is translated into a high-quality built asset. They will manage design coordination among various stakeholders and drive resolution of technical issues to support construction progress.
Design Manager ( Girl Kidswear )
🇹🇷 Bağcılar, Istanbul, Turkey
Lc Waikiki 🇹🇷 Bağcılar, Istanbul, Turkey
The Design Manager will drive brand performance by creating inspiring collections and translating customer insights into product decisions. They will lead the design process, ensuring alignment with seasonal planning and budget targets while collaborating closely with product teams.
Global Learning Experience Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Boston Consulting Group (bcg) 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will design engaging and impactful learning experiences for the global Risk function, helping employees understand and apply compliance requirements. This involves creating a cohesive learning experience that drives sustained behavior change across the firm.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Havant, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
United Infrastructure Ltd 🇬🇧 Havant, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager is responsible for overseeing the company's design work, including defining design requirements, managing budgets, and coordinating with engineers. They ensure that designs meet project briefs and provide cost-effective solutions throughout the project lifecycle.
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.