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Store Design Manager, Germany(A147011A)
🇩🇪 Germany
Xiaomi Technology 🇩🇪 Germany
The Store Design Manager will assist in formulating design strategies for Xiaomi's auto delivery centers in Germany, ensuring compliance with local regulations and brand standards. They will lead the design process, manage costs, and facilitate collaboration between Chinese and German teams.
Design Manager - Water
🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Wharton-smith, Inc. 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
The Design Manager leads planning, coordination, budgeting, risk analysis, and stakeholder engagement during the pursuit and preconstruction phases of municipal water and wastewater projects. This role focuses on early project strategy, design collaboration, constructability reviews, cost development, and owner engagement.
HEAD OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION: GALLERY SCALE ARTWORKS
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Design Observer 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Head of Design and Production will lead the design and fabrication of light sculptures and manage exhibition projects. This includes overseeing the entire lifecycle from R&D and prototyping to fabrication and installation.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Innovar Group 🇺🇸 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Lead design management efforts for a large-scale data center construction project and coordinate design activities across various teams. Manage design deliverables from preconstruction through project delivery while ensuring alignment with schedule, budget, and operational requirements.
DESIGN MANAGER - Automotive & Industrial projects
🇺🇸 Novi, Michigan, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Novi, Michigan, United States of America
Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering design efforts for automotive, industrial, and commercial projects. Manage financial controls, resource deployment, and client-facing communications to ensure timely service delivery.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Systra Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will be accountable for the design delivery of allocated civil engineering work packages, ensuring timely and budget-compliant project outcomes. They will also coordinate between design and construction teams and maintain good relationships with external parties.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bovis 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will deliver Design Management on projects from pre-bid to handover, working independently with the senior project team. They will manage high-value complex projects and represent the business at a senior level with clients and partners.
Architecture and Design Manager - Chicago
🇺🇸 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America
Steelcase 🇺🇸 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America
The Architecture and Design Manager will build relationships with targeted architecture and design firms to develop new business and collaborate with dealer partners. They will lead complex projects from concept through execution and manage administrative tasks.
Design Manager
🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
Tsl 🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate all design activities throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring design deliverables meet client requirements and project objectives. They will manage stakeholder relationships and support the successful delivery of complex construction projects.
Product Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Epicor Software Corporation 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Manage and develop a team of product designers while ensuring high-quality design output and alignment with product priorities. Partner with Product Management and Engineering leadership to drive problem-solving and integrate AI into design practices.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Bettingjobs 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Define and lead the overall creative vision and design standards across multiple brands and platforms. Collaborate with various teams to create engaging player experiences and elevate the visual layer of the app.
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.
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.