Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also manage the technical delivery of multi-disciplinary design projects and promote a culture of collaboration and innovation.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings to identify project risks.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings and workshops throughout the project lifecycle.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Systra 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager is accountable for the delivery of civil engineering work packages, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to client specifications. This includes coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing project controls, and overseeing the design of high-speed rail infrastructure.
Global Design Manager
🇬🇧 Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Atkinsréalis 🇬🇧 Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Lead and mentor a global design team while ensuring high standards of creative output and operational efficiency. Foster collaboration and alignment across teams to enhance delivery and client value.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Derby, England, United Kingdom
Balfour Beatty Plc 🇬🇧 Derby, England, United Kingdom
As a Design Manager, you will manage the design process from pre-construction through to project delivery and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams. You will ensure designs are compliant, buildable, cost-effective, and delivered on programme.
Organisation Design Manager
🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom
Hm Revenue & Customs 🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom
The Organisation Design Manager will scope, plan, and implement projects aligned with the Unity organisational design strategy. They will analyze current organizational processes and structures to identify areas for improvement and translate process changes into organizational design impacts.
LDC Solution Design Manager - Manufacturing Execution
🇨🇭 Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
Novartis 🇨🇭 Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
The LDC Solution Design Manager is responsible for designing and developing SAP (S4 HANA) based processes for manufacturing execution, ensuring alignment with business needs and regulatory compliance. This role involves collaboration with various stakeholders and driving the execution of data and digital strategies.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Sherborne Talent Solutions 🇬🇧 Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
You will be responsible for leading design activities and overseeing the design process. This includes producing and managing design programmes and working closely with internal and external design teams.
Head of Design Women Timeless & Classic (m/f/d)
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Peek & Cloppenburg* Düsseldorf 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
You will define and oversee the creative and aesthetic direction of the brand, ensuring seasonal collections reflect a strong brand DNA. Additionally, you will develop seasonal frameworks for the Classic and Timeless womenswear unit and collaborate with various teams to align creative vision with commercial goals.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Twg Consulting Services 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
As Design Manager, you will lead and coordinate the design process from concept through to commissioning, ensuring projects are delivered safely and efficiently. You will manage multidisciplinary design teams and provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
Global Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Atkinsréalis 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Lead and mentor a global multi-disciplinary design team to ensure high-quality creative output and strategic alignment. Drive operational efficiency, manage stakeholder relationships, and oversee the delivery of complex global projects.
Group Product Design Manager, Data & Insights
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead a design squad focused on innovation and rapid delivery of customer value while overseeing day-to-day team operations. Develop collaborative design activities and explore emerging product spaces to enhance Adobe's analytics capabilities.
Group Product Design Manager, Document Cloud Mobile
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead and shape design strategy across Acrobat's mobile surfaces while fostering a user-centric design practice. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to drive impactful design projects and mentor designers.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
M Moser Associates 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
The Design Manager will coordinate with internal designers, external consultants, and project managers to ensure project alignment. They will conduct site visits to monitor execution quality and resolve design issues.
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.