Design Leadership Jobs
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Head of Design
🇸🇪 Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Froda 🇸🇪 Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
You will own the full visual expression of Froda, ensuring everything created feels cohesive and of the highest quality. You will lead design across all touchpoints, ensuring design drives high-quality user experiences and aligns with business goals.
FREELANCE DESIGN MANAGER
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Brown & Wills Recruitment 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will work closely with the site delivery team and report to the design director. They will leverage their expertise in technical support, building control, and design coordination.
Design Manager - Workplace Interiors
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead all phases of corporate interior projects, managing client relationships, budgets, and project schedules. Mentor junior staff and coordinate with contractors and consultants to ensure high-quality project execution.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Act as a Design Manager on major property and infrastructure projects, coordinating between design teams and engineering specialists. Develop design strategies and manage the design program to ensure project goals and client requirements are met.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Livingston, EH54 6GS, United Kingdom
Farrans Construction 🇬🇧 Livingston, EH54 6GS, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will coordinate design elements and interfaces for projects across the UK and ROI, ensuring quality and monitoring project delivery. Responsibilities include managing design processes, liaising with various teams, and providing technical input for live projects and tenders.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Lead the design and execution of industrial wastewater treatment projects, ensuring alignment with client expectations. Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resources for successful project delivery.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design and execution of industrial wastewater treatment projects, ensuring alignment with project goals and client expectations. Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resources while communicating directly with clients and senior management.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the design and execution of industrial wastewater treatment projects, ensuring alignment with project goals and client expectations. Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resources for successful project delivery.
Copy of Service Design Manager
🇸🇪 Växjö, Kronoberg County, Sweden
Foxway 🇸🇪 Växjö, Kronoberg County, Sweden
The Service Design Manager will own and optimize service value propositions for circular product journeys, focusing on Device-as-a-Service and lifecycle services. They will map end-to-end flows and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure operational efficiency and sustainability.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Saxmundham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Pt Renewables 🌳 🇬🇧 Saxmundham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
As Design Manager, you will lead permanent works design activities and manage design subcontract packages from end to end. You will implement project-specific Design Management Plans and ensure compliance with ISO 9001 and client requirements.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Sparta, Illinois, United States of America
Mace 🇺🇸 Sparta, Illinois, United States of America
You will lead design governance, ensuring projects meet minimum standards and resolving deviations with stakeholders. Additionally, you will provide expert design guidance and coordinate teams to align standards and operational practices.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Hounslow, England, United Kingdom
Vinci Building Uk 🇬🇧 Hounslow, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager is responsible for managing design activities on medium to large-scale projects, ensuring compliance with project requirements and fostering collaboration among teams. This role also involves developing project-specific design management strategies and supporting business development activities.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wsp 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager coordinates multi-disciplinary teams on major property and infrastructure projects from inception through to handover. They are responsible for managing design programmes, resolving risks, and ensuring deliverables meet high quality and regulatory standards.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Livingston, EH54 6GS, United Kingdom
Farrans Recruitment Team 🇬🇧 Livingston, EH54 6GS, United Kingdom
Coordinate design elements and interfaces for projects across the UK and ROI while ensuring quality and monitoring delivery. Liaise with clients, project staff, procurement, and site management teams to develop design and procurement strategies.
Senior Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Mace 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior Design Manager will act as the primary interface with FIFA and the World Cup Authority, leading engagements and ensuring compliance with FIFA requirements. They will oversee technical integration and provide strategic guidance on FIFA regulations and compliance pathways.
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.