Design Leadership Jobs
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Head of Design
Remote (🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine)
Company Remote (🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine)
The Head of Design will lead four design departments, managing team performance, hiring, and professional development while aligning design output with business goals. They are responsible for optimizing production processes, implementing AI tools, and collaborating with C-level executives to drive performance metrics.
Concept Design Manager
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Upnext Uae 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead the architectural concept design process from initial vision through to developed concept, including building forms and visual identity. Mentor the design team and present creative proposals to senior stakeholders and clients.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bw: Workplace Experts 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead the design and technical management process across multiple projects from inception through to completion. They are responsible for coordinating consultants and subcontractors, managing tender bids, and ensuring technical compliance and quality control.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 West Midlands, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Volkerwessels Uk 🇬🇧 West Midlands, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will serve as the principal point of contact for managing design aspects of tenders and active projects. They are responsible for leading the design service throughout both the bid and delivery stages to ensure professional and sustainable outcomes.
Design Manager
🇪🇬 Matruh, Egypt
Sourcet Global 🇪🇬 Matruh, Egypt
The Design Manager leads all design activities from concept through IFC, ensuring multidisciplinary coordination and timely delivery of project objectives. They are responsible for managing design consultants, monitoring progress, and ensuring compliance with masterplan standards and authority requirements.
Design Manager (m/f/d)
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Cts Group 🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
The Design Manager is responsible for the end-to-end coordination of multidisciplinary design delivery for complex Data Center projects. This includes managing consultants, ensuring technical compliance, and aligning engineering deliverables with procurement and construction requirements.
CPU Cache Subsystem Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Lead and manage a front-end design team to develop next-generation CPU subsystems, focusing on micro-architecture and RTL design. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize performance, power, and area while ensuring project milestones are met.
Head of Design
🇵🇭 Philippines
Lexagle 🇵🇭 Philippines
The Head of Design will lead, structure, and scale the design function by defining product vision and establishing robust design processes. They are responsible for maintaining high quality standards, managing KPIs, and building a high-performing design team.
Head of Design
🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Makeberry Affiliates 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
The Head of Design will lead four design departments, managing team performance, production processes, and strategic development. They are responsible for aligning design output with business goals, optimizing workflows, and fostering professional growth within the team.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Steyning, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Hill Mcglynn Recruitment 🇬🇧 Steyning, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the design process from pre-construction through to project completion. This includes managing consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams to ensure designs are compliant, coordinated, and delivered on schedule.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hill Mcglynn Recruitment 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will oversee and coordinate the design process from pre-construction through to project completion. They will manage design programmes, resolve technical clashes, and ensure all designs comply with building regulations and project requirements.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resourceful Recruitment 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lead and manage the design aspects of commercial construction projects from concept through to completion. Coordinate with clients, architects, and engineers to ensure design solutions are functional, compliant, and meet project requirements.
CPU Front-end Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Intel Corporation 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The manager will lead the Memory Execution Unit (MEU) Front-End development team, overseeing RTL design, verification, and formal verification processes. They are responsible for driving microarchitecture strategy, ensuring PPA objectives are met, and fostering a high-performing, collaborative engineering culture.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Redpath Partners 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Design Manager leads the design development and coordination of hospitality capital works programs, including refurbishments and new developments. They manage external consultants and contractors to ensure projects are delivered within budget, timeline, and brand standards.
Industrial Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Jool Baby 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design and product development process from early concepts through production while managing a team of designers. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure products are innovative, safe, and commercially successful.
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.