Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Skilled Careers 🇬🇧 Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager oversees the design process, managing both internal and external design teams to ensure the delivery of construction issue deliverables. They are responsible for maintaining quality, compliance with legislation, and managing client expectations throughout the project.
Head of Design
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Froda 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
The Head of Design will own Froda's full visual expression, ensuring consistency across brand and product touchpoints. They will lead design strategy, manage the design system, and coach designers to drive business growth and high-quality user experiences.
Head of Design, Commercialisation and Innovation
🇬🇧 Swindon, SN1 1JZ, United Kingdom
Ukri 🇬🇧 Swindon, SN1 1JZ, United Kingdom
Provide strategic leadership for AHRC's work in design, commercialisation, and innovation while managing a small team and key strategic investments. Responsible for delivering the commercialisation strategy and maintaining relationships with external partners and the Design Council.
(Senior) Design Manager (all genders) - Jobbird.com
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Jobster 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
You will translate creative briefings into retail campaigns and window installations, creating high-quality renders and technical drawings. Additionally, you will oversee installations and ensure a smooth workflow from design to set-up.
Senior Project Design Manager - Services and Technology
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mirvac Limited 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead the services and technology strategy and delivery across a diverse portfolio of office, mixed-use, and residential projects. Coordinate with internal stakeholders and consultants to ensure high-quality, sustainable, and commercially viable design outcomes.
Senior Project Design Manager - Services and Technology
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mirvac 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead services and technology strategy and delivery across various projects, ensuring alignment with quality and sustainability expectations. Manage design outcomes, embed governance practices, and support new business opportunities.
Design Manager - Water
🇳🇿 Christchurch, Christchurch City, New Zealand
Beca 🇳🇿 Christchurch, Christchurch City, New Zealand
The Design Manager will support project delivery by managing scope, budget, and program while coordinating multi-disciplinary teams. They will also build relationships with clients and participate in meetings and workshops to ensure successful project outcomes.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead multi-disciplinary design teams to meet client scopes, budgets, and timescales within the Defence or Technology sectors. They are responsible for coordinating design activities with procurement and construction teams while managing project risks and technical delivery.
Design Manager - Mission Critical / Industrial
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Provide project leadership by communicating objectives, scope, and schedules while managing project workflows and resources. Oversee project lifecycle from estimating to close-out, ensuring fiscal responsibility and client satisfaction.
Design Manager - Mission Critical / Industrial
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Lead the delivery of high-performance critical facilities and industrial projects while overseeing project workflows and resource allocation. Serve as the primary liaison between clients and project teams to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
Architectural Design Manager
🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Blue Heron 🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
The Architectural Design Manager will support design leadership in maintaining performance and advancing the company's growth through integrated operations and team alignment. They will oversee design direction, ensure adherence to design standards, and manage designer staff.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nbcuniversal 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Oversee design initiatives for the Lifestyle business across various product categories for the ANZ, Southeast Asia, and India markets. Lead the development of creative concepts, style guides, and product mockups while ensuring brand integrity and commercial viability.
Planning & Design Manager
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Bentway 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Design Manager will oversee the planning, coordination, procurement, and implementation of multidisciplinary design projects. This includes managing projects across various scales and ensuring alignment with The Bentway’s Under Gardiner Public Realm Plan.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Kier Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
As a Design Manager, you will coordinate and oversee design activities across multiple highway and infrastructure schemes. You will manage the complete design process from concept through to construction support and scheme close-out.
Design Manager – Internal Finishes
🇦🇺 Shenton Park, Fremantle Railway PSP, Shenton Park WA 6008, Australia
Sacyr 🇦🇺 Shenton Park, Fremantle Railway PSP, Shenton Park WA 6008, Australia
Lead and manage the internal finishes design process from concept to construction, ensuring alignment with project objectives and budgets. Coordinate with consultants and subcontractors to deliver high-quality, compliant documentation and technical solutions.
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.