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Senior Design Manager
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Cundall 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead or support the design management of large-scale data centre projects by coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing deliverables. Drive project meetings and workshops while working closely with clients to ensure successful outcomes and risk management.
UX Design Manager, Ecosystems Growth
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Google 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Lead and mentor a high-performing design team while defining product strategy and conceptualizing ecosystem-level UX. Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to align business goals with design innovation and validate strategies using analytics.
Design Manager - Interiors
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Manage all phases of corporate interior projects from set-up through construction administration, ensuring they are delivered on time and on budget. Lead project teams and maintain client relationships while overseeing scheduling, budgets, and financial performance.
Design Manager - Toronto - Cities
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gensler 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Design Manager will lead project teams and act as the primary liaison between clients and the design team to deliver architectural projects on time and budget. Responsibilities include managing all project phases from proposal and design to construction administration and financial performance.
Senior Deputy Design Manager - Municipal Projects
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Turner & Townsend 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Direct and support Project Managers in managing CMARs and architects through all phases of design and construction for municipal projects. Coordinate civil scopes, manage external consultants, and ensure high-level client service delivery.
Director - Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Qualcomm 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the planning, optimization, and testing of complex electronic systems and hardware components. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement design guidelines and improve production yield and quality.
Design Manager
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Multiplica 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Manage and evolve the organization's Design System to ensure visual and functional consistency across digital products. Collaborate with Design, Product, and Development teams to implement components and optimize scalability.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Moose Toys 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Design Manager leads product development from concept to production while managing the performance and output of the creative team and vendors. They are responsible for ensuring products meet brand standards, budget constraints, and technical specifications across an allocated portfolio.
Design Manager - Workplace Interiors
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Lead all phases of corporate interior projects, managing client relationships, budgets, and project schedules. Mentor junior staff and collaborate with consultants to ensure high-quality design delivery and business development.
Senior Design Manager
🇮🇪 County Limerick, Ireland
3d Personnel 🇮🇪 County Limerick, Ireland
Lead and manage the design process across multiple concurrent construction projects while coordinating architects, engineers, and subcontractors. Ensure design information is delivered on time and within budget while driving value engineering and compliance with building regulations.
Design Manager – Data Centres
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Leap29 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams across mechanical, electrical, structural, and BIM disciplines for large-scale data centre projects. They are responsible for managing the full design lifecycle, ensuring technical excellence, and coordinating with clients and contractors to mitigate risks.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Sphere Solutions 🇬🇧 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Lead the design process for a £40m construction project from pre-construction through to completion. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage design information flow, and ensure compliance with building regulations and project milestones.
Design Manager - Junior
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Gensler 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Manage all phases of design projects from set-up through construction administration while ensuring they remain on time and on budget. Focus on building client relationships, driving business opportunities, and mentoring project teams.
Principal Design Manager
🇦🇺 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Stantec 🇦🇺 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lead technical teams to develop and deliver integrated technical solutions for water and wastewater projects while managing multidisciplinary activities. Coordinate studies, investigations, and design processes to ensure high-quality outputs are delivered on time and within budget.
Design Manager - Kraemer Design + Production
🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Playcore 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Lead the day-to-day design management of exhibit and visitor experience projects from concept through installation. Guide multidisciplinary teams to translate client content into engaging, hands-on, and educational physical and digital experiences.
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.