Design Leadership Jobs
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Head of Design
Remote (🇳🇴 Norway)
Cybret Ai Remote (🇳🇴 Norway)
The Head of Design will define and execute the design vision for CYBRET AI across product, brand, and user experience. This includes owning end-to-end platform design, building scalable design systems, and evolving the company's visual identity.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Towson, Maryland, United States of America
The Whiting-turner Contracting Company 🇺🇸 Towson, Maryland, United States of America
The Design Manager provides leadership for Comprehensive Design Services, ensuring design integration throughout project execution. They guide design decisions to meet program requirements, budget, and quality commitments while facilitating team coordination.
GURU Architectural Design Manager
🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
Primark 🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
The Architectural Standards Technical Manager is responsible for managing the Guru platform, ensuring all architectural and shopfitting data is accurate and up to date. This includes page creation, content management, and collaboration with various teams to maintain architectural standards.
GURU CFE Design Manager
🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
Primark 🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
The role involves supporting the creation and maintenance of Centre Floor Equipment standards and content within the Guru system. It also includes assisting with the development of new retail equipment concepts and managing technical documentation.
Technical Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Falcon Green 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and manage the development and delivery of design aspects of a major residential project, ensuring compliance with design briefs and relevant legislation. They will also oversee the production of Contractors Proposals and manage the design program and information schedule.
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Design Manager - (Delivery - New & Renewal)
🇦🇺 Richmond VIC 3121, Australia
Endeavour Group Careers 🇦🇺 Richmond VIC 3121, Australia
Lead the end-to-end design and delivery of new and refurbished store environments for Dan Murphy's and BWS. Manage external partners and internal stakeholders to ensure construction aligns with brand standards and regulatory requirements.
Head of Design
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Aspora 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead and scale all three design functions: product design, brand design, and marketing design. Establish design quality standards and ensure visual and tonal consistency across all markets and channels.
Head of Design – High-End Residential Architecture (NY / South Florida Focus)
🇺🇸 Florida, United States of America
Talent Harbor 🇺🇸 Florida, United States of America
Lead high-level psychological discovery sessions with clients to ensure design alignment. Protect the integrity of a proprietary lifestyle blueprint while focusing on high-impact spatial design.
Design Manager
🇬🇷 Greece
Metlen 🇬🇷 Greece
The Design Manager will lead the design execution and technical sign-off for electrical systems in PV projects, coordinating a team of engineers. They will also be responsible for equipment procurement and providing technical support to project management and construction teams.
Head of Design
🇮🇳 India
Aspora 🇮🇳 India
Lead and unify the product, brand, and marketing design functions under a single global vision. Establish design quality standards and drive the evolution of the design system across all customer-facing surfaces.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Mace 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will provide project-level design guidance and ensure compliance with client design standards across multiple regions. They will also monitor design governance progress and support project teams with training and updates on design standards.
Design Manager - Track
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Egis Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design delivery of complex track infrastructure for the HS2 project across multiple contracts and international teams. Manage multidisciplinary project teams and maintain senior-level relationships with clients, regulators, and stakeholders.
Design Manager - F&B Experience / London
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
White Space Recruitment 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Manage and coordinate retail and F&B design projects from concept through construction documentation. Act as a key liaison between clients, design teams, consultants, and external stakeholders.
Design Manager- Vietnam
🇻🇳 Hà Nội, Vietnam
Sunset Hospitality Group 🇻🇳 Hà Nội, Vietnam
Oversee the design and development of F&B and hospitality spaces, ensuring alignment with brand identity and guest expectations. Manage design projects from initial concept through to execution, ensuring quality, budget, and timeline compliance.
Head of Design
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Edelman 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead the design response for complex briefs across various media while mentoring and developing a team of designers. Establish studio standards and workflows to ensure high-quality, consistent, and scalable design outputs across the APAC region.
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.