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Store Design Manager - Luxury Timepieces
🇨🇭 Le Chenit, District du Jura-Nord vaudois, Switzerland
Luxury Experts 🇨🇭 Le Chenit, District du Jura-Nord vaudois, Switzerland
The Store Design Manager will lead the development and execution of retail design projects, including boutiques and pop-ups, to ensure a consistent global brand experience. They will manage project lifecycles, coordinate with external partners, and mentor the retail design team to maintain high luxury standards.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hdr 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate multi-discipline design delivery teams to ensure projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget. They are responsible for managing design programmes, client communication, and ensuring technical compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 El Segundo, CA 90245, United States of America
Balfour Beatty Us 🇺🇸 El Segundo, CA 90245, United States of America
The Design Manager coordinates and integrates design-build projects by managing design and permitting processes to ensure quality, constructability, and cost control. They lead project pursuits, manage team members, and ensure project deliverables align with contractual obligations and budget requirements.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 El Segundo, CA 90245, United States of America
Balfour Beatty 🇺🇸 El Segundo, CA 90245, United States of America
The Design Manager coordinates and integrates design and construction processes for design-build projects to ensure quality, cost control, and on-time delivery. They manage project pursuits, oversee design progression, and facilitate communication between owners, designers, and trade partners.
Senior Design Manager
🇸🇬 Singapore
Airtrunk 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead large-scale hyperscale data centre design projects from concept through detailed design phases. Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure design integrity, compliance, and alignment with sustainability goals.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Nooks 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
The Head of Design will own the design vision and execution for the Nooks product, ensuring an intuitive and beautiful user experience. This role involves leading and growing a design team while collaborating with product and engineering leaders to translate complex AI workflows into simple interfaces.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Larsen & Toubro 🇮🇳 Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
The Design Manager is responsible for overseeing the preparation, validation, and release of engineering documentation to meet project timelines and manufacturing requirements. They also manage stakeholder relations, budgetary constraints, and generate periodic MIS reports to ensure operational visibility.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Wasael Property Management 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The Senior Design Manager is responsible for leading projects through RIBA stages 0-5, ensuring delivery meets time, quality, and budget objectives. They manage consultant teams, oversee tender processes, and provide design support throughout the construction phase.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
Bovis 🇬🇧 Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will oversee design management from pre-bid to handover, integrating with the senior project team and managing consultants. They are responsible for ensuring compliance with regulations, managing project governance, and representing the business to clients and supply chain partners.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Cirencester, England, United Kingdom
Bovis 🇬🇧 Cirencester, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design management processes from pre-bid to handover, integrating with senior project teams and external consultants. They are responsible for representing the business, managing design reviews, and ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks and project governance.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Oakham, England, United Kingdom
Bovis 🇬🇧 Oakham, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will oversee design processes from pre-bid to handover, integrating with senior project teams and managing consultants. They are responsible for ensuring compliance with regulations, managing third-party interfaces, and representing the business to clients and supply chain partners.
Head Of Design
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Quizlet 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Initially acting as a hands-on principal designer to build AI-powered learning experiences and prototypes. Eventually transitioning into leading the entire design organization, managing product designers and brand contractors.
Head Of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Quizlet 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role begins as a hands-on principal designer focused on shipping AI-powered learning experiences and setting visual direction. Subsequently, the role transitions into leading the design organization, managing designers, and overseeing design quality across the company.
Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Maintainx 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead and grow a team of product designers while setting creative direction for complex, AI-powered workflows. You are responsible for maintaining design quality, aligning with product and engineering partners, and fostering a culture of professional development.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead the design process for K-12 school projects, ensuring quality, budget, and schedule adherence. They will manage client relationships, coordinate with architects and consultants, and oversee technical peer reviews and project milestones.
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.