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Business Solution Design Manager
🇸🇬 Singapore
Capital Group 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead the design and implementation of business, digital, data, and AI solutions to drive strategic decisions and grow investment products in Asia. Manage and coach high-performing teams while partnering with global stakeholders to optimize people, process, and technology dimensions.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Icon 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Manage and oversee design activities across multiple large-scale construction projects to ensure compliance with specifications and regulations. Collaborate with architects, engineers, and project managers to maintain design schedules, budgets, and accurate documentation.
Design Manager - Construction Services
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Aecom Hunt 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Design Manager coordinates and aligns all design disciplines with construction execution to ensure design intent, budget, and schedule constraints are met. They serve as a key liaison between design teams, construction teams, owners, and trade partners to drive efficient project delivery.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Roberts Co 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Manage the end-to-end design process for residential, education, or health projects, ensuring compliance with Australian Standards and building codes. Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver cost-effective, sustainable solutions while overseeing budgets, timelines, and documentation.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Roberts Co 🇦🇺 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Manage the end-to-end design process for luxury multi-storey residential projects from concept through to delivery. Ensure compliance with Australian Standards and building codes while collaborating with stakeholders to deliver cost-effective and sustainable solutions.
Design Manager - Construction Services
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Aecom 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Design Manager coordinates all design disciplines with construction execution to ensure technical requirements, budget, and schedule constraints are met. They serve as a key liaison between design teams, construction teams, owners, and trade partners to drive efficient project delivery.
Senior Digital Design Manager, Laundry Care
🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Procter & Gamble 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Lead the digital design strategy and visual identity for the Fabric Enhancers portfolio, including brands like Downy and Bounce. Drive conversion and engagement through platform-native content for social media and digital commerce channels.
Design Manager - Aviation / Building Services
🇬🇧 Essex, England, United Kingdom
Galliford Try 🇬🇧 Essex, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate electrical and building services design activities while managing a design team to deliver high-quality engineering solutions. Oversee design resource allocation, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
Design Systems Lead
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Imprint 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Define and drive the long-term vision and roadmap for the design system while establishing governance and contribution models. Partner with engineering and product teams to evolve the system into machine-readable, AI-consumable foundations.
Group Product Design Manager, Rider Verticals
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Uber 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead and grow a team of designers to shape the future of the Rider Experience through user-centric design. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to craft visions, set quality standards, and coach designers in developing their professional competencies.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Jacobs 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary detailed design for major water and wastewater infrastructure programmes, ensuring coordinated and buildable designs. Manage design scope, technical interfaces, and assurance while collaborating with project managers and client stakeholders to resolve complex issues.
Senior Design Manager
🇮🇪 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Jacobs 🇮🇪 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Lead multidisciplinary detailed design for major water and wastewater infrastructure programmes, ensuring technical soundness and commercial deliverability. Manage design scope, technical interfaces, and assurance while coordinating between engineering, construction, and client stakeholders.
Senior Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Jacobs 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Lead multidisciplinary detailed design for major water and wastewater infrastructure programmes, ensuring technical soundness and commercial deliverability. Manage design scope, technical interfaces, and assurance while coordinating between engineering, construction, and client stakeholders.
Design Manager - Arquitectura, Estructura y Urbanización de Obra de Edificación
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Sacyr 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
The Design Manager will oversee design teams, establish delivery schedules, and ensure design quality aligns with internal guidelines. They are responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary teams, resolving technical discrepancies, and providing technical support for procurement and construction implementation.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Bovis 🇬🇧 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager is responsible for delivering design management from pre-bid to handover, integrating with senior project teams and representing the business to clients and consultants. They manage consultant design, oversee design review processes, and ensure compliance with planning, building control, and internal governance.
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.