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Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager is responsible for the technical production and delivery of infrastructure design projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget. They lead design teams, manage subconsultants, and maintain client satisfaction through proactive scope and quality control.
Design Manager - Experience
🇸🇬 one-north, Singapore
Dyson 🇸🇬 one-north, Singapore
You will define and lead the end-to-end experience for Dyson products, integrating physical hardware, digital apps, and onboarding journeys into a coherent ecosystem. You will collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to translate complex technical capabilities into intuitive, premium user experiences.
Design Manager - Transportation
🇶🇦 Doha, Qatar
Aecom 🇶🇦 Doha, Qatar
The Design Manager will oversee the planning, design, and delivery of transportation infrastructure projects while managing multidisciplinary teams. They will act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders to ensure project alignment with budget, schedule, and quality standards.
Design Manager - Relocate to Sydney!
🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
Icon 🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
The Design Manager will oversee all design activities across multiple large-scale construction projects to ensure compliance with specifications and regulations. They will collaborate with project managers, architects, and engineers to ensure timely and cost-effective project delivery.
Fire Alarm Design Manager
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Human Resources Team 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Design fire sprinkler systems for commercial and industrial applications while providing technical assistance throughout the project lifecycle. Assist management with the oversight, training, and mentoring of the design staff.
Senior Design Manager - Onshore Wind
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Beca 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead the design and delivery of onshore wind projects from early-stage development through to construction and commissioning. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams while building trusted client relationships and managing project governance and commercial performance.
Head Of Design
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Meshki 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Head of Design will define and protect the brand's product handwriting while leading the design team to create commercially successful and creatively distinctive collections. They will partner with cross-functional teams to ensure product consistency, fit, and alignment with overall brand vision and commercial objectives.
Station Design Manager
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Atkinsréalis 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The Station Design Manager will lead and coordinate the multidisciplinary design of high-speed rail stations from concept through construction. They are responsible for ensuring technical governance, managing project interfaces, and aligning designs with operational, safety, and passenger experience standards.
Senior Design Manager (West Seattle Link Extension)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Sound Transit 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Leads and manages the delivery of civil engineering elements for the West Seattle Link Extension project. Provides oversight for large design consultant teams and coordinates across various internal departments and external stakeholders.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 United States of America
Elation Health 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Head of Design will set the vision, standards, and operating model for the design organization while leading a team of product designers. They will partner with product and engineering leadership to drive design strategy and ensure high-quality, AI-native experiences for clinicians.
Design Manager - Interiors
🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Manage all phases of corporate interior projects, including project set-up, design, and construction administration. Oversee project scheduling, budgets, financial performance, and client relationships while leading diverse project teams.
Head of Design
🇨🇴 Colombia
Neowork 🇨🇴 Colombia
The Head of Design will own the visual identity of NeoWork, creating high-converting landing pages and sales collateral. They will manage design requests, maintain brand consistency across all channels, and partner with leadership on visual storytelling.
Senior Design Manager (West Seattle Link Extension)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Sound Transit 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Leads and manages the delivery of civil engineering elements for the West Seattle Link Extension project. Provides oversight for large design consultant teams and coordinates across multiple internal departments and external agencies.
Design Manager - Brand & Performance
🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Wantable 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
You will lead and develop a team of designers while remaining hands-on in creating high-performing brand and performance creative across multiple channels. You will also partner with cross-functional teams to use data and AI-driven insights to optimize creative performance and build scalable design systems.
Senior Design Manager (Phoenix, AZ) - Austin Commercial
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Austin Bridge & Road 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of design services, including budget oversight, contract administration, and ensuring design packages meet project requirements. They collaborate with builders and designers to minimize change orders, facilitate RFI reviews, and ensure compliance with project milestones and municipal regulations.
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.