Design Leadership Jobs
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Project Design Manager - Hybrid or Remote
🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Cushman & Wakefield 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
The Project Design Manager acts as the primary point of contact for accounts, leading design teams through all project phases from concept to construction. They are responsible for developing workplace standards, managing project budgets and timelines, and ensuring all design deliverables meet safety and quality requirements.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Sisk 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Design Manager coordinates the design process for construction projects to ensure compliance, buildability, and cost-effectiveness. They manage consultant inputs, monitor design documentation, and address interface issues to meet project requirements.
Design Manager (Data Centres)
🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Black & White Engineering 🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
You will lead the design process for complex engineering projects by coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing project deliverables. Additionally, you will ensure project objectives are met through proactive risk management, stakeholder engagement, and adherence to quality standards.
Design Manager - Federal Government Sector
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead multidisciplinary design teams to deliver high-quality, compliant, and cost-controlled projects for federal clients. They are responsible for managing project budgets, schedules, and client relationships while driving business development and pursuit strategies.
Design Manager - Federal Government Sector
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead multidisciplinary design teams to deliver high-quality, compliant, and cost-controlled projects for federal clients. They are responsible for managing project budgets, schedules, and client relationships while ensuring adherence to federal standards and design workflows.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Swindon, SN1 1JZ, United Kingdom
Beard 🇬🇧 Swindon, SN1 1JZ, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will oversee the design process from pre-construction through to the construction phase for projects up to £12m. Responsibilities include planning project aspects, identifying challenges, and ensuring effective communication with all stakeholders.
Senior Design Manager
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Pennylane Sas 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Lead, support, and develop a team of product designers while setting a clear design direction for the Financial Services track. Partner with cross-functional teams to improve customer experience and drive acquisition, activation, and revenue objectives.
Design Manager - Federal Government Sector
🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, compliant, and cost-controlled design projects for federal clients. This role involves managing project execution plans, ensuring QA/QC standards, and acting as the primary interface for client communication and business development.
Design Manager - Experience
🇸🇬 Singapore
Dyson 🇸🇬 Singapore
The Design Manager will define the end-to-end user experience across Dyson's physical products, digital apps, and connected ecosystems. They will lead multidisciplinary teams to translate complex technical capabilities into intuitive, premium user journeys.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Mclaughlin & Harvey Ltd 🇬🇧 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager is responsible for managing design teams and processes to ensure construction deliverables meet project requirements, quality standards, and timelines. They will lead design coordination, manage consultant teams, and ensure compliance with health, safety, and legislative standards throughout the project lifecycle.
Secure By Design Manager
🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Great British Energy - Nuclear 🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
The Secure By Design Manager is responsible for managing the development and delivery of physical security policies, standards, and design assurance across critical national infrastructure. They provide authoritative advice to ensure assets and programs are governed in line with national security obligations and protective security risk management principles.
Engineering Design Manager
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Stantec 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Engineering Design Manager will forecast, organize, and monitor project design development and production delivery while enforcing project execution plans. They will also coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, consultants, and clients to ensure project commitments regarding cost, quality, and schedule are met.
Senior Design Manager
🇩🇪 Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Tsl Gmbh 🇩🇪 Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
The Senior Design Manager is responsible for leading the multidisciplinary design team and coordinating project deliverables from post-concept through to delivery. This includes managing external consultants, ensuring regulatory compliance, overseeing BIM processes, and facilitating design workshops to ensure efficient project execution.
Design Manager
🇫🇮 Finland
Granlund 🇫🇮 Finland
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate design activities for large-scale data center projects, ensuring they meet quality, budget, and schedule requirements. They will act as the primary contact for stakeholders and manage a multidisciplinary team of 15–20 professionals.
MEP Design Manager
🇫🇮 Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
Tsl 🇫🇮 Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
The MEP Design Manager is responsible for managing MEP design deliverables and coordinating between clients, designers, and sub-contractors. They will also oversee quality control during construction, manage design handovers, and report on project design status.
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.