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Design Manager | Transport Infrastructure
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Systra 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Deliver transport infrastructure design packages from concept through to construction for roads, highways, and rail projects. Manage design scope, budgets, and multidisciplinary teams while coordinating with contractors and authorities like TfNSW.
Design Manager | Transport Infrastructure
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Systra Anz 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Deliver transport infrastructure design packages from concept development through to detailed design and construction issue. Manage design scope, programme, budget, and resources across multiple project stages.
Design Manager
🇵🇭 Makati, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Red Engineering Design 🇵🇭 Makati, Southern Manila District, Philippines
The Design Manager leads and coordinates team members for a specific business unit, overseeing the design process from concept to execution. They are responsible for setting design strategies, mentoring staff, and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
Senior Design Manager, Toys & Hardlines, Japan
🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Nbcuniversal 🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Lead the design direction and approval processes for toys and hardlines products in the Japanese market. Manage relationships with licensees and internal teams to ensure brand integrity and drive product innovation.
Senior Design Manager, Toys & Hardlines, Japan
🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Nbcuniversal 🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Lead the design direction and approval processes for Toys and Hardlines products specifically for the Japanese market. Manage relationships with licensees and internal teams to ensure brand integrity and drive product innovation.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hays 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
As Project Manager / Design Manager, you will oversee multiple capital works projects from concept to completion, ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to lead design development and project handover.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Struction Solutions 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will lead design activities for the School Upgrade Program and critical repair projects, ensuring compliance with LAUSD standards. This role involves managing multiple projects from conception to execution while coordinating with various stakeholders.
Project Manager (Design Manager) - Sports
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will direct multidisciplinary design teams and oversee project delivery during all phases. This includes managing schedules, budgets, and client relationships while ensuring quality assurance of project documentation.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Arlington, Texas, United States of America
Cumming Group 🇺🇸 Arlington, Texas, United States of America
Oversee the building design process to ensure compliance with standards, budgets, and legal requirements for educational structures. Manage project schedules, costs, and stakeholders while coordinating with cost management groups and permitting agencies.
Design Manager - Interiors - Senior
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead complex, large-scale corporate interiors projects while ensuring alignment between client goals and design excellence. Act as a trusted advisor to clients, driving project success and business growth.
Design Manager - Critical Facilities
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Design Manager will implement client projects by leading project teams and managing schedules, budgets, and staffing. They will also resolve complex technical and design issues to ensure project success.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Industrious 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Evaluate new real estate opportunities and make independent design feasibility calls. Lead the development of design packages and manage external architects to ensure high-quality documentation.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, United States of America
Pride Resource Partners Llc 🇺🇸 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, United States of America
Lead the design activities for the School Upgrade Program and critical repair projects, ensuring compliance with educational and building standards. Manage the full design process from conception to handoff, coordinating with architects, consultants, and the Division of State Architects.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
Olympic West Fire Protection Llc 🇺🇸 Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
The Design Manager supervises and mentors a team of Design Engineers while creating departmental SOPs and championing design standardization. They coordinate with sales and project managers to ensure design requirements and commitment dates are met.
Design Systems & Operations Lead
🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Pnc 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
This role leads the intersection of Design Operations and Design Systems to scale design quality and delivery effectiveness across the organization. It involves owning the design delivery ecosystem, governing the design system roadmap, and executing high-impact product design initiatives.
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.