Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Enterris Associates 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager oversees the design review process for A&E services, focusing on seismic, critical repair, and retrofit projects. They coordinate between architects, consultants, and owners to ensure projects meet functional, budgetary, and legal requirements.
Creative Director (Creative Design Leadership)
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Infosys 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead creative thinking, storytelling, and design direction for an internal agency within an IT MNC. Translate business problems into powerful creative work through strategic account planning and campaign development.
Engineering / Design Manager
🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Aurecon 🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering and design activities from concept through to delivery while managing technical risks and project constraints. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure safe, high-quality outcomes and maintain effective client relationships.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cordoba Corporation 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager leads multidisciplinary teams in overseeing capital improvement projects, specifically focusing on seismic upgrades and critical repairs. They coordinate the architectural and engineering design review process to ensure compliance with budgetary, legal, and educational facility standards.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 City of Vincent, Western Australia, Australia
Consolidated Power Projects 🇦🇺 City of Vincent, Western Australia, Australia
The Design Manager will lead the delivery of high-voltage infrastructure and renewable energy projects by integrating multi-disciplinary engineering inputs. They will serve as the central technical reference point to ensure designs are compliant, efficient, and aligned with client requirements.
Senior Design Manager, A/E Services
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Maas Companies 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager oversees the design process for seismic, critical repair, and retrofit projects across multiple school campuses. They lead a team of design professionals, manage architecture firms, and ensure all projects remain within budget and regulatory standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cordoba Corporation 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager oversees multidisciplinary design teams and manages capital improvement projects, focusing on seismic upgrades and critical repairs. They coordinate the design review process to ensure projects meet programmatic, budgetary, and regulatory requirements while collaborating with architects and stakeholders.
Occupancy Planner / Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Jll 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Occupancy Planner / Design Manager will lead occupancy planning initiatives and provide design governance for retail branch projects to ensure alignment with business objectives. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create functional, brand-consistent environments while managing project lifecycles from programming through construction.
Expert Opportunity - Visual Design Manager ($70/hr, up to $1,400/week)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Ethos 🇺🇸 United States of America
Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks for a foundational AI lab. Focus on slide layout, template design, and brand-compliant production across core workflows.
Occupancy Planner / Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Jll 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The role involves managing occupancy planning and retail design for a financial services client's branch portfolio to optimize space and customer engagement. Key duties include creating feasibility studies, enforcing design standards, and collaborating with architects and stakeholders from programming through construction.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Red Wing, MN 55066, United States of America
County Of Goodhue 🇺🇸 Red Wing, MN 55066, United States of America
The Design Manager oversees right-of-way acquisition, public land ownership tasks, and the design and engineering of construction projects. They also assist department management with program preparation and provide guidance to engineering technicians.
Senior Design Manager M&O
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Triangle Decon Services, Inc. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager leads multiple facilities projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District, focusing on seismic, critical repair, and retrofit work. They manage architects, engineers, and consultants to ensure all projects adhere to District standards, budgets, and regulatory requirements.
Senior Design Manager
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Jellyfish 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Lead and manage the design process for client projects, creating high-quality static and animated digital assets for social media. Collaborate with project managers to streamline workflows and leverage AI tools like Pencil Pro to optimize creative output.
Senior Design Manager
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Jellyfish Brasil 🇫🇷 Paris, France
You will lead and manage the design process for client projects, ensuring briefs are accurately executed while streamlining workflows. You will also collaborate with project managers and the creative team to deliver high-quality digital assets and foster innovation within a global team.
Senior Integrated Design Manager
🇺🇸 Ohio, United States of America
Aligned Data Centers 🇺🇸 Ohio, United States of America
Lead integrated design management across multiple complex projects, ensuring alignment between schedule, cost, and constructability. Provide technical authority and mentorship to junior design managers while coordinating with construction teams to meet business objectives.
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.