Design Leadership Jobs
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Structures Design Manager
🇨🇦 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Ferrovial Construction 🇨🇦 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
The Structures Design Manager oversees the structural design process for new and existing infrastructure projects, ensuring all documents meet client requirements. They are responsible for supervising internal teams and external consultants while optimizing designs for cost and constructability.
Design Manager - Dublin
🇮🇪 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Graham Group 🇮🇪 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
The Design Manager leads and coordinates multi-disciplinary design teams from concept through to construction and handover for major civil engineering schemes. They act as the central interface between design, commercial, and delivery teams to ensure solutions are safe, compliant, and cost-effective.
Design Manager – Private Label
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
French Selection (fs) 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead the design and product development of private-label collections for major retail customers from concept to production. Manage customer accounts and lead design teams in the UK and India while collaborating with sourcing and manufacturing departments.
Organizational Development & Design Manager (m/f/d)
🇩🇪 Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Tecno Spot S.r.l. 🇩🇪 Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Lead the design and implementation of the Target Operating Model (TOM) and organizational structures to align with strategic goals. Drive change management initiatives and act as a strategic advisor to leaders on roles, governance, and culture.
Design Manager
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aecom 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Design Manager oversees the complete design lifecycle from development to delivery, ensuring seamless coordination across multidisciplinary technical specialists. They act as a strategic bridge between creative vision and practical execution while managing client expectations and project budgets.
Design Manager (w/m/d)* // befristet für 2 Jahre
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Engel & Völkers Immobilien Minden 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
The Design Manager is responsible for architectural planning processes and project management for shop and office designs. This includes developing workflows, ensuring compliance with CI guidelines, and managing the material library and design studio.
Design Manager
🇮🇹 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Mercury 🇮🇹 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
The Design Manager acts as a Project Manager for design, controlling scope, budget, and schedules while coordinating multidisciplinary teams and consultants. They oversee the entire design process from inception to the as-built stage, ensuring timely delivery and compliance with sustainability standards.
Technical Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Garan, Incorporated 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Technical Design Manager will lead a team of designers to oversee the development of children's apparel, ensuring fit, construction, and technical standards are met. They will manage cross-functional workflows, prioritize seasonal workloads, and partner with global factories to maintain production timelines.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Pigment 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead and develop a team of Product Designers while overseeing design operations and maintaining high standards for UX quality. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to align priorities and shape the overall design strategy and impact.
Senior Design Manager - Land Development
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States
Rowan Digital Infrastructure 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States
Lead and manage architectural and engineering consultants through the design, permitting, and construction phases of data center projects. Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to ensure engineering work aligns with project specifications, quality standards, and site-specific challenges.
Lead Product Designer - Design Foundations, Interstate
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Cox Enterprises 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
You will own and evolve the Interstate B2B design system, setting the design direction and quality standards for the organization. Additionally, you will shape AI-assisted design tooling and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistency and efficiency across all products.
Ad and Content Design Manager
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Ally 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Lead the visual execution and brand expression across multiple channels by translating strategy into compelling creative work. Manage and mentor a team of designers and production partners to ensure high-quality, cohesive deliverables.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Class 3 Technologies 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
You will own the design direction across both product and brand, building a unified system that translates complex climate risk data into actionable insights. You will lead the experience architecture for the Iris platform while establishing the visual and narrative identity for the company.
Head of Design
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Housemarque 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Define and drive the long-term strategy for the Design craft while leading, coaching, and developing senior design talent. Partner with creative and game directors to ensure the design organization is equipped to realize ambitious creative visions.
Design Manager
🌍 Remote
Clear. 🌍 Remote
Lead and manage transformer design engineering activities from concept through to delivery. Oversee technical calculations, approve designs, and collaborate with manufacturing and commercial teams to ensure industry standards are met.
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.