Design Leadership Jobs
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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.
Design Manager (Wastewater Infrastructure)
🇬🇧 Derby, England, United Kingdom
Cowi 🇬🇧 Derby, England, United Kingdom
Oversee the design and delivery of wastewater infrastructure projects across all AMP8 stages, coordinating multidisciplinary teams to improve network resilience. Manage design programmes, budgets, and risks while ensuring sustainability and carbon reduction objectives are met.
Lighting Studio Design Manager
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Br+a Consulting Engineers 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The Studio Design Manager will lead lighting projects from concept through construction administration while providing creative direction and design leadership. They are responsible for mentoring junior designers, managing client relationships, and collaborating with the engineering team to deliver human-centric lighting solutions.
Lighting Studio Design Manager
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Bard Rao & Athanas Consulting Engineers Llc 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The Studio Design Manager will lead lighting projects from concept through construction administration while providing creative direction and design leadership. They will also mentor junior designers and build new client relationships to expand the studio's practice.
Head of Design
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Housemarque 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Define and drive the long-term strategy for the Design discipline while leading, coaching, and developing senior design talent. Partner with creative and game directors to ensure the design organization is equipped to realize the studio's creative ambitions.
Design Manager (w/m/d)* // befristet für 2 Jahre
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Engel & Völkers 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
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.
Assistant Design Manager
🇬🇧 Exeter, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Exeter, England, United Kingdom
The role involves guiding internal and external design teams to meet client scopes, budgets, and timescales within the Defence or Technology sectors. Key duties include facilitating workshops, managing technical delivery of multi-disciplinary projects, and coordinating with procurement and construction teams.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Exeter, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Exeter, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead multi-disciplinary design teams to meet client scopes, budgets, and timescales within the Defence or Technology sectors. They are responsible for coordinating design activities across various teams and managing project risks throughout the lifecycle.
Event Design Manager
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Bespoke - Master Event Producers 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The role focuses on driving revenue growth by cultivating new business opportunities and designing high-end commercial events. It involves managing the end-to-end design process, from creating visual proposals to coordinating with the operations team for on-site delivery.
Design Manager (w/m/d)* // befristet für 2 Jahre
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Engel & Völkers 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
The Design Manager is responsible for architectural planning processes and project management for shop and office designs while ensuring adherence to CI guidelines. They also support regional managers with detailed specifications and oversee the material library and design studio.
UVC Partners: Marketing & Design Manager (f/m/d)
🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Unternehmertum Ggmbh 🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
You will manage the corporate identity, design marketing materials, and maintain the company website and newsletter. Additionally, you will coordinate social media content, event materials, and operational communications with portfolio startups.
Design Manager, Ductbank Package
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Egis In Canada 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Manage the complex design coordination for the Ductbank Package, ensuring alignment between civil, electrical, and telecom inputs. Lead technical reviews and oversee the production of design-grade models and drawings to resolve conflicts and ensure compliance with construction codes.
Senior Design Manager (SUBS)
🇬🇧 Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure 🇬🇧 Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate all design activities for major electricity substation infrastructure projects from tender through to construction. Ensure all designs are safe, compliant, innovative, and commercially effective while managing multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Km Lynskey 🇮🇪 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Manage and coordinate the design phase of multiple design-and-build projects across Europe, ensuring high-quality and cost-effective solutions. Lead design teams and collaborate with stakeholders, contractors, and consultants to meet client requirements and regulatory standards.
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.