Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager
🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Quavered 🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead a multidisciplinary design team to create engaging educational experiences. Responsibilities include mentoring team members, overseeing design quality, and exploring new design technologies.
Senior Head of Design
🇦🇺 Cremorne TAS 7024, Australia
Seek 🇦🇺 Cremorne TAS 7024, Australia
Lead the design strategy and execution for the Hirer portfolio to create cohesive marketplace experiences. Drive the integration of AI and data-driven insights to improve customer outcomes and mentor a diverse team of design leaders.
Traveling Design Manager - MSG - Pharmaceutical
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Turner Construction Company 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The Design Manager leads the design process from schematic design through execution, ensuring client requirements are met. They also manage communication between design teams and construction teams, and oversee the timely delivery of design documents.
Head of Design
Remote (🇳🇴 Norway)
Cybret Ai Remote (🇳🇴 Norway)
The Head of Design will define and execute the design vision for CYBRET AI across product, brand, and user experience. This includes owning end-to-end platform design, building scalable design systems, and evolving the company's visual identity.
Head of Design
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Aspora 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead and scale all three design functions: product design, brand design, and marketing design. Establish design quality standards and ensure visual and tonal consistency across all markets and channels.
Head of Design
🇮🇳 India
Aspora 🇮🇳 India
Lead and unify the product, brand, and marketing design functions under a single global vision. Establish design quality standards and drive the evolution of the design system across all customer-facing surfaces.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Mace 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will provide project-level design guidance and ensure compliance with client design standards across multiple regions. They will also monitor design governance progress and support project teams with training and updates on design standards.
Design Manager - Track
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Egis Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design delivery of complex track infrastructure for the HS2 project across multiple contracts and international teams. Manage multidisciplinary project teams and maintain senior-level relationships with clients, regulators, and stakeholders.
Head of Design
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Edelman 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead the design response for complex briefs across various media while mentoring and developing a team of designers. Establish studio standards and workflows to ensure high-quality, consistent, and scalable design outputs across the APAC region.
Design Manager (Data Center)
🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
Aurecon 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
Lead a multi-disciplinary design team in the delivery of complex building projects from initial design through to construction and final review. Manage project budgets, schedules, and client relationships while ensuring technical integrity across mechanical, electrical, civil, and structural disciplines.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Mace 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Oversee and assure workplace design across UK/Europe and US/LAM regions to ensure compliance with client design standards. Provide guidance, training, and governance to project delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle.
Senior Interior Design Manager (Hotel)
🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Marina Bay Sands 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Manage design consultants and the design process to ensure design excellence and quality. Liaise with internal stakeholders and assist in monitoring project progress while ensuring compliance with design intent.
Design Manager, Digital Experiences
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stripe 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Manage and grow a high-performing design team while crafting a clear design vision that aligns with Stripe's goals. Advocate for design excellence and collaborate with various teams to enhance the web presence.
Head of Design - Decarbonisation
🇬🇧 Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Alternative Heat 🇬🇧 Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Lead a multi-disciplinary design team to develop commercially viable decarbonisation and net zero solutions for large-scale commercial and public sector buildings. Oversee the full project lifecycle from initial assessment and options appraisal through to detailed design and technical assurance.
Head of Design - Decarbonisation
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Alternative Heat 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead a multi-disciplinary design team to develop commercially viable decarbonisation and net zero solutions for large-scale commercial and public sector buildings. Oversee the full project lifecycle from initial assessment and options appraisal through to detailed design and technical assurance.
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.