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Senior Retail Design Manager, Global Real Estate Services
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Hsbc 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Lead the global retail branch design proposition by setting standards and shaping future formats aligned with customer and channel strategies. Oversee design governance, assurance, and the management of strategic partners and consultants across multiple global markets.
Partner 20, Design Systems Lead
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
A16z 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Own and evolve the firm's design infrastructure by translating brand systems into scalable templates, AI-powered tools, and modular frameworks. Build repeatable systems and lightweight apps to enable non-designers to produce high-quality, on-brand work independently.
Partner 20, Design Systems Lead
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Andreessen Horowitz 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Design Systems Lead will own and evolve the design systems infrastructure, ensuring quality, consistency, and scalability. This role involves translating the a16z brand into usable templates and components while building tools that empower non-designers to create on-brand work independently.
Partner 20, Design Systems Lead
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Andreessen Horowitz 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Design Systems Lead will own and evolve the design systems infrastructure, ensuring quality, consistency, and scalability. This role involves translating the a16z brand into usable templates and components while building tools that empower non-designers to create on-brand work independently.
Recurring CAPEX Design Manager
🇬🇷 Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Regional Unit, Greece
Sani/ikos Group 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Regional Unit, Greece
The Recurring CAPEX Design Manager will support CAPEX planning and design coordination across the hotel portfolio, ensuring alignment with design intent and operational requirements. They will also act as the main contact for hotel General Managers and coordinate with various teams throughout project phases.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings to identify project risks.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Surrey, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and timelines. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings to identify project risks.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings to identify project risks.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings to identify project risks.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also manage the technical delivery of multi-disciplinary design projects and promote a culture of collaboration and innovation.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and timelines. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings to identify project risks.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings to identify project risks.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also manage the technical delivery of multi-disciplinary design projects and promote a culture of collaboration and innovation.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings to identify project risks.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will guide design teams to meet client scope while considering budget and resource requirements. They will also coordinate design activities with various teams and facilitate meetings and workshops throughout the project lifecycle.
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.