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Frame Design Manager
🇺🇸 Lincoln Township, Iowa, United States of America
Specsavers 🇺🇸 Lincoln Township, Iowa, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead the design process for frame collections from concept to sign-off while coordinating with buying and market teams. They are responsible for managing critical paths, reviewing samples, and ensuring all development stages meet quality and consistency standards.
Senior Integrated Design Manager
🇺🇸 Ohio, United States of America
Aligned Data Centers 🇺🇸 Ohio, United States of America
The Senior Integrated Design Manager provides technical leadership across multiple projects, integrating schedule, cost, and constructability early in the design process. They are responsible for mentoring staff, maintaining accountability for third-party design teams, and ensuring design decisions align with long-term business objectives.
Design Manager A/E Services
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Destination Enterprises Inc 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Design Manager oversees the district's architectural and engineering design process to ensure projects meet functional, budgetary, and regulatory requirements. They manage multiple projects by coordinating with architects, consultants, and district personnel to ensure timely and high-quality completion.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Southfield, Michigan, United States of America
Barton Malow 🇺🇸 Southfield, Michigan, United States of America
The Design Manager acts as the primary integrator between design and construction, managing the design scope, schedule, and quality for project pursuits and execution. They lead coordination meetings, manage A/E performance, and drive design change management to ensure project success.
Senior Design Manager (Building Services)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary Building Services design teams to deliver technically robust and compliant solutions for complex aviation projects. Manage design delivery plans, technical assurance processes, and stakeholder relationships to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
Senior Design Manager (Building Services)
🇬🇧 Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary Building Services design teams to deliver technically robust and compliant solutions for major projects at Heathrow Airport. Manage design delivery plans, technical assurance processes, and stakeholder relationships to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
Senior Design Manager (Building Services)
🇬🇧 Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead the planning and coordination of multidisciplinary Building Services designs for major projects, primarily at Heathrow Airport. Ensure technical quality, compliance, and efficiency while mentoring senior engineers and managing design delivery plans.
Head of Design
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Orbital 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design strategy and agenda for an AI-native commercial real estate legal assistant, reporting directly to the CTO. Build and scale the design function while defining interaction patterns that ensure trust and explainability in AI outputs.
Design Manager- super prime developer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Deverellsmith 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Manage the design process from concept to completion for super-prime residential projects, ensuring design intent is maintained. Coordinate external consultants and conduct site inspections to ensure high-quality execution and technical compliance.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Covolt Power 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
The Design Manager coordinates PV and BESS project engineering efforts between clients, consultants, and internal teams to ensure IFC design packages are delivered on time and budget. They manage technical interfaces, facilitate design reviews, and oversee the handover of permits and designs to the operations team.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States of America
The Boldt Company 🇺🇸 Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States of America
Lead the design and preconstruction process for complex data center and industrial projects by integrating scope, schedule, cost, and risk. Coordinate between owners, engineers, and trade partners to ensure constructible solutions and aligned project delivery.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Rivenhall End, Witham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Kier Group 🇬🇧 Rivenhall End, Witham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will oversee design information delivery and manage consultants to ensure compliance with standards and briefs. They are responsible for mitigating design risks and ensuring adherence to health, safety, and sustainable building legislation.
Senior Design Manager
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Jellyfish 🇫🇷 Paris, France
The Senior Design Manager leads the design process for client projects, ensuring briefs are executed accurately and workflows are streamlined. They also collaborate with project managers and the creative team to deliver high-quality digital assets while fostering innovation within a global team.
Senior Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Rad Search 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Lead the delivery of complex architectural projects from early design stages through to completion. Provide strategic direction across project planning, resource management, and technical coordination while mentoring project teams.
Senior Design Manager - Bioresources
🇬🇧 Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Egis Group 🇬🇧 Coventry, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead the design coordination and technical integration for bioresources and sludge management projects within the AMP8 programme. They will act as a primary interface between clients, contractors, and suppliers to ensure high-quality, safe, and sustainable engineering solutions.
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.