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Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Systra 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager is accountable for the delivery of civil engineering work packages, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to client specifications. This includes coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing project controls, and overseeing the design of high-speed rail infrastructure.
LDC Solution Design Manager - Manufacturing Execution
🇨🇭 Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
Novartis 🇨🇭 Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
The LDC Solution Design Manager is responsible for designing and developing SAP (S4 HANA) based processes for manufacturing execution, ensuring alignment with business needs and regulatory compliance. This role involves collaboration with various stakeholders and driving the execution of data and digital strategies.
Global Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Atkinsréalis 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Lead and mentor a global multi-disciplinary design team to ensure high-quality creative output and strategic alignment. Drive operational efficiency, manage stakeholder relationships, and oversee the delivery of complex global projects.
Service Design Manager
🇸🇪 Växjö, Kronoberg County, Sweden
Foxway 🇸🇪 Växjö, Kronoberg County, Sweden
As a Service Design Manager, you will own and continuously improve service value propositions across our circular product journeys. You will lead service improvement initiatives and collaborate closely with various teams to ensure effective implementation and performance tracking.
Associate Design Manager
🇨🇳 Jinjiang City, Fujian, China
Dyson 🇨🇳 Jinjiang City, Fujian, China
The Associate Design Manager will support the delivery of Robot's 5-year Product Portfolio Plan through strategic external partnerships. This includes managing portfolio oversight, partner engagement, and design management for outsourced projects.
POSITION : DESIGN MANAGER
🇮🇳 Khairthal-Tijara, Tijara - 301411, Rajasthan, India
Tps Infrastructure Limited. 🇮🇳 Khairthal-Tijara, Tijara - 301411, Rajasthan, India
The Design Manager will be responsible for forecasting demand for raw materials and components, ensuring stock levels are maintained. They will also oversee the process and payment of invoices.
Head of Design
🇸🇪 Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Froda 🇸🇪 Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
You will own the full visual expression of Froda, ensuring everything created feels cohesive and of the highest quality. You will lead design across all touchpoints, ensuring design drives high-quality user experiences and aligns with business goals.
FREELANCE DESIGN MANAGER
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Brown & Wills Recruitment 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will work closely with the site delivery team and report to the design director. They will leverage their expertise in technical support, building control, and design coordination.
Design Manager - Workplace Interiors
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead all phases of corporate interior projects, managing client relationships, budgets, and project schedules. Mentor junior staff and coordinate with contractors and consultants to ensure high-quality project execution.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Lead the design and execution of industrial wastewater treatment projects, ensuring alignment with client expectations. Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resources for successful project delivery.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design and execution of industrial wastewater treatment projects, ensuring alignment with project goals and client expectations. Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resources while communicating directly with clients and senior management.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the design and execution of industrial wastewater treatment projects, ensuring alignment with project goals and client expectations. Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resources for successful project delivery.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wsp 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager coordinates multi-disciplinary teams on major property and infrastructure projects from inception through to handover. They are responsible for managing design programmes, resolving risks, and ensuring deliverables meet high quality and regulatory standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Mace 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior Design Manager will act as the primary interface with FIFA and the World Cup Authority, leading engagements and ensuring compliance with FIFA requirements. They will oversee technical integration and provide strategic guidance on FIFA regulations and compliance pathways.
Head of Design
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Froda 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
The Head of Design will own Froda's full visual expression, ensuring consistency across brand and product touchpoints. They will lead design strategy, manage the design system, and coach designers to drive business growth and high-quality user experiences.
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.