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Design Manager (UGC)
🇬🇧 Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure 🇬🇧 Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate all design activities across tender and project delivery stages for major underground cable energy infrastructure projects. Ensure design solutions are safe, compliant, commercially viable, and fully integrated while managing multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
Design Manager
🇦🇿 Baku, Azerbaijan
Rox Group 🇦🇿 Baku, Azerbaijan
Lead and coordinate the full architectural design process for large-scale real estate projects from concept through construction. Manage design consultants, monitor budgets and schedules, and ensure compliance with technical standards and legislation.
Services Design Manager
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lendlease 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lead the design of multiple building services packages and act as the primary design point of contact for the client. Manage consultant design teams and coordinate with cost planning and construction teams to ensure technical requirements and compliance are met.
Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Parsons Corporation 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager will manage and coordinate the delivery of multi-disciplinary design across assigned projects to ensure compliance with standards, budgets, and schedules. They are responsible for overseeing design consultants, monitoring design submissions, and resolving technical clashes or constructability issues.
Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Falcon Green 🇮🇪 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Responsible for the technical management of building projects and leading multidisciplinary design teams. Ensures projects meet deadlines while maintaining health, safety, quality, and commercial returns.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Avove Utilities 🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary design teams in delivering complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects safely and within budget. Manage design performance, governance, and stakeholder relationships while mentoring engineers to drive continuous improvement.
Services Design Manager
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lendlease 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The Services Design Manager will lead the design of multiple building services packages and act as the primary point of contact for consultants. They are responsible for managing design teams, coordinating with cost planning and construction departments, and ensuring all technical and compliance requirements are met.
Design Manager (Architect)
🇮🇳 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Mace 🇮🇳 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
The Design Manager will coordinate design activities to ensure project objectives are met on time and within budget while leading design management resources. They are responsible for monitoring performance metrics, ensuring governance compliance, and fostering strong stakeholder relationships.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Newbury, England, United Kingdom
Wates Group 🇬🇧 Newbury, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate the design process for major construction projects from pre-construction through to completion. Manage multidisciplinary design teams and consultants to ensure high-quality, compliant, and buildable solutions.
Enterprise Design Manager
🇺🇸 Fremont, California, United States
Everon 🇺🇸 Fremont, California, United States
Lead a team of Sales Engineers to develop and support enterprise technology solutions and design specifications. Act as a technical expert to bridge the gap between business requirements and technical implementation for customers and internal teams.
Project Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Gpt Group 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Oversee the design and delivery of retail and mixed-use developments from brief creation to project completion. Manage external consultants, design budgets, and tender processes to ensure alignment with long-term asset goals and buildability requirements.
Regional Design Manager
🇳🇱 Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands
Sisk Group 🇳🇱 Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead and manage the regional design function for data center projects, ensuring design solutions meet client expectations and strategic objectives. Oversee technical governance, resource planning, and the integration of sustainability and digital standards across the business unit.
Design Manager - Substations
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Transgrid 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Design Manager will lead the technical assurance, governance, and delivery of substation civil design packages for the Hunter Transmission Project. They will coordinate multidisciplinary reviews and manage designs through assurance processes to ensure compliance with project and contractual requirements.
Project Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Gpt Group 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Project Design Manager will oversee the design and delivery of retail developments from initial brief to project completion. This includes managing external consultants, maintaining design documentation schedules, and ensuring project alignment with financial and buildability objectives.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Australian Naval Infrastructure (ani) 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Manage the planning and design process for complex infrastructure projects and programs up to $5bn AUD, ensuring technical requirements and quality standards are met. Lead multidisciplinary teams and administer design consultancies while managing technical inputs throughout the construction 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.