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Senior Project Design Manager - Services and Technology
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mirvac Limited 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead the services and technology strategy and delivery across a diverse portfolio of office, mixed-use, and residential projects. Coordinate with internal stakeholders and consultants to ensure high-quality, sustainable, and commercially viable design outcomes.
Design Manager - Water
🇳🇿 Christchurch, Christchurch City, New Zealand
Beca 🇳🇿 Christchurch, Christchurch City, New Zealand
The Design Manager will support project delivery by managing scope, budget, and program while coordinating multi-disciplinary teams. They will also build relationships with clients and participate in meetings and workshops to ensure successful project outcomes.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead multi-disciplinary design teams to meet client scopes, budgets, and timescales within the Defence or Technology sectors. They are responsible for coordinating design activities with procurement and construction teams while managing project risks and technical delivery.
Design Manager - Mission Critical / Industrial
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Lead the delivery of high-performance critical facilities and industrial projects while overseeing project workflows and resource allocation. Serve as the primary liaison between clients and project teams to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nbcuniversal 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Oversee design initiatives for the Lifestyle business across various product categories for the ANZ, Southeast Asia, and India markets. Lead the development of creative concepts, style guides, and product mockups while ensuring brand integrity and commercial viability.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Kier Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
As a Design Manager, you will coordinate and oversee design activities across multiple highway and infrastructure schemes. You will manage the complete design process from concept through to construction support and scheme close-out.
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.