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Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Galliford Try 🇬🇧 Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Manage relationships with clients, subcontractors, and project teams to ensure the efficient development and delivery of designs. Lead the design process in compliance with safety regulations and monitor project progress, quality, and statutory requirements.
Design Manager - Nuclear Facilities
🇺🇸 Pasadena, California, United States of America
Parsons Corporation 🇺🇸 Pasadena, California, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead a multidisciplinary team in the design of nuclear fuel production and waste processing facilities while managing staffing, budgets, and project schedules. They are responsible for ensuring design quality, resolving technical issues, and coordinating with project managers to meet regulatory and production requirements.
Technical Design Manager
🇺🇸 Newport Beach, California, United States of America
The People Brand 🇺🇸 Newport Beach, California, United States of America
The Technical Design Manager will lead technical execution for swim, active, and lifestyle apparel, overseeing fit, construction, and quality from prototype to production. They are responsible for managing the technical design team, maintaining block libraries, and ensuring consistency across all product categories.
Design Manager, Airport
🇨🇦 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Aecom 🇨🇦 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
The Design Manager leads the implementation of multi-disciplinary design standards and oversees all pre-construction services, including planning and permitting. They serve as the primary client interface, managing consultancy agreements and facilitating design reviews to ensure project compliance and timely decision-making.
Senior Design Manager - Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Datadog 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design systems team to define the direction, roadmap, and quality standards for the DRUIDS system. Partner with product designers, engineers, and PMs to build tools and workflows that integrate design systems into the product development lifecycle.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Galliford Try 🇬🇧 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead the design process and manage relationships with clients, subcontractors, and project teams to ensure efficient delivery. They are responsible for identifying design risks, monitoring compliance with CDM 2015, and managing statutory processes like Planning and BREEAM.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Volkerwessels Uk 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will serve as the principal point of contact for design aspects of tenders and current projects within the Aviation business. They are responsible for leading and providing a professional, comprehensive, and sustainable design service throughout the bid and delivery stages.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Red Wing, MN 55066, United States of America
County Of Goodhue 🇺🇸 Red Wing, MN 55066, United States of America
The Design Manager oversees right-of-way acquisition, public land ownership tasks, and the design and engineering of construction projects. They also assist department management with program preparation and supervise engineering technicians.
Head of Design
Remote (🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine)
Company Remote (🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine)
The Head of Design will lead four design departments, managing team performance, hiring, and professional development while aligning design output with business goals. They are responsible for optimizing production processes, implementing AI tools, and collaborating with C-level executives to drive performance metrics.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bw: Workplace Experts 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead the design and technical management process across multiple projects from inception through to completion. They are responsible for coordinating consultants and subcontractors, managing tender bids, and ensuring technical compliance and quality control.
Design Manager
🇪🇬 Matruh, Egypt
Sourcet Global 🇪🇬 Matruh, Egypt
The Design Manager leads all design activities from concept through IFC, ensuring multidisciplinary coordination and timely delivery of project objectives. They are responsible for managing design consultants, monitoring progress, and ensuring compliance with masterplan standards and authority requirements.
Design Manager (m/f/d)
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Cts Group 🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
The Design Manager is responsible for the end-to-end coordination of multidisciplinary design delivery for complex Data Center projects. This includes managing consultants, ensuring technical compliance, and aligning engineering deliverables with procurement and construction requirements.
Head of Design
🇵🇭 Philippines
Lexagle 🇵🇭 Philippines
The Head of Design will lead, structure, and scale the design function by defining product vision and establishing robust design processes. They are responsible for maintaining high quality standards, managing KPIs, and building a high-performing design team.
Head of Design
🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Makeberry Affiliates 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
The Head of Design will lead four design departments, managing team performance, production processes, and strategic development. They are responsible for aligning design output with business goals, optimizing workflows, and fostering professional growth within the team.
CPU Front-end Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Intel Corporation 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The manager will lead the Memory Execution Unit (MEU) Front-End development team, overseeing RTL design, verification, and formal verification processes. They are responsible for driving microarchitecture strategy, ensuring PPA objectives are met, and fostering a high-performing, collaborative engineering culture.
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.