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Design Manager
🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
Jacobs 🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
Coordinate multidisciplinary detailed design activities for water and wastewater infrastructure projects to ensure they are safe, buildable, and effective. Manage design packages, technical interfaces, and assurance requirements while collaborating with construction and commissioning teams.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Jacobs 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Coordinate multidisciplinary detailed design activities for water and wastewater infrastructure to ensure they are safe, buildable, and effective. Manage design packages, technical interfaces, and assurance requirements while collaborating with construction and commissioning teams.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jacobs 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Coordinate multidisciplinary detailed design activities for water and wastewater infrastructure to ensure they are safe, buildable, and effective. Manage design packages, technical interfaces, and assurance requirements while collaborating with construction and commissioning teams.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jacobs 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Coordinate multidisciplinary detailed design activities for water and wastewater infrastructure to ensure they are safe, buildable, and effective. Manage design packages, technical interfaces, and assurance requirements while collaborating with construction and commissioning teams.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Jacobs 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Coordinate multidisciplinary detailed design activities for water and wastewater infrastructure to ensure they are safe, buildable, and effective. Manage design packages, technical interfaces, and assurance requirements while collaborating with construction and commissioning teams.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Belfast City District, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Jacobs 🇬🇧 Belfast City District, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinate multidisciplinary detailed design activities for water and wastewater infrastructure projects to ensure they are safe, buildable, and effective. Manage design packages, technical interfaces, and assurance requirements while collaborating with construction and commissioning teams.
Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Jacobs 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Coordinate multidisciplinary detailed design activities for water and wastewater infrastructure to ensure they are safe, buildable, and effective. Manage design packages, technical interfaces, and risks to ensure seamless transition from development to construction and operation.
Design Manager
🇮🇪 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Jacobs 🇮🇪 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Coordinate multidisciplinary detailed design activities for water and wastewater infrastructure to ensure they are safe, buildable, and effective. Manage design packages, technical interfaces, and risks to ensure seamless transition from development to construction and operation.
Senior Design Manager - BLS
🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Exyte Gmbh 🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager oversees a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality design outputs for Biopharma Life Sciences projects while ensuring compliance with budget and schedule. They serve as the single point of contact for design-related issues and manage project execution plans, coordination reviews, and resource allocation.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States of America
Stellantis 🇺🇸 Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States of America
The Design Manager creates production and advanced exterior design proposals while managing projects from inception to completion. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure program targets and deadlines are met while maintaining brand spirit.
Design Manager
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Lancesoft Middle East 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Coordinate design development and technical deliverables while managing multidisciplinary design teams and consultants. Review technical submissions and resolve coordination issues to ensure project progress.
Senior Design Manager, Events
🇺🇸 Boston, Erie County, NY 14025, United States of America
Mcdermott Will & Schulte 🇺🇸 Boston, Erie County, NY 14025, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end creative vision for world-class events, ranging from intimate gatherings to large-scale signature events. Oversee the design of digital assets, environmental branding, and on-site experiential elements to ensure a cohesive brand journey.
Senior Design Manager (m/f/d)
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Equinix 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Leads the design process for a portfolio of datacenter projects, ensuring technical excellence and mission-critical resilience. Manages relationships with design partners and equipment suppliers while overseeing design schedules and budgets.
Senior Design Manager (m/f/d)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Equinix 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager leads the design process for a portfolio of datacenter projects, ensuring technical excellence and mission-critical resilience. They manage relationships with design partners and equipment suppliers while overseeing design schedules and budgets.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Wasael Property Management 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The Senior Design Manager is responsible for leading projects through RIBA stages 0-5, ensuring delivery meets time, quality, and budget objectives. They manage consultant teams, oversee tender processes, and provide design support throughout the project 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.