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Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Florida, United States of America
52x Consulting Llc 🇺🇸 Florida, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will lead all aspects of design management across a portfolio of large-scale mixed-use, office, retail, and commercial developments. This individual will oversee the design process from concept through construction and collaborate closely with development and construction leadership.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
O2epcm, Inc. Dba O2 Engineering, Projects & Construction Management 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Directs design activities for the School Upgrade Program and critical repair projects, ensuring compliance with educational and building standards. Manages the design process from conception through final review and handoff to project execution while coordinating with architects and consultants.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Chattels Design 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Lead and manage a team of interior designers to ensure high-quality project delivery. Oversee the design process from concept to execution while collaborating with project managers, clients, and vendors.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
National Residential Landlords Association - Nrla 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Digital Design Manager will lead and oversee the design development and delivery of creative digital projects while managing the studio workflow and mentoring the design team. They will ensure that all design outputs are exceptional, on-brand, and optimized for various digital channels.
Design Manager
🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Cititec 🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The MEP Design Manager will lead MEP design coordination across mechanical and electrical systems on a major data centre project. They will manage design deliverables, coordinate with various stakeholders, and ensure quality assurance throughout the project.
Design Manager - Design Build
🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead the scoping, planning, and delivery of municipal and industrial water infrastructure projects. This includes managing teams through all phases of design and ensuring project quality and financial performance.
Lead Design Manager, Resilient
🇺🇸 LaGrange, Georgia, United States of America
Interface 🇺🇸 LaGrange, Georgia, United States of America
The Lead Design Manager, Resilient is responsible for leading the design strategy and creating innovative designs for Interface’s resilient product portfolio. This role involves collaboration with a global design team and guiding the Senior Designer on projects to ensure alignment with company values.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wsp 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead and manage design projects within the UK electricity transmission and distribution sector from concept to completion. Oversee engineering design work, manage global project teams, and ensure compliance with safety, quality, and UK regulations.
Lead Design Manager, Resilient
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Interface 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead the design strategy for the resilient product portfolio, creating innovative designs and colorways while guiding senior designers. Act as a critical connector between design operations, product management, and global manufacturing facilities to ensure timely product delivery.
Senior Design Manager
🇶🇦 Qatar
Power International Holding 🇶🇦 Qatar
Lead the creative direction and manage the design process from concept to execution, ensuring compliance with contract specifications and brand standards. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior designers to deliver high-quality, technically feasible design solutions.
Technical Design Manager
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Latinem Private Limited 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Lead the full interior design lifecycle for luxury villas, ensuring the design vision is consistently executed. Manage a team of designers and collaborate with clients and consultants to align the design with project goals.
Head of Design - Decarbonisation
🇬🇧 Solihull, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England, United Kingdom
Alternative Heat Ltd 🇬🇧 Solihull, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England, United Kingdom
The Head of Design – Decarbonisation leads a multi-disciplinary design team to develop compliant and commercially viable decarbonisation solutions for large buildings. This role oversees the full project lifecycle and ensures compliance with regulations while driving the creation of net zero solutions.
Head of Design - Decarbonisation
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Alternative Heat Ltd 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
The Head of Design – Decarbonisation leads a multi-disciplinary design team to develop compliant and commercially viable decarbonisation solutions. This role oversees the full project lifecycle and ensures alignment with client and regulatory requirements.
Design Manager - Design Build
🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead and manage teams through all phases of design, ensuring projects meet scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations. They will also be accountable for project completion and client satisfaction while adhering to Jacobs' business policies.
Senior Design Manager – Interior Design
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Buro Happold 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Lead the interior design management process across various design stages and manage coordination with consultants and teams. Ensure successful project execution and delivery while maintaining luxury standards and client interface.
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.