Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Hdr 🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will direct and coordinate multidisciplinary teams throughout the project lifecycle, from initiation to close-out. They are responsible for managing project budgets, schedules, client relations, and ensuring the successful delivery of complex architectural projects.
Project Design Manager - Hybrid or Remote
🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Cushman & Wakefield 🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
The Project Design Manager serves as the primary point of contact for accounts, implementing workplace strategies and managing design teams. They oversee project timelines, budgets, and quality standards while ensuring all design concepts meet safety and code requirements.
Project Design Manager - Hybrid or Remote
🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Cushman & Wakefield 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
The Project Design Manager acts as the primary point of contact for accounts, leading design teams through all project phases from concept to construction. They are responsible for developing workplace standards, managing project budgets and timelines, and ensuring all design deliverables meet safety and quality requirements.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Sisk 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Design Manager coordinates the design process for construction projects to ensure compliance, buildability, and cost-effectiveness. They manage consultant inputs, monitor design documentation, and address interface issues to meet project requirements.
Design Manager - Experience
🇸🇬 Singapore
Dyson 🇸🇬 Singapore
The Design Manager will define the end-to-end user experience across Dyson's physical products, digital apps, and connected ecosystems. They will lead multidisciplinary teams to translate complex technical capabilities into intuitive, premium user journeys.
Design Manager - Wet
🇲🇾 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Dyson 🇲🇾 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
The Design Manager leads technical delivery for Floorcare development programs from concept through industrialization and production readiness. They act as the primary technical contact, coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring alignment with global engineering standards.
Design Manager – Cordfree
🇲🇾 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Dyson 🇲🇾 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
The Design Manager leads technical delivery of Floorcare development programs from concept through industrialization and production readiness. They act as the primary technical contact, coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring alignment with global engineering standards.
Design Manager - Experience
🇸🇬 one-north, Singapore
Dyson 🇸🇬 one-north, Singapore
The Design Manager will define the end-to-end experience for robotic products, spanning physical hardware, digital apps, and the onboarding journey. They will lead multidisciplinary teams to translate complex technical capabilities into intuitive, premium user experiences.
Principal Project Manager / Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Pm Group 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
The Principal Project Manager will provide strategic leadership for the full project lifecycle, ensuring flawless design delivery and engineering execution. They will act as a senior client interface while coordinating multidisciplinary teams to drive performance across cost, schedule, quality, and safety metrics.
Media & Graphics Design Manager
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Accenture In India 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Develop high-quality digital creative assets for eCommerce, CRM, and social media while ensuring brand consistency. Utilize Generative AI tools to enhance creative production and optimize product content for various digital marketplaces.
Design Manager
🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Arcadis 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Manage BIM coordination activities and verify technical design content against project requirements. Coordinate permitting activities, manage external consultants, and monitor execution timelines for internal teams and suppliers.
Media Design Manager Global Commerce (m|w|d)
🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
Fc Bayern München 🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
The Media Design Manager is responsible for developing and implementing creative content and design concepts for FC Bayern's global commerce division. This includes creating graphics, campaign assets, key visuals, and managing product photography for e-commerce and digital channels.
Head of Design
🇸🇬 Singapore
K2 Strategic 🇸🇬 Singapore
Leads the engineering design function for data centre developments, overseeing MEP and CSA infrastructure from concept through commissioning. Manages a team of design engineers and establishes global design standards to ensure scalable and efficient facilities.
Principal Project Manager / Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Pm Group 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Provide strategic leadership for the full project lifecycle from design through commissioning and handover. Lead multidisciplinary teams and act as the senior client interface to ensure alignment on objectives and performance metrics.
Architect and interior Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Fajr Skills Business Solutions 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Lead the design and execution of architectural and interior projects from concept development through to completion. Oversee project timelines, budgets, and quality standards while coordinating with internal teams and external partners.
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.