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Regional Design Manager (GCNA) PHL
🇵🇭 Taguig, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Cushman & Wakefield 🇵🇭 Taguig, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Lead the design delivery and governance for the bank's retail and commercial portfolio across Greater China and North Asia. Ensure all projects align with global workplace standards, business strategies, and local building codes.
Design Manager
🇳🇴 Kristiansand, Agder, Norway
Mercury 🇳🇴 Kristiansand, Agder, Norway
The Design Manager acts as a Project Manager for design, controlling scope, budgets, and schedules from project startup to the As-Built stage. They lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate with consultants, subcontractors, and clients to ensure timely delivery of design deliverables.
Design Manager - West Midlands
🇬🇧 Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Graham Group 🇬🇧 Coventry, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design and technical teams to oversee permanent and temporary works for projects and tenders across the Midlands. Key duties include managing design programmes, ensuring buildability, and fulfilling Designer duties under CDM Regulations.
MEP Design Manager
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Mace 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Manage and coordinate the MEP design process across all project stages to ensure alignment with programme, quality, and commercial objectives. Lead technical teams and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver integrated mechanical, electrical, and public health systems for a landmark residential development.
Creative & Design Manager
🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
Yalent 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
The Creative & Design Manager will own the creative direction and visual identity of the brand across all marketing channels. They are responsible for managing a multidisciplinary team, setting priorities, and ensuring high-quality delivery that aligns with performance marketing goals.
Regional Design Manager (GCNA) PHL
🇵🇭 Taguig, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Cushman & Wakefield 🇵🇭 Taguig, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Lead and govern the design delivery for the bank's retail and commercial portfolio across the Greater China and North Asia region. Ensure all projects align with global design standards, business strategies, and local code requirements while managing consultant and vendor communications.
Programs Design Manager
🇺🇸 Corona, California, United States of America
Monster Energy 🇺🇸 Corona, California, United States of America
The Programs Design Manager will conceptualize and produce high-quality marketing collateral, packaging, and point-of-sale materials while ensuring brand consistency. They will also manage design projects from concept to delivery and provide creative direction and mentorship to junior team members.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Build Group, Inc 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Coordinate the design phase across preconstruction projects by managing schedules, budgets, and constructability goals. Act as a liaison between architects, engineers, trade partners, and clients to ensure design deliverables are met and conflicts are resolved early.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Mccarthy Building Companies, Inc. 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Oversee the planning, coordination, and implementation of design integration activities to ensure team alignment and collaboration throughout the project lifecycle. Support business development and preconstruction teams while managing design-build and design-assist contract processes.
Design Manager (Freelance)
🇦🇺 Australia
Charcoalblue 🇦🇺 Australia
Provide subject matter expertise and design guidance for event, collaboration, and executive briefing spaces. Translate client visions into actionable briefs and manage stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of experiential projects.
Security Design Manager
🇸🇦 Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Critical Project Resourcing Ltd 🇸🇦 Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Lead the security interface between the client and supply chain to produce and assure security design deliverables. Provide specialist advice and Line of Defence assurance throughout the design and delivery lifecycle of a major rail project.
Design Manager (Freelance)
🌍 Remote
Charcoalblue 🌍 Remote
Provide subject matter expertise and design guidance for event and experience spaces while ensuring architectural designs align with client vision. Manage stakeholder relationships and produce documentation to support the delivery of complex projects within the workplace sector.
senior associate creative director, Brand & Design Systems - Global Creative Studio
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Starbucks 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Lead and mentor a team of creatives to develop and direct the Starbucks brand expression, design systems, and packaging. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency and push creative boundaries across global channels.
Design Manager - Water / Wastewater Design
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Brown And Caldwell 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Provide design delivery leadership for complex water and wastewater projects, focusing on planning, execution, and resource management. Collaborate with project managers to meet milestones and ensure high-quality design deliverables through QA/QC management.
Design Manager, Tenant Coordination - Retail ($103,800.00 - $129,600.00)
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States
Irvine Company 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States
The Design Manager leads design initiatives for tenant coordination, focusing on CAD documentation and maintaining accurate lease outline drawings. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage site plans, evaluate tenant remodel needs, and conduct on-site inspections.
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.