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Senior Water Design Manager
🇺🇸 Plantation, Florida, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Plantation, Florida, United States of America
The Senior Water Design Manager will lead the technical execution of water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure projects, including treatment plants and pump stations. Responsibilities include managing project design, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, and providing technical leadership and mentoring to junior staff.
Art and Design Manager
🇿🇦 City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
Smd Technologies 🇿🇦 City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
Manage the day-to-day creative output of the packaging design team while maintaining brand standards across high-volume product ranges. Provide art direction, mentor designers, and ensure all artwork is commercially strong and technically compliant with international regulations.
Regional Design Manager
🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Stack Infrastructure 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Lead and govern the end-to-end design management process for data centre developments within the region. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and ensure alignment with technical standards, budgets, and project timelines.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Ips-integrated Project Services 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager coordinates architectural and engineering functions to ensure project design development and support meet quality and technical standards. They manage project scope, design strategy, and multidisciplinary coordination while maintaining client relationships and team morale.
Design Manager - Land Development
🇺🇸 Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Lja 🇺🇸 Greenville, South Carolina, United States
The Design Manager will plan and execute civil site and land development projects while ensuring design quality and process efficiency. This role involves leading technology adoption, developing CAD/BIM standards, and providing technical training to staff across multiple offices.
Design Manager Junior
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
011h 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Junior Design Manager will participate in the design of building projects using BIM methodology and industrialized construction techniques. They will also manage relationships with external collaborators, clients, and administrative bodies while ensuring sustainability and efficiency standards are met.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Ips-integrated Project Services 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager coordinates architectural and engineering functions to ensure project design development and support. Key duties include managing design execution plans, overseeing multi-discipline coordination, and ensuring compliance with quality management systems.
Senior Design Manager | Real Estate | Residential & Commercial
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Al Futtaim Private Company Llc 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Senior Design Manager oversees the end-to-end design and delivery of high-end architectural projects, ensuring they meet quality, budget, and timeline objectives. They are responsible for developing design strategies, managing consultants, and coordinating across various disciplines to ensure technical and aesthetic excellence.
Structures Design Manager
🇨🇦 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Ferrovial Construction 🇨🇦 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
The Structures Design Manager oversees the structural design process for new and existing infrastructure projects, ensuring all documents meet client requirements. They are responsible for supervising internal teams and external consultants while optimizing designs for cost and constructability.
Design Manager - Dublin
🇮🇪 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Graham Group 🇮🇪 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
The Design Manager leads and coordinates multi-disciplinary design teams from concept through to construction and handover for major civil engineering schemes. They act as the central interface between design, commercial, and delivery teams to ensure solutions are safe, compliant, and cost-effective.
Organizational Development & Design Manager (m/f/d)
🇩🇪 Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Tecno Spot S.r.l. 🇩🇪 Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Lead the design and implementation of the Target Operating Model (TOM) and organizational structures to align with strategic goals. Drive change management initiatives and act as a strategic advisor to leaders on roles, governance, and culture.
Design Manager
🇮🇹 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Mercury 🇮🇹 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
The Design Manager acts as a Project Manager for design, controlling scope, budget, and schedules while coordinating multidisciplinary teams and consultants. They oversee the entire design process from inception to the as-built stage, ensuring timely delivery and compliance with sustainability standards.
Technical Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Garan, Incorporated 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Technical Design Manager will lead a team of designers to oversee the development of children's apparel, ensuring fit, construction, and technical standards are met. They will manage cross-functional workflows, prioritize seasonal workloads, and partner with global factories to maintain production timelines.
Head of Design
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Housemarque 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Define and drive the long-term strategy for the Design craft while leading, coaching, and developing senior design talent. Partner with creative and game directors to ensure the design organization is equipped to realize ambitious creative visions.
Lighting Studio Design Manager
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Bard Rao & Athanas Consulting Engineers Llc 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The Studio Design Manager will lead lighting projects from concept through construction administration while providing creative direction and design leadership. They will also mentor junior designers and build new client relationships to expand the studio's practice.
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.