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Design Manager - Data Center
🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Gilbane Building 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Lead the integration of design and construction teams to deliver coordinated and cost-effective data center designs. Oversee design progression, risk management, and the transition from preconstruction to execution.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Jacobs 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary design teams to deliver coordinated and buildable infrastructure for major UK water and wastewater programmes. Manage design scope, technical interfaces, and client relationships while ensuring technical soundness and commercial deliverability.
Senior Design Manager
🇮🇪 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Jacobs 🇮🇪 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Lead multidisciplinary detailed design teams for major water and wastewater infrastructure programs to ensure buildable and effective outcomes. Manage design scope, technical interfaces, and assurance while fostering trusted client relationships and mentoring staff.
Design Manager II
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Modis Architects, Llc 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Lead and coordinate the architectural design process from concept through construction documentation, ensuring technical accuracy and alignment with project goals. Manage project teams, collaborate with clients and consultants, and oversee regulatory compliance and quality assurance.
Manager, Design - Systems & Infrastructure
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Figma 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead and grow a team of designers focused on internal design systems, infrastructure, and tooling to ensure product coherence and quality. Partner with cross-functional leaders to set strategy, drive adoption, and evolve the operating model for design systems at scale.
Head of Design & Development
🇧🇪 2300 Turnhout, Belgium
Biotalent 🇧🇪 2300 Turnhout, Belgium
Lead the design and development team for implantable infusion pumps, ensuring full compliance with global medical device regulations. Manage the product lifecycle from design input and verification to manufacturing transfer and regulatory submissions.
Manager, Learning Experience Design (Leadership)
🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Lead a team of designers to create high-impact leadership and diversity learning experiences using human-centered design and AI tools. Manage the strategic portfolio of learning initiatives and iterate on curricula using a product mindset based on data and user insights.
Manager, Learning Experience Design (Leadership)
🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Lead a team of designers to create high-impact leadership and DIB learning experiences using human-centered design and AI tools. Manage the strategic portfolio of learning initiatives, iterating on curricula based on data and user insights to drive business outcomes.
Senior Design Manager
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Exyte Gmbh 🇫🇷 Paris, France
The Senior Design Manager provides end-to-end leadership and technical accountability for project design delivery while managing multidisciplinary teams and external consultants. They are responsible for ensuring designs meet commercial, schedule, quality, and HSE objectives while maintaining effective communication with key stakeholders.
Creative Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Tata Consultancy Services 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The role is responsible for delivering a consistent brand experience across the UK market through physical and digital touchpoints. This includes managing office and event branding, creating marketing collaterals, and coordinating with creative agencies and global teams.
Associate Director - Design Manager, Water Infrastructure
🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary water infrastructure design for major projects from concept through to construction. Manage scope, budgets, and resources while collaborating with clients and stakeholders to align technical and commercial outcomes.
Design Manager – Water Infrastructure
🇦🇺 Newcastle-Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Newcastle-Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Lead multidisciplinary project delivery teams to ensure water infrastructure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards. Manage overall design delivery and make critical design project decisions while collaborating with clients and contractors.
Senior Design Manager A/E
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
O2epcm, Inc. Dba O2 Engineering, Projects & Construction Management 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will oversee multiple seismic, critical repair, and retrofit projects while supervising a team of design professionals. They are responsible for coordinating the design process to ensure compliance with District standards, budgetary requirements, and functional program goals.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, United States of America
Pride Resource Partners Llc 🇺🇸 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager oversees the design review process for seismic, critical repair, and retrofit projects to ensure compliance with budgetary and functional requirements. They manage teams of design professionals and coordinate with architects and district personnel to ensure timely project completion.
Associate Director - Design Manager, Water Infrastructure
🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary water infrastructure design projects from concept through to construction. Manage project scope, budgets, and technical outputs while collaborating with clients and stakeholders to ensure high-quality delivery.
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.