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Head of Design
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Orbital 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design strategy and agenda for an AI-native commercial real estate legal assistant, reporting directly to the CTO. Build and scale the design function while defining interaction patterns that ensure trust and explainability in AI outputs.
Senior Design Manager - Bioresources
🇬🇧 Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Egis Group 🇬🇧 Coventry, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead the design coordination and technical integration for bioresources and sludge management projects within the AMP8 programme. They will act as a primary interface between clients, contractors, and suppliers to ensure high-quality, safe, and sustainable engineering solutions.
Senior Design Manager (Building Services)
🇬🇧 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Wsp 🇬🇧 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary building services design teams to ensure technical quality, compliance, and efficient delivery across major projects. Act as the central point of integration between MEP, structural, and architectural disciplines while managing design programmes, risks, and stakeholder relationships.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Brasfield & Gorrie, Llc 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
The Design Manager leads project teams by facilitating collaboration between owners, designers, and trade partners to ensure scope, schedule, and budget alignment. They are responsible for mentoring team members and guiding the design process from preconstruction through to construction operations.
Senior Design Manager (Industrial)
🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Brasfield & Gorrie, Llc 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager leads project teams through the design and preconstruction phases to ensure alignment on scope, schedule, and budget. They facilitate collaboration between owners, design teams, and trade partners while mentoring staff to ensure effective project execution.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
The Project Design Manager leads and inspires design teams to execute projects from the proposal phase through closeout, with a specific emphasis on process engineering. They are responsible for managing project schedules, financial performance, and ensuring compliance with contract requirements.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
Hill International 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
The Design Manager oversees the planning, coordination, and monitoring of all design activities throughout the project lifecycle. They ensure that architectural, structural, and specialist designs meet quality, budget, and regulatory standards.
Design Manager - Infrastructure (Saudi National)
🇸🇦 Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Parsons Corporation 🇸🇦 Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager will coordinate multi-disciplinary design delivery across infrastructure projects to ensure compliance with standards, budgets, and schedules. They will also manage design consultants, monitor submissions for quality, and facilitate the resolution of technical queries and cross-disciplinary clashes.
Assistant Design Manager
🇩🇪 Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Exyte Gmbh 🇩🇪 Dresden, Saxony, Germany
The Assistant Design Manager will steer and optimize high-tech facility design projects by managing engineering budgets and scheduling deliverables. They are responsible for facilitating coordination across engineering teams and ensuring all documentation meets contractual and regulatory standards.
Design Manager – Hospitality
🇸🇦 Abha, 'Asir Province, Saudi Arabia
Parsons Corporation 🇸🇦 Abha, 'Asir Province, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager will lead the architectural and interior design process for luxury hospitality projects, acting as the primary liaison between clients, consultants, and contractors. They are responsible for ensuring design excellence, project integration, and adherence to luxury standards throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Design Manager – Hospitality
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Parsons Corporation 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager will lead the architectural and interior design process for luxury hospitality projects, acting as the primary liaison between clients, consultants, and contractors. They are responsible for ensuring design excellence, managing project budgets and timelines, and maintaining rigorous quality control throughout the project lifecycle.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Jll 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Design Manager will oversee high-end hospitality projects by collaborating with stakeholders to maintain schedules, manage budgets, and ensure design integrity. They are responsible for resolving complex design details, reviewing construction documents, and coordinating with vendors to deliver exceptional guest experiences.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
The Design Manager executes design project management for small or limited-discipline projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, ensure contract compliance, and monitor project schedules and financial performance.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Jll 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Design Manager will oversee high-end hospitality design projects, ensuring design integrity, budget adherence, and schedule management. They will collaborate with project teams, brand representatives, and vendors to deliver sophisticated guest environments.
Principal Design Manager
🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States of America
The Principal Design Manager will lead and manage project delivery for municipal water, wastewater, and stormwater projects while fostering client relationships. They are responsible for providing technical leadership, overseeing quality assurance, and mentoring junior staff to ensure project success and strategic growth.
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.