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Senior DC Structural Engineer, DC Design Engineering
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Amazon 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead structural designs for AWS data centers across the EMEA region, focusing on security, safety, and cost-effectiveness. Manage external design consultants and collaborate with internal engineering teams to develop prototypical facility designs and specifications.
Senior Data Centre Design Manager, Data Centre Design Engineering
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Amazon 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead the design of AWS data centers across the EMEA region, focusing on security, safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Manage external design consultants and collaborate with internal engineering leads to deliver high-capacity infrastructure projects.
System Co-Design Manager
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Nvidia 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Lead the architecture, methodology, and delivery of system designs focusing on power rail noise, circuit behavior, and manufacturing quality. Oversee simulation-to-silicon correlation and drive AI-assisted engineering workflows to accelerate product roadmaps.
UX Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
Motion Recruitment 🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX design processes by creating wireframes, prototypes, and visual styles that adhere to design systems. Collaborate with engineering and stakeholders to implement effective solutions and conduct user research to validate design decisions.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Gin Design Group 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Lead hospitality interior projects from concept to execution by managing workflows, budgets, and client communications. Direct design processes, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with architects and contractors to ensure brand alignment.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage workloads, ensure contract compliance, and maintain positive client relationships while monitoring project financials.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage workloads, ensure contract compliance, and oversee project financial performance and schedules.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage schedules, ensure contract compliance, and oversee project financial performance.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Lakewood, Colorado, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Lakewood, Colorado, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage workloads, ensure contract compliance, and maintain positive client relationships.
IS Design Manager
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Wheeler Staffing Partners 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Lead the design production process from project kickoff through construction closeout while ensuring adherence to quality and energy efficiency standards. Provide day-to-day leadership, mentorship, and workload management for engineering and design staff.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Aerovect 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Establish the design function and vision for the Autonomous Ground Support Equipment Service, focusing on fleet operations and customer-facing tools. Lead end-to-end design for remote assistance, dispatch, and monitoring interfaces while creating scalable design standards and component libraries.
Design Manager - Data Centers - Dubai
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Ramboll 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Own end-to-end project delivery for large-scale multidisciplinary data center and mission-critical facility projects, managing everything from concept to commissioning. Lead technical disciplines, manage resource allocation, track financial performance, and serve as the primary interface for client engagement and relationship management.
Design Manager (Production Machinery / Pneumatics)
🇬🇧 East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Ernest Gordon Recruitment 🇬🇧 East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead and mentor a team of design engineers while overseeing bespoke machinery projects from concept through to manufacture. Drive continuous improvement and ensure designs are optimized for manufacture and quality standards.
Design Manager (f/m/d)
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Digital Realty 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead the planning and delivery of complex data center projects from concept through commissioning. Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams and ensure compliance with global and regional engineering standards.
Graphic Designer - Full time - ONSITE
🇺🇸 Macon, Georgia, United States of America
The Sign Store 🇺🇸 Macon, Georgia, United States of America
Lead the creative direction for commercial signage projects, including concept development for large-format graphics and vehicle wraps. Oversee design standards, mentor junior designers, and coordinate between sales and production to ensure buildable, brand-accurate results.
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.