Top Design Manager Jobs in London

Lead pricing discovery and structure medium-to-high complexity EMEA deals, drive Rate Card adoption, coach sales on negotiation, support deal analytics, and coordinate cross-functional commercial initiatives.

Supports EMEA site selection, mission-critical systems design, commissioning, operations, and infrastructure readiness for offices and data centers. Oversees MEP design, budgets, standards compliance, maintenance procedures, emergency response, lifecycle projects, and service providers. Uses AI-assisted design and predictive simulations to optimize layouts, energy use, equipment sizing, performance, and code compliance. Provides technical support to regional facilities teams and coordinates with engineering, construction, facilities management, IT, and technology stakeholders.

Lead end-to-end FX product lifecycle: define strategy and roadmap, manage discovery and launches, track success metrics and risk, collaborate with cross-functional teams, support incident response, and ensure scalable, secure client solutions.

Leads the design, coordination, delivery, and compliance of temporary works for a major HS2 rail infrastructure project. Responsibilities include managing designers, site teams, subcontractors, suppliers, interfaces, delivery programmes, procurement, CDM compliance, training records, quality assurance, and technical standards. The role requires coordination across civil engineering, rail systems, construction, environmental, and consents teams while ensuring temporary works are designed and built safely and in accordance with project requirements.

Own the operating engine for Figma’s design AI evaluation programs. Responsibilities include managing annotation rhythms, quality standards, contractor hiring, vendor logistics, budgets, contracts, purchasing, workstream timelines, and dependencies. The role partners with design and model teams to review evaluation output, maintain quality benchmarks, improve processes, and identify automation opportunities. It requires strong design judgment, program management, vendor coordination, and communication skills.

Leads product design quality and direction across core user journeys, manages and develops a team of designers, provides hands-on craft leadership, runs design reviews, partners with Product and Engineering, and establishes design standards and culture. The role requires shaping design vision for a scaled consumer app while contributing to the broader design system and leadership team.

Lead and grow Scale AI’s enterprise product design team, set design direction, hire and develop designers, and drive execution with Product and Engineering. Establish research practices, maintain high craft standards, contribute to the shared design system, and define interaction patterns for enterprise users working with AI agents and human-in-the-loop systems.

Supports rail design and engineering projects through planning, scheduling, reporting, project controls, stakeholder coordination, risk and issue tracking, financial monitoring, commercial administration, and process improvement. The role independently prepares project documentation, analyzes project data, identifies anomalies, and develops recommendations while supporting delivery to time, cost, and quality requirements.

Leads mechanical design for mission-critical European data center projects, covering HVAC, cooling, chilled water, hydronic, plumbing, drainage, ventilation, and thermal systems. Coordinates multidisciplinary teams, consultants, contractors, vendors, authorities, and operations stakeholders. Reviews designs, calculations, specifications, equipment selections, and technical proposals for quality, compliance, constructability, reliability, efficiency, maintainability, and sustainability. Identifies risks and supports issue resolution through design, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness.

Leads global digital experience design and integration across LEGOLAND attractions. Partners with creative, technology, commercial, and operational teams to deliver innovative, on-brand guest experiences, establish test-and-learn practices, guide digital submissions, and provide creative governance. Uses guest insights and research to influence innovation and investment decisions while serving as the digital experience subject matter expert for location-based entertainment.

Oversee electrical design for data center projects, including power distribution, UPS, generators, lighting, emergency systems, and related infrastructure. Coordinate with project stakeholders, lead technical reviews, ensure compliance with NEC, IEC, and local regulations, manage quality assurance, resolve technical issues, coordinate vendors, and review technical documentation. The role requires strong electrical engineering expertise, project coordination, leadership, and communication skills.

Lead Mitre’s long-term product and design strategy for global football products. Translate brand direction and consumer insights into range priorities, design briefs, product stories, and commercially effective launches. Oversee seasonal range development, design execution, critical paths, reviews, milestones, sourcing, and development partnerships. Collaborate with brand, commercial, marketing, league, and external teams while coaching a Designer and championing innovative, sustainable, quality-led products.

Leads multidisciplinary design teams on AMP8 water and wastewater projects across optioneering, design, and construction support. Coordinates technical interfaces, risks, decisions, reviews, assurance, and stakeholder relationships while supporting programme, budget, quality, safety, sustainability, and constructability objectives. The role also contributes to work winning, framework development, continuous improvement, and mentoring technical team members.

Lead and manage a multidisciplinary analog/mixed-signal IC design team, own end-to-end NPI from concept to production, drive design execution and risk management across concurrent high-speed programmes, coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, lead pre-tape-out reviews, and oversee post-silicon bring-up and performance optimisation.

The EMEA Design Manager will oversee design delivery for data center projects, manage multidisciplinary teams, ensure compliance with standards, and report on project metrics.

Lead design management of major infrastructure projects, coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, manage client relationships, and contribute to business development.

Two-year graduate role supporting high-voltage design management across engineering projects. Responsibilities include learning the design lifecycle, supporting document control, reviewing drawings, managing requests for information and design issue logs, coordinating deliverables, and helping senior design managers progress designs to meet client requirements. The role includes mentorship, professional development, and support toward chartership.

Senior mechanical technical authority for EMEA data centre platform. Own cooling strategy, plant standards, thermal performance and energy efficiency. Define modular mechanical building blocks, review consultant designs, govern deviations, support regional teams through design-to-commissioning, and drive roadmap for liquid cooling and sustainability.

Lead end-to-end delivery of annual, sustainability, and integrated reports for global clients; manage multi-stakeholder projects across design, content, production and digital teams; act as senior client lead; oversee schedules, budgets, quality control, and reporting platform workflows (e.g., CTRLPrint, Workiva).

Lead and manage a multidisciplinary MEPHFC design team to deliver RIBA/GRIP stage designs for rail infrastructure. Oversee design production, compliance with rail and safety standards, BIM coordination, risk mitigation, reporting, and stakeholder engagement across projects.

Lead end-to-end development of complex consumer products (initially Cookshop & Cookware) from concept to manufacture, managing multiple projects, cross-functional collaboration, budgets, timelines, supplier liaison, and mentoring junior designers.

Lead and mentor a small design team while contributing hands-on to high-end print and digital marketing collateral. Manage external vendors, oversee production, uphold brand standards, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure timely delivery of visually compelling materials across campaigns, events, websites, social media, and presentations.

As a Senior Design System Manager, you'll own and evolve Incard's design system, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and high quality across web and mobile. Responsibilities include designing scalable components, collaborating with product designers and engineers, defining usage guidelines, and improving design workflows.

This role involves leading design management and delivery of maritime infrastructure projects, managing client relations, coordinating teams, and providing technical leadership.

The Project Development Manager will lead district heating project development, guide teams, manage risks, and prepare technical proposals, ensuring project success and compliance.