Synthesia

Technology

ProductDesigner(Principal-Level)

£130–180k ~AI est. London, United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Principal candidates.

The Brief

“Product Designer (Principal-Level) at Synthesia. Skills: Product design, Design leadership, Systems thinking. Lead design initiatives. Reframe problems”

What You'll Achieve.

Shift product quality; Shift product clarity; Shift product direction

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Problem reframing; Risk anticipation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Lead design initiatives, Prototype and test interaction models, Drive alignment across teams, Mentor and coach Senior Designers, Contribute to design team culture, Get involved in hiring, Get involved in planning

Nice to Have

Experience mentoring senior designers, Contribute to team culture, Contribute to hiring, Contribute to practice-building

What You'll Do.

Lead design initiatives

Anticipate downstream risks

Bring clarity to spaces

Operate as strategic partner

Define problems to solve

Shape long-term product bets

Bring insight to prioritisation

Prototype and test models

Drive alignment across teams

Communicate complex ideas

Help leadership make sense

Elevate work of others

Mentor and coach designers

Contribute to team culture

Get involved in hiring

Get involved in planning

Expand design team influence

Expand design team reputation

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Product and Engineering leads; Cross-functional teams; Diverse stakeholders

Communication Scope

Communicate complex ideas; Communicate with confidence; Communicate with empathy

Full Job Description

Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US. As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations. Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia's VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow. Location: Europe remote or London hybrid THE ROLE: We're looking for a Principal Product Designer (L7) to lead design across Synthesia's most complex and high-impact product surfaces. This is a senior IC role - you won't be managing a team, but you'll be operating at the highest level of individual craft and strategic influence, shaping direction across product domains and setting the standard for what great design looks like at Synthesia. This role sits at the intersection of product strategy, systems thinking, and exceptional craft. You'll define design direction for large, ambiguous problem spaces, anticipate risks before they become blockers, and reframe problems in ways that unlock better outcomes for customers, product teams, and the business. We're building a video platform for everyone - not a specialist tool - and we see a future where Synthesia sits alongside word processors, presentation software, and spreadsheets as a daily staple. Getting there requires design leadership that goes beyond execution: someone who helps the company make the right bets, raises the craft bar across the whole team, and builds the conditions for great design to thrive at scale. IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL: - Lead large, complex,

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