Lead Product Designer — Design Systems & AI UX (Remote)

Confidential; Ireland; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a Lead Product Designer to own the design direction and overall user experience of all consumer-facing products. You will define standards, embed them into our design systems, and guide product and engineering teams early in development.

You will work as an individual contributor with real authority, maintaining design quality across platforms and ensuring accessibility and brand consistency at scale. This is a Remote position, Ireland-based, with global collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years in product design for consumer digital products.
• Portfolio showing ownership of a design system and measurable quality gains.
• Experience with multi-brand or multi-product design systems.
• Hands-on with AI-assisted design and prototyping tools.
• Comfort reading front-end code and collaborating with engineers.
• Influence without formal authority and a strong design voice.
• User-centered design with accessibility focus.
• Experience with subscription or conversion-driven products.
• Excellent written and spoken English; able to work async across time zones.
• Self-directed, proactive work style.

Responsibilities

• Own the design direction and UX across Consumer portfolio and white-labels.
• Define UX principles and standards; keep them current as products evolve.
• Be the authoritative voice on design quality; review work pre/post-release.
• Audit experiences regularly and maintain a prioritized UX/design backlog.
• Own Consumer and Enterprise design systems and shared patterns.
• Collaborate with product and engineering early in discovery; provide feedback.
• Coach PMs and engineers on design principles for consistency.
• Prototype quickly using AI tools, code, or Figma to align direction.

Skills

Design leadership

Design systems

UX research

Accessibility

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Claude Design

Figma

React

HTML/CSS

Job description

Confidential is seeking a Lead Product Designer to own the design direction and overall user experience of all consumer-facing products. You will define standards, embed them into our design systems, and guide product and engineering teams early in development.

You will work as an individual contributor with real authority, maintaining design quality across platforms and ensuring accessibility and brand consistency at scale. This is a Remote position, Ireland-based, with global collaboration.