Principal Product Designer at Microsoft
Mountain View, California, United States -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

24 Apr, 26

Salary

274800.0

Posted On

24 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Product Design, User Experience, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Creative Direction, Collaboration, Prototyping, Accessibility, Inclusive Design, Communication, Storytelling, Figma, Strategic Planning, Customer Experience, Innovation, AI Integration

Industry

Software Development

Description
Overview If you’re passionate about technology, have a knack for creative ideas, and lead with a growth mindset, we want to hear from you. The Microsoft AI Design & Research team is a creative community of designers and researchers on a mission to create and deliver holistic customer experiences while imagining the future of web experiences. Between Copilot, Edge, Bing, and apps, we’re creating end-to-end web experiences from AI browser, to shopping, to search, to ads, news, sports, and gaming. Our diverse team works collaboratively to create products and ideas that empower us to move fast to build seamless and delightful experiences for billions of customers worldwide. Join us! We are seeking a Prinicpal Product Designer with strong commercial product design experience to help us with the next wave of web experiences. For this role we’re looking for a leader with both strong design skills and strategic thinking; you should have superb visual and interaction design skills and be comfortable with ambiguity involved in inventing v1 experiences and working across internal organizations. You will partner with other designers and influence teams with concepts, prototypes, and evangelize new customer experiences, working across organizations to ensure design coherence to our framework and to create beautiful, inclusive, and accessible experiences that customers love. You’ll be at the forefront of defining the next wave of the Edge browser, shaping core browser features deeply integrated with cutting-edge AI for our commercial customers. Imagine helping to create the future of AI-powered browsing, where enterprise-grade security, productivity, and user experience are always top of mind. You’ll drive experiences which integrate the M365 knowledge graph and Copilot for Edge, unlocking smarter workflows and seamless collaboration for organizations worldwide. If you’re passionate about building delightful, secure, and intelligent experiences that empower commercial users, this is your chance to make a lasting impact and have fun doing it! Responsibilities Drive product experience strategy, interaction design, creative direction, and craftsmanship for a v1 product Drive cross-team collaborations among all disciplines from early product stages to implementation Understand the behaviors, motivations, and needs of our customers to develop relevant and impactful experiences Contribute to strategic product planning via experience roadmaps Propose creative solutions to complex user experience journeys, drawing on your ability to map end-to-end experiences Identify new opportunities and generate innovative ideas to improve our processes, products, and culture, influencing design direction and research methodologies Sets, drives, and executes design’s direction for a product or set of products, influencing partners and stakeholders based on priorities that balance the customer needs and business impact Lead design on highly visible products or set of design initiatives with notable risk and complexity Drives cross-organization experience to impact broader organizational at scale or enable the team to scale Qualifications Required/minimum Qualifications: Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 6+ years experience working in product or service design OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service design OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems). Preferred Qualifications: 8+ years experience working in product or service design Demonstrated sense of interaction design attuned to the fundamentals of user experience, including accessibility and inclusive design Exceptional visual design skills Effective communication and presentation / storytelling skills, with the ability to energize teams and advocate for your ideas Proficiency designing in Figma #Design# #MSFTAI# #nextplay #designjobs Product Design IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Responsibilities
Drive product experience strategy and interaction design for a v1 product while collaborating across teams. Lead design initiatives that influence product direction and ensure design coherence.
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