Senior Product Designer

Redmond, WA, United States

The Windows Cloud Experiences team is working hard to empower every person and every organization on the planet by bringing Windows and Cloud Computing closer together. Within the Windows Cloud Experiences Design team , we create products that help people be productive, connected, and empowered from anywhere on any device. Most importantly we work to make products people love. As a Senior Product Designer on our team, you join a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative group of design, research, and content experts who are passionate about solving complex design challenges and delivering delightful experiences to commercial customers and consumers.

As a Senior Product Designer in the Windows Cloud Experiences Design team, you will be leading design for an entire area of our business, guiding designers to be their best. You will be responsible for building the best products on the planet and helping your team develop the vision to get us there. You will work closely with engineers, product managers, and other designers to understand user needs, define design requirements, and iterate feedback. As a designer on the team, you will lead larger scale projects, and help define and guide our business with your design and product expertise.

This role will support our core Management experiences of Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop. Our Management User Experiences help IT Admins empower their employees every day. These experiences are mission critical for our business and require working across multiple organizations, disciplines, and technologies. If you love technical and complex design problems, then this is the role for you!

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

Lead large scale design projects utilizing you and your teams skills to deliver

You will generate and lead ideation solutions for complex products (e.g., involving many constraints, needing workarounds, requiring holistic view of interconnected systems) to improve product design

You will interact with teams across the company and perform Quality Audits (QAs) to ensure quality while demonstrating the ability to challenge design limitations. You’ll also produce designs and mentor others on their creation.

You will use your design skills to create clarity for your team and your product partners (Product Management, Engineering, Product Marketing, etc)

You will communicate with cross-disciplinary teams across all stages of design and development. You will also tell a compelling, convincing product story to a specific audience.

You will work with creative team members, program managers, and developers to define product features. You’ll collaborate with your team to deliver product design results while also providing guidance to product designers.

Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 5+ years of experience working in product or service design

OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 4+ years of experience working in product or service design

OR equivalent experience (e.g., experience using design thinking to solve problems).

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 8+ years of experience working in product or service design

OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 6+ years of experience working in product or service design

OR equivalent experience (e.g., experience using design thinking to solve problems).

4+ years of experience shipping games or products and/or delivering to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process.

Mastery of industry standard design tools (Figma, Sketch, Illustrator, Photohop, After effects as examples)

Experience with prototyping tools (InVision, ProtoPie, Flinto, Framer, Unity, Unreal, etc.)

Portfolio highlighting end to end design solutions and User Centered Design thinking

Ability to cultivate and maintain positive working relationships across disciplines

Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and organization skills

Strategic thinking, problem solving, and consensus-building skills

Please include a recent online design portfolio link with your resume and application

Product Design IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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