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We are seeking an experienced and visionary Principal Product Design Manager to lead UX for Microsoft’s XDR, SIEM, and Security Copilot experiences across the Defender product suite. In this pivotal role, you will shape the design strategy for mission-critical security tools that empower practitioners—from SOC analysts to CISOs—to protect their organizations with confidence. You will guide a talented team of designers, fostering a culture of innovation, inclusion, and excellence. Partnering closely with engineering, product, and research, you’ll drive an AI-first approach to design, delivering intuitive, scalable solutions that help customers detect, investigate, and respond to threats across their digital estate. This role demands a leader who thrives in complexity, champions customer empathy, and brings deep expertise in enterprise product design. Your work will directly support Microsoft’s mission to make the world a safer place—by protecting users, organizations, and the broader ecosystem from evolving cybersecurity threats.
Job Responsibility:
Deliver world-class design solutions from initial concept through finished product
Provide insightful perspectives and ideas that will help shape the direction of company-wide investments in the security space
Advocate for your design solutions by putting them in context of business, user goals, and ecosystem considerations
Incorporate system and framework thinking and pattern-matching into solutions to reinforce integrity of design system and product cohesion
Contribute to the visual systems and visual language for a product
Work closely and constructively with product management, content designers, user researchers, engineers and other designers to iterate and deliver design artifacts and solutions
Create wireframes, journey maps, prototypes and detailed mockups to iterate on product scenarios
Seek out and incorporate the feedback of the design team to refine your designs and align to larger product patterns
Clearly communicate your work to peers and leadership
Work alongside leadership team members to create compelling narratives for a specific product or feature and develop product architectures and systems
Contribute to evaluating and prioritizing work
Ship world-class applications that delight technical roles with an emphasis on AI, craft, quality, trust, and positive user and societal impact
Own multiple product areas, identify new opportunities and generate innovative through deep customer understanding, ensuring the experience vision is driven by user needs and manage launches and iterations
Find your own path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively
Cross-functional and cross-divisional communication and dependency management, scoping and scheduling, and seeing through implementation by collaborating with engineering through the finish line
Thrive in a complex, design-driven, product development cycle
Measure success with data and research
Embody our culture and values
Travel: 10%
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 8+ years 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 experience working in product or service design
OR equivalent experience (e.g., experience using design thinking to solve problems)
6+ years experience in a variety of design tools (especially Figma) and processes such as journey mapping and design sprints/workshops
8+ years hands-on experience creating detailed wireframes (both low and high fidelity), polished design prototypes and other design artifacts in a fast-paced, cutting-edge technology environment
Comfortable with ambiguity, design tradeoffs and shifting priorities
Creative and holistic problem solver with a sharp eye for details
Experience with Security domain
Demonstrated breadth across interaction design, information architecture, usability
Nice to have:
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 10+ years experience working in product or service design
OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service design
OR equivalent experience (e.g., experience using design thinking to solve problems)
Awareness of inclusive design and how it supports Microsoft’s mission
Familiar with agile or lean methodologies
Experience designing user experiences for cloud software and services and/or IT professionals
Experience, understanding, and knowledge of Artificial Intelligence