Senior Product Designer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Mountain View)

Job Description

At Microsoft AI, we are inventing an AI Companion for everyone – an AI designed with real personality and emotional intelligence that’s always in your corner. Defined by effortless communication, extraordinary capabilities, and a new level of connection and support, we want Copilot to define the next wave of technology. This is a rare opportunity to be a part of a team crafting something that challenges everything we know about software and consumer products. We’re a small, friendly, fast-moving team, supporting one another to do the best work of our lives, always looking to break new ground with an unshakeable dedication to the user. We are proud of what we build, how we build it, and that our products define the AI era while earning the trust of our users. We run lean, prioritize quality, meaningful innovation and polish, and always root our decisions in research and evidence. We ship regularly, so your work will have real and immediate impact.

Job Responsibility

Ship world-class AI applications that delight consumers with an emphasis on craft, quality, trust, and positive user and societal impact
Own a product area and be responsible for understanding user needs and behaviors, defining product requirements, managing end-to-end product development, launches and iterations
Cross-functional communication and dependency management, scoping and scheduling, and seeing through implementation by collaborating with engineering through the finish line
Find your own path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively
Set the bar for excellence and quality and hold the team accountable to that standard
Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle
Translate business goals into strategy, user experience and technical requirements in close collaboration with UX designers and AI model training teams
Define goals and performance indicators, set up and oversee experiments, measure success with data and research
Collaborate effectively and communicate clearly with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers, to build exceptional consumer-grade applications

Requirements

Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 4+ years experience working in product or service design
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 5+ years experience working in product or service design
equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems)

Nice to have

A portfolio or work samples that demonstrates experience designing world class consumer products from vision through launch
Proven track record of setting design vision for innovative products that require bold thinking and risk taking
Ability to break large bodies of work into a phased execution plan, and lead a cross-functional team from idea to polished implementation
Experience with diving into research and leveraging both qualitative and quantitative signals for design impact
Experience prompting LLMs, working with generative AI, or a demonstrated curiosity and desire to learn
Ability to own your work in a fast-paced. start-up like environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to ever-changing requirements and deadlines
Work samples that demonstrate a high bar for quality and craft in visual design and interaction design
Work samples that demonstrate prototyping ability
Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering to ensure details make it to the hands of the user
Experience that demonstrates proven ability to advocate for design thinking, influence design outcomes, discover problems and tackle them in fast-paced and ambiguous environments
Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team

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