Principal Product Designer

If youre curious creative and excited by how AI is reshaping the practice of design wed love to work with you! The AI Experiences Design & Research team is a community of designers researchers and makers reimagining how people interact with technology. We design across Microsofts AI-powered experiences including Copilot Edge Bing MSN and emerging products creating end-to-end journeys that span devices platforms and contexts. Were looking for people who embrace experimentation use new tools to expand whats possible and arent afraid to move beyond traditional design boundaries. Together were building experiences that make AI more useful intuitive and delightful for billions of people around the world. Join us as we reimagine not only the products people use but the future of design itself!

Were seeking a Principal Product Designer with strong consumer product design visual design and storytelling skills to join the Content team. Our mission is to inform entertain and inspire and were reimagining how people discover and engage with media across Windows Edge and the Copilot app in the age of AI.

As a Principal Product Designer youll work within a cross-functional team of product managers engineers researchers and designers to craft thoughtful high-quality experiences. Youll contribute to product strategy drive features end-to-end and bring a strong point of view to the work while growing your craft in a collaborative ambitious team environment.

AI Experiences employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft Hub in the U.S. are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• Design Excellence & Craft: Understand the behaviors motivations and needs of our customers to design relevant high-impact experiences. Bring strong visual and interaction design skills to every surface maintaining a high bar for quality and craftsmanship.

• AI-Powered Product Design: Design innovative features that leverage generative AI to transform how users discover and engage with media and content. Contribute to defining what AI-native experiences look and feel like at scale.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers engineers researchers and content strategists to define iterate and ship features ensuring alignment across user needs business goals and technical constraints.

• Compelling Communication & Storytelling: Present design concepts and decisions to cross-functional partners and stakeholders articulating rationale clearly and confidently. Develop compelling narratives through prototypes flows and presentations.

• Design System Contribution: Use and contribute to our design system to ensure consistency and scalability. Propose new patterns where needed and partner with engineers to implement designs with precision.

• Mentorship: Foster a culture of creativity and innovation through mentorship and collaboration with other designers.

Qualifications

Required:

• Masters 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 Bachelors 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:

• 8 years experience in product or service design ideally in consumer-facing products

• Strong visual design skills with a demonstrated sense of interaction design grounded in UX fundamentals

• Experience designing AI-powered or content/media experiences

• Familiarity with generative AI and vibe coding a plus

• Experience with accessibility and inclusive design

• Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to advocate for design decisions to cross-functional partners

• Experience designing and prototyping in Figma

• Resume must include a link to design portfolio (and password if applicable)

Product Design IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142800 - $274800 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 $188000 - $304200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
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.

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