Microsoft Senior Designer 

United States, Washington 

728749263

You’ll design experiences that delight Power BI users and aim to reduce the time needed to get valuable insights from their data along with onboarding users to make them more efficient by focusing on Generative AI, incorporating Large Language Models and predictive models in features. The role’s broad scope will give you ample room to apply your design thinking—both on projects that have immediate impact on the business as well as explorations that shape our long-term strategy, vision and UX direction.

Our agile environment will be a good fit for you if you are:

• Thoughtful—Deliberate and thoughtful in your choices, able to articulate your thinking on the fly across a cross-functional team balancing business priorities and different perspectives.
• Persuasive—You’ve got the social intelligence and sales skills to understand what needs to be changed, and why. You look at criticism as a way to spur insightful conversations, not a reason to be defensive or shut down.
• A translator of tradeoffs—There’s no perfect interface and no right answer. You’re able to create different options and translate the tradeoffs between them in the context of business objectives.
• A facilitator—You know how to collaborate with others and let them bring their ideas and concerns to the table.

An online design portfolio is important for this role, both in terms of demonstrating your experience and as an example of your ability to create a compelling design presentation. Showcase your experience in user experience (UX) and interaction design, particularly where simplicity and ease of use were a major concern. We’d like to see a diversity of projects but be careful that your portfolio doesn't get scattered or overly long—focus on curation and quality to choose a solid collection of outcomes and design intermediaries and deliverables (especially flows, mockups, and prototypes), and be sure the portfolio demonstrates the design and thought process behind each image.

Required Qualifications

• 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
  • OR 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
  • OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).

Other Requirements

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• 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).
• 4+ years experience shipping products and/or delivering to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process.
• 1+ year experience designing conversational Generative AI experiences, incorporating Large Language Models into features, designing and testing meta prompts.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 19, 2024.

• Generate and synthesize ideas to enhance product designs, considering various perspectives (e.g., business, technology). Collect user-centered insights from customer research and trends.
• Create and validate designs through customer-driven methods, effectively communicating findings and design logic.
• Develop journey maps, wireframes, task flows, and personas to support design interactions, delivering artifacts at different fidelity levels. You'll work on improving user experiences, acting as a bridge between users and products, and ensuring designs meet user needs.
• Organize and facilitate idea sessions, create mood-boards and vision videos, and develop user scenarios.
• Scope and estimate efforts accurately, prioritize tasks and goals independently. Schedule work delivery, define product design needs based on user insights and business requirements, and identify unspoken needs. Collaborate with product owners and developers to guide designs from concept to launch.
• Present designs to teams and stakeholders, using mocks and prototypes to gather feedback and refine designs. Advocate for high-quality tools and contribute to design guidelines.
• Support Engineering with design implementation, participating in quality audits to maintain design quality and adapt designs as needed during development.
• Effectively communicate with team members and stakeholders, managing communication styles and advocating for user needs. Facilitate teamwork on projects, contributing to product design outcomes and team success.
• Co-create and execute on charter for your area and need minimal guidance on scoping
• Create a vision and successfully ship your projects, brainstorm features, collect input, gather signals, set goals, define value prop, making hard cuts, successfully shipping.
• Influences both designer and non-designer collaborators. Leads interns and/or vendors to create clarity for others. Participates in interviews. ​
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