Microsoft Principal Product Designer Teams 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

894566254

In this role, you will define and design compelling experiences that empower people to achieve more together by shaping the core communication and collaboration features of our transformative chat-based app, while also spearheading the development of innovative, AI-driven messaging experiences that will shape the future of communication.user researchers, engineers, and product designers who value creativity, open idea sharing, and having fun while delivering products that our millions of users love. You will create alignment on schedules and plan definitions, including dependency tracking, ensuring cohesive progress across the discipline.

As a visionary Principal Product Designer, you will elevate the craft by inspiring, defining, articulating, and delivering elegant and simplified solutions to our most complex challenges. Leading by example, you will collaborate with partners and executive stakeholders to drive exceptional design outcomes, aligning design solutions with business, technical, and user requirements. Yourin Design Systems will guide the adoption of the latest updates, and you will advocate fornew systems as needed. You will lead expansive prototyping initiatives and direct your team to generate innovative solutions for complex products. Effective communication of your ideas through compelling stories, sketches, and fullydesigns is crucial to your success. Additionally, you will set the context for senior leadership, communicate a convincing product story to inspire excitement and support, and provide oversight and guidance to a team of product designers, ensuring high-quality, design-led initiatives across mobile and desktop platforms.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND8+years experienceworking in product or service design
  • ORMaster's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND6+years experienceworking in product or service design
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Software design experience.
• Graphic/visual design experience.
• Proficient in Figma.
• Experience working directly with users, running studies, or collaborating with a researcher.
• Ability to prototype.
• History of working with engineers to implement and test solutions.
• Ability to breakdown a design vision into a phased plan to implement.
• Experience working with and presenting to executives/senior stakeholders.
• Experience designing cross platform.
• Ability to collaborate across disciplines.
• Ability to clearly articulate customer value on any feature or user experience design.
• Cross-team communication, presentation, persuasion, negotiation skills to get buy-in on your design.
• Conflict resolution.
• Solid creative and analytical abilitiesdemonstratedthrough a diverse portfolio.

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 March 19, 2025.

• Facilitateeffective collaboration with creative team members, program managers, developers, and executive stakeholders to define, iterate, and implement new and existing product features, ensuring alignment with business, technical, and user requirements.
• Design System Knowledge:Act as the Design System authority by overseeing the adoption and consistency of design standards across multiple teams, evaluating industryupdates, andadvocating for the acquisition or enhancement of design systems tomaintainhigh-quality craftsmanship.
• Team Leadership and Mentorship: Provide oversight and guidance to a team of product designers, mentoring newer members, fostering a creative and inclusive work environment, and ensuring the team delivers exceptional design outcomes aligned with the original vision and goals.
• Strategic Product Design and Prototyping:Drive the product design lifecycle from conception to delivery, including schedule alignment, dependency tracking,expansive prototyping initiatives, and ensuring designs meet user needs and company standards through detailed interaction models and user experience enhancements.
• Compelling Communication and Storytelling: Develop and communicate persuasive product stories to diverse audiences, including senior leadership and key stakeholders, to inspire excitement and garner support. Influence product strategy and design decisions through effective storytelling and presentation of design concepts.