Principal Designer - Microsoft Health

Microsoft • Burlington, MA

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About The Position

Microsoft’s Health and Life Sciences is dedicated to empowering healthcare organizations to achieve their goals and improve patient care.
Our group has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Designer - Microsoft Health to join the User Experience team. This team is leads the concepting of first party solutions and applications for health system clients powered by Microsoft AI, including Dragon Copilot, Powerscribe and more.
As a Principal Designer - Microsoft Health, you will:
Define specific product needs based on user insights
Creatively define solutions to meet user needs, and,
Create and develop design concepts and specifications that optimize the emotional and functional experience of a product, software, device, or service.
This opportunity will allow you to focus on end-to-end user experiences, empathizing and balancing experiences with business and technical tradeoffs. You will produce designs from concept through delivery and sustainment, support interaction designs for hardware and/or software-based experiences, and partner with internal and external development teams, marketing and design groups to research and analyze customer feedback for incorporation into product enhancements, new product designs and overall design language and strategy.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Requirements

• Master's 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 Bachelor's 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).
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Master's 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 Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 12+ 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).
• 6+ years experience shipping products, services, or games and/or delivering to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process.
• 8+ years experience shipping products, services and/or delivering to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process
• 2+ years prior experience in healthcare, financial services or other highly regulated industry

Responsibilities

• Deliver world-class interaction designs end-to-end from incubation through to shipping product.
• Help organize and drive design collaboration (sprints, ideations, brainstorms) with cross-discipline partners (PM, Engineering, Research and Data Science).
• Collaborate with Design and Engineering partners to align and deliver a crafted product vision end-to-end.
• Create clarity and generate energy for your product and product teams through powerful storytelling.
• Stay current on design trends, technologies, and tools, and incorporate them into the design team's work as appropriate.
• Interact with Engineering and perform QAs to ensure quality while showing the ability to challenge design limitations. You’ll also produce visual designs and mentor others on their creation.
• Create wireframes, journey maps, and other elements to support interaction design. You’ll also begin to lead product UX improvements by creating interaction models while acting as a liaison between users and products.
• Communicate with cross-disciplinary teams across all stages of design and development. You will also tell a compelling, convincing product story to a specific audience.
• Work with creative team members, program managers, and developers to define product features. You’ll collaborate with your team to deliver product design results while also providing guidance to product designers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees