Principal Product Designer

Microsoft

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

If you are energized by shaping the future of AI-powered experiences and have the craft and systems thinking to operate at scale, we want to hear from you. The Microsoft AI Design & Research team is building the next generation of intelligent web experiences across Copilot, Edge, Bing, and emerging surfaces. We design cohesive, scalable, and human-centered systems that reach billions of people. This is not incremental UX work. This is foundational experience design in an AI-first world. We are seeking a Principal Product Designer who operates at both system and execution levels. You are fluent in emerging AI workflows, comfortable prototyping beyond static mocks, and capable of defining experience architecture that scales across products. You bring exceptional visual and interaction craft, deep expertise in design systems, and the ability to align cross-functional leaders around a coherent experience vision. This is a principal-level individual contributor role for someone who sets direction, raises quality bars, and builds the connective tissue between strategy, systems, and shipped product. This role is a hybrid position, in office 4x a week in either Mountain View, CA, Redmond, WA or New York City.

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).
6-8+ years of experience designing complex consumer products at scale
Demonstrated ability to lead ambiguous, zero-to-one initiatives and bring them to production
Deep expertise in design systems, scalable interaction models, and cross-surface experience coherence
Strong visual and interaction craft, including motion and advanced prototyping
Fluency with modern AI tools and emerging design workflows
Experience with vibe coding
Comfort experimenting with coded prototypes or adjacent technical exploration when needed
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across disciplines
Exceptional storytelling skills and ability to articulate experience strategy clearly and persuasively
Resume must include a link to design portfolio and password if applicable

Responsibilities

Define and drive end-to-end experience strategy for complex, high-visibility product areas
Translate AI capabilities into intuitive, trustworthy, and human-centered interactions
Prototype rapidly across fidelity levels, including interactive, motion-rich, and coded explorations when needed
Lead system-level thinking and evolve design systems to ensure coherence, flexibility, and long-term scalability
Establish experience principles and patterns that scale across teams and surfaces
Partner deeply with product and engineering leaders to shape roadmaps, clarify tradeoffs, and deliver cohesive experiences
Elevate visual craft, motion, interaction detail, and micro-interactions across the organization
Navigate ambiguity to invent v1 experiences while balancing experimentation with sustainable systems design
Influence cross-team alignment and drive quality at scale across multiple product pillars
Champion accessibility, inclusive design, and usability as non-negotiable standards