Senior Product Designer

Microsoft•Los Angeles, CA

23h

About The Position

The Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE) team is a global engineering organization that works directly with customers looking to leverage the latest technologies to address their toughest challenges. We work closely with our customers’ engineers to jointly develop code for cloud-based solutions that can accelerate their organization. We work in collaboration with Microsoft product teams, partners, and open-source communities to empower our customers to do more with the cloud. We develop solutions side-by-side with our customers through collaborative innovation to solve their challenges. This work involves the development of broadly applicable, high-impact solution patterns and open-source software assets that contribute to the Microsoft platform. We are hiring a Senior Product Design Specialist to define specific product needs based on user insights to ideate to 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. You will collaborate with a cross-functional team of software engineers, technical program managers, and data scientists to work side-by-side with high-impact and strategic customers and their engineers to build innovative solutions. As part of our team, you will thrive in working with a variety of technologies, not just Microsoft technology. You will solve exciting business problems, contribute to open source, and collaborate with Microsoft product teams. 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

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)

Responsibilities

Interact with Engineering and perform QAs to ensure quality while showing the ability to challenge design limitations.
Produce visual designs and mentor others on their creation.
Create wireframes, journey maps, and other elements to support interaction design.
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.
Tell a compelling, convincing product story to a specific audience.
Work with creative team members, program managers, and developers to define product features.
Collaborate with your team to deliver product design results.
Provide guidance to product designers.
Embody our culture and values.