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Company

Microsoft · 7 hours ago

Principal Design Manager

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$138K/yr - $267K/yr

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Create clarity and drive innovation on user experience vision, architecture and concepts

Identify new opportunities and generate innovative ideas through deep customer understanding, to influence the product strategy and leadership's strategies for distributing product design resources

Contribute to product vision, strategy, architecture, and planning, represent design direction to team members, management and key stakeholders

Collaborate with product owners, senior stakeholders, and development team members to shepherd end-to-end experiences from concept to ship for large and/or complex products ensuring the experience vision is driven by user needs

Lead communication with cross-disciplinary teams inside and across studio(s) through all stages of design and development

Operate as a Design System expert and reviewer of the adoption of the latest design systems Leads interactions with key stakeholders (Engineering, PM, User Research, etc.) to successfully align design solutions to business, technical, and user requirements. Leads interactions with Engineering to ensure implemented designs align to design specifications

Inspire and drive a high bar for user experience, fit-and-finish, and quality

Provide oversight and guidance to the team of product designers

Direct a team to develop and enhance product user experiences via creation of input and output modalities and detailed designs for new and existing product features while serving as a steadfast advocate for our customers and end users

Foster a culture of excellence, inclusion, experimentation, learning, and customer focus

Deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring for every direct report

Partner with direct reports on their career goals and aspirations and serves as a guide/coach in helping them thrive in their career.

Embody our culture and values

Qualification

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Human Computer InteractionUser Experience DesignProduct DesignPeople ManagementLarge Language ModelsDesign ThinkingIndustrial DesignInteraction DesignEnd-to-End Design ProcessCustomer Focus

Required

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

3+ years people management experience

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

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

5+ years people management experience

6+ years experience shipping products, services, or games and/or delivering to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process

Experience designing UX for AI using Large Language Models (LLMs)

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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