Principal Product Design Manager

We’re looking for a Principal Product Design Manager, to help us craft for and execute on complex user requirements for Artificial Intelligence (AI) application developers. You will be working on user experience (UX), user interface (UI), interaction, and computational design, bringing your expertise to make powerful and beautiful tools for enterprise app developers who are actively welcoming AI into their Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

As a Principal Product Design Manager, you will execute and lead by example, showcasing a high level of craft that others can learn from. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, researchers, and work directly with the VP and Head of Computational Design, John Maeda. You will be instrumental in designing experiences at the crossroads of native code and Large Language Model (LLM) AI, advancing both the art and science of enterprise software development.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to define computational design at Microsoft, while staying ahead of AI breakthroughs in digital product design and impacting all industries adopting AI that are transitioning from proof of concept to production.

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.

Responsibilities

• Enable customers adopting AI to reliably transition from proof of concept to production in the most easy, elegant, and accessible way

• Deliver world-class product designs from ideation to execution

• Co-lead the long-term strategy and vision for expanding AI adoption that generates both short- and long-term value for customers

• Create and implement UX, UI, and interactions tailored for a technical audience

• Mentor team members to elevate their design skills and high standards of craft

• Present and share work with stakeholders to facilitate  collaboration

• Identify new opportunities to use LLM AI into design production workflows

• Help define what computational design means at Microsoft in this new age of AI
• Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 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, or related fields 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).