Senior Designer

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. We are seeking a Senior Designer to join this innovating team.Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.Within Azure Data, the business intelligence team builds and maintains Power BI which is the undisputed leader in BI tool in the industry today and serves as the bridge between data professionals & Office users. Power BI’s core value proposition is to enable end users to get answers & insights from their data through data visualization.​ ​​With low-code/no-code solutions, we help users ingest, transform, and analyze their data, extract business insights with AI, and consume those insights through rich visualization to enable millions of people around the world to realize their potential.  You’ll work on projects that delight Power BI users and aim to reduce the time needed to get valuable insights from their data with a focus on the UX of conversational Generative AI experiences, incorporating Large Language Models into features, designing and testing meta prompts, in addition to non-AI related UX projects that span the Power BI user journey. The role’s broad scope will give you ample room to apply your design thinking—both on projects that have immediate impact on the business as well as explorations that shape our long-term strategy, vision and UX direction.  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​​As a Senior Designer on the Power BI team, you'll:

Generate and synthesize ideas to enhance product designs, considering various perspectives (e.g., business, technology). Collect user-centered insights from customer research and trends. Create and validate designs through customer-driven methods, effectively communicating findings and design logic.

Develop journey maps, wireframes, task flows, and personas to support design interactions, delivering artifacts at different fidelity levels. You'll work on improving user experiences, acting as a bridge between users and products, and ensuring designs meet user needs.

Organize and facilitate idea sessions, create mood-boards and vision videos, and develop user scenarios.

Scope and estimate efforts accurately, prioritize tasks and goals independently. Schedule work delivery, define product design needs based on user insights and business requirements, and identify unspoken needs.

Support Engineering with design implementation, participating in Q&As to maintain design quality and adapt designs as needed during development.

Leadership:

Co-create and execute on charter for your area and need minimal guidance on scoping.

Create a vision and successfully ship your projects – brainstorm features, collect input, gather signals, set goals, define value prop, making hard cuts, successfully shipping.

Identifies and establishes necessary cross-team/product partnership.

Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)QualificationsRequired/Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, 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, or related field AND 4+ years experience working in product or service design

OR equivalent experience (e.g., experience using design thinking to solve problems).

Other RequirementsThe 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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.Preferred/Additional Qualifications

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

1+ year experience designing conversational Generative AI experiences, incorporating Large Language Models into features, designing and testing meta prompts.

Proficiency in Figma and at least 2 years of experience with large/complex design systems (applied knowledge of variables, tokens, components, etc). ​

Product Design IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $145,800 - $238,600 per year.Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: US corporate pay information | Microsoft Careers (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/us-corporate-pay.html)Microsoft will accept applications for the role until April 18, 2024.#azdat #azuredata #powerbi #ai #llm #dataviz #dcsjobsMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .