Product Designer II

Product Designer II – Cross Device Experiences 

The Devices + Experiences Design team is looking for a Product Designer II to help shape the future of Cross Device Experiences across Microsoft's ecosystem. You'll design experiences that help people stay in the flow as they move across devices, applications, services, and emerging AI-powered experiences. 

This is a maker role. Beyond creating exceptional UI/UX, you'll be expected to rapidly prototype concepts, build interactive experiences, and use modern AI-first design and development tools to explore ideas, validate assumptions, and communicate product direction. 

You will partner closely with design, product management, engineering, and research teams to define and deliver the next generation of experiences spanning devices, platforms, services, and AI-powered workflows. 

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.

• Collaborate with designers, product managers, engineers, and researchers to define the vision for cross-device experiences across Microsoft's ecosystem. 
• Drive projects from concept through execution, taking ownership of design direction, identifying opportunities, shaping product strategy, and proactively moving work forward across partner teams. 
• Design end-to-end experiences that span devices, applications, services, and AI-powered workflows. 
• Rapidly prototype experiences using design tools, code, and AI-assisted prototyping workflows to explore concepts, validate ideas, and gather feedback. 
• Contribute to design systems, patterns, and interaction frameworks that create consistency across a broad portfolio of cross-device experiences. 
• Use customer insights, usability research, product telemetry, and competitive analysis to inform design decisions. 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 3+ 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).

Other Requirements: 

• Submission must include a link to a digitial portfolio demonstrating exceptional product design, interaction design, visual design, and shipped customer experiences. 

 Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in product design for consumer or productivity software. 
• Experience designing mobile, desktop, web, or multi-device ecosystems. 
• Proficiency with Figma and modern prototyping tools. 
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills. 
• Experience designing multi-device, companion, continuity, ecosystem, or connected experiences. 
• Ability to build functional prototypes using code, low-code tools, or modern AI-powered development workflows. 
• Experience working in fast-paced, highly collaborative product teams. 
• Passion for emerging AI experiences, agents, and intelligent workflows. 
• Ability to operate with a high degree of ownership, proactively driving work forward through ambiguity. 

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Product Design IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.