Data is the new currency of the digital world, and Microsoft is uniquely positioned to help business and consumers get the most out of theirs. With the leading database in the world - SQL Server, and the rapidly growing Azure Data platform, Microsoft has made an enormous bet on cloud-based platform components that companies will need to derive knowledge and insights from big data and analytics in the cloud.
The Azure Data User Experience (ADUX) team is looking for a Senior Product Designer whose work reflects a passion for helping people get the most from their data. We’re looking for someone who want to embrace complicated problems and have curiosity for exploring new product interaction paradigms. You show an affinity for designing cohesive experiences across multiple complex back-end services, a sensible and thorough pursuit of user delight, and a track record for delivering thoughtful and impactful products and services.
If you have a thirst for solving complex design problems at all levels – from information architecture to interaction design to prototyping and high-fidelity mockups, enjoys collaborating, and think conceptually and strategically about design we’re looking for you.
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.
Come join us!

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the continuing growth of an effective and highly successful design team.
  Collaborate with other designers to ensure consistency across experiences.
  Communicate, document, and represent design direction to team members, senior management and key stakeholders.
• Ensure the experience vision is driven by a well-defined nucleus of user needs, tasks, marketing and business requirements.
• Work with design, development and program management teams to ensure interaction and visual designs communicate and function successfully for varying technical and performance specifications.
• Work with user researchers to coordinate testing efforts, interpret test results, and incorporate results into design efforts.
• Effectively communicate with developers through implementation phase to realize design vision.
• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

• 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
    o OR equivalent 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

• Command of all aspects and levels of interaction/UX design from information architecture, to systems and workflows to micro-interactions.
• Knowledge and experience with code, data or analytics.
• Effective communication, presentation and organizational skills.
• Visual design skills, think conceptually about design, present excellent problem solving skills, and exercise the ability to work well in a collaborative team environment.
• Understand the array of technical constraints, user goals and business requirements that shape a product.
• Demonstrate ability to work collaboratively with Program Management, Development, Product Planning, Brand, Marketing and Usability.
• Proficiency with Figma or Sketch with an understanding of rapid prototyping platforms such as Invision or Principle.
• Experience working within and contributing to a structured design system.
• Additional proficiency and experience in any of the following skills: information visualization, illustration, motion graphics and animation, video.

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