Product Designer

Overview

We are a team of UX professionals spanning Product Design, UX Research, Content Design, and UX Engineering. Together with our PM and Engineering partners, we create product experiences that are trusted, human-centered, and easy to use, enabling users to manage, protect, and secure their digital environments with peace of mind.

Security is a top priority in today's world of digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and complex digital estates. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place by reshaping security and empowering every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that offers end-to-end, simplified solutions.

The Microsoft Security organization supports Microsoft's broader mission by securing technology platforms, devices, and clouds—both for customers and internally. Our culture emphasizes a growth mindset, inspiring excellence, and empowering teams to deliver life-changing innovations that impact billions globally.

Data Security, Compliance, Governance, and Privacy are major enterprise concerns. Microsoft Purview is a recognized leader in this space, rapidly innovating to design experiences that serve both security professionals and consumers.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, HCI, UX, Interaction Design, or related field
• OR equivalent experience (e.g., working in product/service design or using design thinking to solve problems)
• Proficient in Figma

Preferred

• Bachelor's + 2 years, OR Master's + 1 year in product/service design
• OR equivalent experience
• 1+ years experience shipping products/services/games through an end-to-end design process

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Security Screening Requirements

This role requires passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Responsibilities

• Define design needs for a set of products/experiences using user insights and business goals. Identify both spoken and unspoken needs, synthesize user insights with data, and collaborate with PM and Engineering to drive end-to-end experiences.
• Leverage ideation methodologies, considering business, user, and tech perspectives. Facilitate design sprints and convert ideas into actionable solutions.
• Prototype features efficiently, present concepts to teams/customers for feedback, and iterate based on user needs.
• Collaborate across disciplines to ensure design solutions align with business, technical, and user requirements. Work closely with developers to maintain alignment between specs and implementation, understanding and challenging technical constraints where necessary.
• Use and contribute to the design system (templates, icons, UI controls, navigation, trends), and support knowledge-sharing among peers.
• Communicate proactively within the team and across stakeholders, setting context and ensuring alignment throughout the product lifecycle.
• Recognize user needs, contribute design ideas, and craft compelling narratives to support product direction.
• Partner within the triad/quad (Design, PM, Dev) to define and iterate on new/existing features. Support multiple studies and deliver design outcomes in collaboration with the team, while contributing to the success of others.