Our team is seeking a talented Senior Product Designer to help define and design compelling experiences that empower people to achieve more together. You will shape the direction of the core framework and extensible experiences for Microsoft Teams, the chat-based collaboration app that is changing how people work together. 

　　Our design team is a highly collaborative group of user researchers, engineers, and product designers. We value creativity, openly sharing ideas, and having fun while we work. Most of all, we’re motivated by our millions of users. We want them to love our products. 

　　As a Senior Product Designer on our team, you can conceptualize the big picture as well as drive detailed design development for collaboration and communications user experiences. You should have a demonstrated record of innovative thinking, a history of using design to drive new ideas and the ability to help others to make the right design decisions.  

　　At the core of this job, candidates will help work directly with other design teams inside of Microsoft, to drive shared experiences inside and outside of the Teams app, as well as improve the general craftsmanship of the product in a tactical way across mobile and desktop. Candidates will be working very closely with developers to implement high quality, well-crafted, design-led initiatives.  

　　Candidates should be able to articulate their thinking using a variety of mediums from design mocks, interaction flows to detailed prototypes and specifications. Candidates will need to show attention to detail and interest in the work produced. 

　　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

　　You will own experiences from end to end, mentor fellow team members and provide feedback on the design thinking and ways to frame the problem space to illicit provocative discussions and paths forward. Sets the appropriate context for a given problem space, whether it is critical data on the competitive landscape, user quotes, market opportunities or pressures, and articulate what success means, before addressing potential solutions. Aligns stakeholders at every phase of the project. 

　　Communicates and sets a cadence to sync with critical stakeholders, while simultaneously helping people not have meeting overload. Works practically with others and can identify how to get the most out of someone and have fun driving the project together as a team. 

　　Interacts with engineering for successful design implementation and performs Quality Audits (QAs) to help them ensure delivery of design Plan of Record (POR). Demonstrates ability to challenge limitations, negotiate with Engineering, adjust Engineering schedules, find alternatives, and make cases for designs to be implemented a certain way. 

　　Generates and can lead ideas to solutions for complex design problems (e.g. involving many constraints, needing workarounds, requiring holistic view of interconnected systems) to deliver sophisticated and elegant product design solutions. Utilizes a variety of perspectives when ideating (e.g. experience, technology, user research, business).

　　Synthesize complex ideation solutions to concise articulation of user wants and subsequent solutions.  

　　Be an advocate for your design solutions by putting the audience in context of business and user goals.  

　　Be self-directed and highly organized. Highly motivated and driven to get the details right. 

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

　　Qualifications

　　Required/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). 

　　Preferred Qualifications  

　　An online design portfolio demonstrating job related experience

　　Ability to prototype  

　　History of working with engineers to implement and test solutions 

　　Ability to breakdown a design vision into a phased plan to implement 

　　Experience working with and presenting to executives/senior stakeholders  

　　Experience designing cross platform 

　　Software design experience 

　　Graphic/visual design experience 

　　Proficient in Figma 

　　Ability to clearly articulate customer value on any feature or user experience design 

　　Cross-team communication, presentation, persuasion, negotiation skills to get buy-in on your design 

　　Conflict resolution 

　　Creativity 

　　Experience working directly with users, running studies, or collaborating with a researcher 

　　Product Design IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $104,000 - CAD $193,200 per year.

　　Find additional pay information here: Canada pay information | Microsoft Careers (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html)

　　Microsoft 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) .