Principal Designer - Microsoft AI Health

Microsoft Microsoft · Big Tech · New York, NY +1 · Product Design

This role is for a Principal Product Designer on the Microsoft AI Health team, focusing on creating end-to-end experiences for a health AI product. The goal is to empower users and promote positive health outcomes by shipping world-class AI applications. The role involves owning a product area, driving design from concept to launch, collaborating with engineering and AI model training teams, and defining goals and performance indicators.

What you'd actually do

  1. Ship world-class AI applications that delight consumers with an emphasis on craft, quality, trust, and positive user and societal impact
  2. Own an entire product area and be responsible for understanding user needs and behaviors, defining product requirements, managing end-to-end product development, launches and iterations.
  3. Cross-functional communication and dependency management, scoping and scheduling, and seeing through implementation by collaborating with engineering through the finish line.
  4. Find your own path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively.
  5. Translate business goals into strategy, user experience and technical requirements in close collaboration with UX designers and AI model training teams.

Skills

Required

  • Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 6+ years experience working in product or service design OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8+ 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).

Nice to have

  • Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service design OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 12+ 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).
  • A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate shipping world class consumer products from vision through launch.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering to ensure details make it to the hands of the user.
  • Experience that demonstrates proven ability to advocate for design thinking, influence design outcomes, discover problems and tackle them in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.
  • Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team.
  • Ability to own your work in a fast-paced. start-up like environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to ever-changing requirements and deadlines.
  • Proven track record of setting design vision for innovative products that require bold thinking and risk taking.
  • Ability to break large bodies of work into a phased execution plan, and lead a cross-functional team from idea to polished implementation.
  • Experience with diving into research and leveraging both qualitative and quantitative signals for design impact.
  • Experience prompting LLMs, working with generative AI, or a demonstrated curiosity and desire to learn
  • familiarity with the healthcare space is a plus!

What the JD emphasized

  • shipping world class consumer products from vision through launch
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering to ensure details make it to the hands of the user
  • Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team
  • Ability to own your work in a fast-paced. start-up like environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to ever-changing requirements and deadlines
  • Proven track record of setting design vision for innovative products that require bold thinking and risk taking
  • Ability to break large bodies of work into a phased execution plan, and lead a cross-functional team from idea to polished implementation
  • Experience with diving into research and leveraging both qualitative and quantitative signals for design impact