Senior Product Designer

If you’re passionate about crafting scalable experiences, thrive in complex problem spaces, and bring a systems mindset to design, we want to hear from you. 

The Microsoft AI Design & Research team is a creative community of designers and researchers focused on delivering end-to-end experiences across AI-powered products. From Copilot to Bing to Edge, we design thoughtful, coherent, and inclusive experiences that reach billions of users worldwide. 

We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer who brings clarity to complexity and enjoys working at the intersection of craft, systems, and collaboration. You’ll work closely with product, engineering, and partner teams to shape frameworks and experiences that scale. The ideal candidate combines rigor and flexibility, balancing details with big-picture thinking and contributing to design direction through both leadership and doing. 

You’re someone who’s energized by connecting dots, aligning cross-team work, and guiding others through ambiguity. If you default to building, prototyping, documenting, and refining as a way to move ideas forward—we’d love to meet you. 

 This role is based in Vancouver BC and is a hybrid role with 4x in office weekly. 

Responsibilities

• Contributes to design direction for a core area and helps shape broader experience strategy 
• Leads design on products and systems with moderate to high visibility and complexity 
• Partners across functions to align experiences, improve coherence, and support delivery 
• Mentors peers and junior designers through reviews, onboarding, and documentation 
• Maintains high bar for craft across design, engineering, and PM 
• Collaborates across teams to define patterns, tokens, and interaction frameworks 
• Supports culture through community building, peer feedback, and shared rituals 
• Advocates for accessibility and inclusive design through execution and influence 
• Balances system-level thinking with pixel-level care 
• Communicates clearly through design rationale, storytelling, and thoughtful documentation 
• Embody our culture and values 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 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
• OR 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 equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).
• 5+ years of experience 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 5+ 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).

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong interaction and systems design skills, with a portfolio demonstrating end-to-end thinking 
• Experience in accessibility and inclusive design principles 
• Excellent visual craft and attention to detail 
• Clear and compelling communication skills across design, PM, and engineering 
• Proficiency with modern design tools like Figma 
• Proven ability to lead projects and collaborate across multiple teams 

Product Design IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $114,400 - CAD $203,900 per year.

• Find additional pay information here:
• https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 7th, 2025. 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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