Product Designer 2

Microsoft’s mission is to ‘empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more’. At studio+91 at the India Development Center (MSIDC), we work together across a multitude of disciplines: design, research and design engineering, to empower people all over the planet. Our diverse teams are constantly iterating, solving problems and collaborating with product managers, engineers to craft meaningful and relevant product experiences. Studio+91 is ‘microcosm of Microsoft’ with teams working across Microsoft 365, Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Outlook, Teams, Edge, Bing, SharePoint, Notes and Tasks, Azure, etc. forming and contributing diverse perspectives to the product experiences.

Microsoft 365 mobile app solves for user’s content-based productivity needs allowing them to get to, capture and create content quickly and delightfully on mobile. In addition to Word, Excel and PowerPoint, the focus is very much on mobile content such as Images, PDFs, Voice recordings, and Video, and the workflows around them such as Capture and Create. Microsoft 365 mobile will play a pivotal role in surfacing to the end-user Microsoft’s advances in AI over the last year such as Copilot and AI powered chat to empower mobile content productivity workflows in a delightful way.

We are seeking an exceptional **Product**Designer** with a proven track record for creating usable, seamless, elegant and impactful design solutions, deeply rooted in customer needs. The person in this role will contribute hands-on. This is an exceptional opportunity to reach hundreds of millions of people with your innovative and creative work.

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**:

- ** Collaborate** closely with cross-functional teams — design, product management, and engineering — to define the product vision and ensure high-quality execution from concept to ship.
- ** Build** and communicate design concepts through sketches, prototypes, and presentations to gather feedback and align stakeholders.
- ** Deliver** polished, user-centered designs and detailed specifications that translate seamlessly into consumer-grade experiences.
- ** Uphold** and advocate for design excellence, craftsmanship, and usability within the product team.
- ** Evolve** and maintain the Microsoft 365 mobile design system, enabling consistency and efficiency across distributed teams.
- ** Partner** with global design teams to ensure coherence and quality across features and workflows.
- ** Explore** and implement emerging interaction patterns, especially those driven by advancements in AI, to craft forward-looking user experiences.

**Qualifications**:
**Required Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 3+ 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)

**Other Requirements**:
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.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- A strong portfolio that demonstrates your ability to turn user insights into end-to-end product experiences — showcasing both visual and interaction design skills, and the ability to tell a compelling design story.
- 3+ years of experience designing and shipping digital products, ideally in a product-focused software environment.
- Deep user empathy and a track record of solving complex problems with simple, elegant design solutions grounded in real user needs.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity, with the ability to simplify complexity and bring clarity through design.
- Proven collaboration skills and the ability to build strong partnerships with product managers and engineers to deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills — both visual and verbal — to influence and inspire across disciplines.
- Demonstrated expertise in tools like Figma, Protopie, AfterEffects, Illustrator, and PowerPoint, as well as experience with or curiosity for AI-assisted design tools.
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Product Design, HCI, Interaction Design, Communication Design, Industrial Design, Architecture, or equivalent practical experienc