ux designer ii

Ready to shape the future of how Microsoft operates its ~$250B+ business portfolio? Are you passionate about AI (artificial intelligence), data, and transformative user experiences? Do you bring energy, curiosity, and a spirited sense of ownership to your work?

The Finance Data & Experiences (FD&E) organization is on a mission to redefine how Microsoft measures, monitors, and optimizes its global business — and we're looking for top talent to join us. This is a unique opportunity to lead with bold ideas, apply cutting-edge technology, and work across Finance, Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, and Product Engineering to deliver high-impact business solutions. You will thrive in fast-paced, cross-functional environments, bring fresh thinking to complex problems, and be eager to learn to take ownership of end-to-end processes and outcomes. Join us and be part of a team that is pushing the boundaries of innovation, taking risks, and implementing AI to drive business excellence.

At FD&E, we foster a culture of customer centricity, innovation, agility, and transparency — and we're building a team that's ready to help Microsoft chart its next chapter in AI-driven business excellence.

As a UX Designer II on the FDE Apps Platform team, you will collaborate with PMs, Engineers, and designers to craft intuitive, scalable, and engaging user experiences across a suite of enterprise-grade financial web and AI applications. You'll conceptualize and design original solutions for complex problems, ensuring simplicity and ease of use.

This role involves working in an agile environment, shipping high-quality experiences, and effectively communicating design solutions across the team. Responsibilities include defining and creating user experiences, generating original ideas, and collaborating to deliver high-quality products within deadlines.

• Partners with creative, engineering, PM, UX research and writing teams to define and iterate on product features
• Owns proactive communication across teams tailoring tone and format for clarity, inclusivity and stakeholder alignment
• Plans and estimates design work incorporating user insights and business needs into end-to-end design strategies
• Builds prototypes of varying fidelity presents to teams/customers and gathers feedback to refine user-centered designs
• Masters and contributes to design systems shares learnings and connects ideas across teams for continuous improvement
• Collaborates with developers for pixel-perfect implementation performs QA and challenges technical limitations
• Builds and maintains tools/platforms listens to internal/external feedback and connects design with engineering for efficiency
• Influences cross-functional collaborators and fosters clarity and impact across design efforts

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 3+ years of design experience.
• Expertise in Sketch, Figma, Photoshop, and prototyping tools.
• Demonstrated experience driving design from concept to implementation, including wireframes, mockups, and developer handoff.
• Strong understanding of design systems, accessibility standards (WCAG), and responsive design.
• Proven ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred (Good to Have)

• Passion for design and strong interaction/visual design skills.
• Experience solving complex design issues and shipping experiences.
• A user-centric approach with the ability to apply research insights effectively.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

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.