Principal Design Director, Platform
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Oct 16, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft AI Monetization is a customer-first organization dedicated to building the next generation of AI-powered products that serve our customers' business goals. Our Design, Research & Content team is a creative community on a mission to create and deliver holistic experiences for Advertisers, Publishers, Sellers and Consumers. By leveraging our deep understanding of the user and our business acumen, we are driving the future of advertising and monetization in the era of AI. Our diverse team works collaboratively to develop products and ideas which impact billions of customers worldwide.We're a small, friendly, diverse and a fast-moving creative team, supporting one another to do the best work of our lives, always looking to break new ground with an unshakeable dedication to the user. We are proud of what we build, how we build it, and that our products define the AI era while earning the trust of our users. We prioritize quality, meaningful innovation and polish, and always root our decisions in research and evidence. We ship regularly, so your work will have real and immediate impact. We are looking for a Principal Product Design Director to lead our Platform team, which is focused on experiences that span our product portfolio, such as Measurement or Sales (CRM) experiences. Your team will work on everything from traditional advertising experiences, to future state explorations that leverages AI technology to redefine traditional ways of interacting with computers and the underlying business models for monetization. Your work will be at the heart of change within the advertising industry. 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. This is a hybrid role, 4x a week in office in Redmond, WA or Mountain View, CA only.
ResponsibilitiesLead a team of designers, creating clarity, generating energy and delivering results.Drive product experience strategy, interaction design, creative direction and craftsmanship for a v1 product.Drive cross-team collaborations between your team and other designers, researchers, product managers, product planners, and developers from early product stages to implementation.Understand the behaviors, motivations, and needs of our customers to develop relevant and impactful experiences.Contribute to strategic product planning via experience roadmaps.Propose creative solutions to complex user experience journeys, drawing on your ability to map end-to-end experiences.Identify new opportunities and generate innovative ideas to improve our processes, products, and culture, influencing design direction and research methodologies. | |