Senior Product Designer

Purpose and Overview

Acquired by Microsoft in 2021, Viva Goals is a category-leading product that helps employees set and track their goals, align them with their team and organization, and get feedback and recognition along the way. As part of Viva, Goals has an awesome opportunity to build a massive business from the ground up and bring purpose, happiness, and productivity to millions. 

You will have:

Autonomy and freedom to innovate 

• Choice of the best open source and Microsoft-internal technology 
• The ability to experiment, A/B test, and make data-driven decisions 
• Tons of opportunities for outsized impact as part of a small but mighty team on a rapidly growing product 

At the same time, you also have the benefits of working at a top-tier tech company like Microsoft:

• Compensation, benefits, and perks 
• Internal resources, technology, and opportunities for learning and growth 
• Brand and networking 
• Opportunity for massive scale as part of a suite with hundreds of millions of users 

Responsibilities

• Guide and execute strategic design deliverables for multiple feature areas across a suite of products 
• Help solve complex design problems simply and intuitively, blending brand personality, interactions, and visuals to create delightful experiences 
• Represent Viva + Goals design to partner product and engineering teams across Microsoft 
• Work closely and constructively with product management, visual and interaction designers, writers, engineers, and user researchers to iterate and deliver flawlessly. 
• Advocate for design in context of business and user goals 
• Contributes to the use and adoption of latest design system to ensure products are aligned with company-wide systems 

Requirements (Required/Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 5+ years experience working in product or service design 
• OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 4+ years experience working in product or service design 
• OR equivalent experience (e.g., experience using design thinking to solve problems). 
• Applications must include a design portfolio demonstrating thorough and polished end-to-end customer journeys. Applications without a portfolio will not be considered. 
• A desire to collaborate with other designers on strategic solutions and a willingness to share your work openly for feedback and improvement. 
• Adaptability to the changing needs of a rapidly evolving business and flexibility to quickly change direction, iterate, and learn. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Customer-centric mindset with experience turning abstract concepts into reality 
• Firm grasp of Figma for design and prototyping 
• An understanding of accessibility and inclusive design 
• Ability to represent your work to cross-disciplinary team members, stakeholders, and leadership with excellent presentation skills and storytelling. 
• Experience creating a variety of design artifacts, including, but not limited to, user scenarios, task flows, conceptual models, annotated wireframes, prototyping, creative briefs, competitor analysis, and heuristic analysis 

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We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. When we show up, we achieve more together.

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