Job Description

Ethics & Society guides technical and experience innovation across Cloud + AI towards ethical, responsible, and sustainable outcomes. To bring this vision to fruition, we are looking for a passionate UX designer to help drive responsible innovation and principled design thinking through the creation of compelling human-centered experiences.

In this position, you will work hand-in-hand with product teams to drive collective success for program initiatives. You will utilize a mixed methods design skillset, combining traditional tools of user-centered design (e.g., wireframing, user journey mapping, interaction design) with a nuanced understanding of emerging technologies and public perception of those technologies.

Projects will cover a wide variety of modalities and product categories. You will partner closely with stakeholders in design, research, program management, engineering, science, policy, and legal to influence future experiences powered by machine learning and spatial computing. You will be expected to think beyond current conventions and be eager to learn more about the latest technology advances pertaining to artificial intelligence.

Most importantly, you will bring your optimism and pragmatism for shaping technology in ways that benefit people and communities; especially those that have been historically underserved or made invisible. You will also be expected to bring a curiosity about ethics issues related to privacy, security, inclusion, reliability, safety, transparency, and fairness. In turn, you will have the opportunity practically apply that curiosity as a means of shaping responsible innovation at Microsoft.

* Collaborate with User Research to understand the needs and behaviors of affected stakeholders.
* Craft end-user facing UX flows that respect and augment human capability.
* Produce design artifacts at all levels of fidelity and interactivity.
* Explore, iterate, and define solutions through direct customer validation.
* Propose practical mitigations to potential harms by advocating for the people most likely to be impacted by a technology, feature set, or product category.
* Develop repeatable practices that have been validated in the messy world of shipping products.
* Ability to work through an iterative end-to-end design process--including sketches, mockups, and prototypes.
* Strong portfolio showcasing interaction design samples.
* Excellent communication skills that combine respect, openness, and a bias for action.
* Intellectual curiosity to appreciate the complex ecosystems that your designs will operate in.
* Eagerness to operate in a collaborative, transdisciplinary, divergent, and often ambiguous working environment.
* Experience working with technical and timeline constraints in a product design role.
* Bonus: Experience with inclusive design and/or policy development.

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.

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 to askstaff@microsoft.com

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