Principal Design Manager | Consumer

Microsoft 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 friendly, diverse and a fast-moving creative team, supporting one another to do the best work of our lives. We are always looking to break new ground with an unshakeable dedication to the user. We are proud of what we build, and how we build it. 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.   

This role will be part of our Monetization Design team,  which is focused on supporting the current and future monetization experiences for Microsoft Copilot, Bing (including Copilot Search), MSN, gaming, and other key consumer surfaces. You 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. 

Our core values guide our work: 

• Quality. We only deliver category-defining products that delight with their ease of use, guaranteed reliability, and beautiful, coherent design.      

• Simplicity. We don’t overcomplicate. Less is more, always.      

• Safety & Security. The highest standards of security, safety and responsibility are non-negotiable across all our business areas.      

• Evaluation. We pay close attention to signals and aren’t afraid to change course when data and our experience tells us to. We are also careful with our metrics, focusing on delivering long-term sustainable value (rather than short-term KPIs).    

• Kindness. Kindness is at the heart of our org and how we conduct ourselves. We care for, and support and respect one another, beginning again and learning every day.   

As aconsumer-focused Principal Design Manager, you will bring the technical skills, leadership and passion that will help us to build the next wave of monetization-centered capabilities for our consumers. You can drive the end-to-end process of setting a design vision and will enable your team to successfully innovative zero-to-one products. You have an abundance of positive energy, empathy, and kindness, in addition to being a highly effective communicator. You are flexible and adaptable, with the ability to move quickly to new methodologies, processes, technologies, and products. The right candidate takes the initiative and enjoys building world-class consumer experiences and products in a fast-paced environment. You pair this energy alongside a genuine commitment to being an exceptional manager who can create clarity and generate energy for their team, helping them to deliver results. You will set vision and provide creative direction along all parts of the design and product development lifecycle. You guide process, practice, and pixels in a way that elevates your team, your products, and our greater organization. 

As a design leader, you are critical to Microsoft’s mission 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.  

By applying to this U.S.  position, you are required to be local to the Redmond, WA or Bay Area and in office 3 days a week.