TL;DR

Principal Product Designer (AI/Design Systems): Leading the creation, implementation, and maintenance of robust design systems for AI-powered monetization experiences with an accent on UI component reusability, design consistency, and user-centric solutions. Focus on driving design vision, integrating new technological innovations, and ensuring product quality in a fast-paced environment.

Location: Redmond, United States. Starting January 26, 2026, employees within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. are expected to work from the office at least four days per week.

Salary: USD $139,900 – $274,800 per year (U.S. national average). For the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area: USD $188,000 – $304,200 per year.

Company

%hirify_global% Monetization is a customer-first organization building next-generation AI-powered products to serve business goals and drive the future of advertising and monetization in the era of AI.

What you will do

Create, implement, and maintain design systems that enable multiple design teams to ship world-class AI-powered experiences.
Stay aware of new technological innovations within front-end development, design systems, and AI, integrating them into products and design practices.
Collaborate with other product leaders to manage the end-to-end product development process, maintaining accountability for user experience quality.
Exhibit cross-functional communication and dependency management, scoping, and scheduling.
Partner with product teams to define goals and performance indicators, setting up experiments and evaluating effectiveness with data and research.
Collaborate effectively and communicate clearly with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and sales.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, HCI, UX, or Interaction Design AND 6+ years experience OR Bachelor’s Degree in a related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service design.
A portfolio demonstrating experience designing world-class consumer products from vision through launch.
Extensive experience designing, implementing, and maintaining robust Design Systems for a portfolio of products.

Nice to have

Master’s Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, HCI, UX, or Interaction Design AND 8+ years experience OR Bachelor’s Degree in a related field AND 12+ years experience.
Prototype-level engineering experience with HTML/CSS/JavaScript or Python.
Proven track record of setting design vision for innovative products that require bold thinking and risk-taking.
Design Systems experience in a complex, large-scale environment.
Ability to translate vision into well-polished design prototypes.

Culture & Benefits

Friendly, diverse, and fast-moving creative team with an unshakeable dedication to the user, prioritizing quality, meaningful innovation, and polish.
Work guided by core values including Quality, Simplicity, Safety & Security, Evaluation, and Kindness.
Part of Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization to achieve more.
A culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive, built on values of respect, integrity, and accountability.