Principal Product Designer (AI)

TL;DR

Principal Product Designer (AI): Designing AI-powered products for businesses, focusing on user experience, visual design, and storytelling. Focus on integrating AI into products, prototyping, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Location: Expected to work from the office at least four days per week if living within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S.

Salary: USD $139,900 – $274,800 per year.

Company

hirify.global Monetization (MAI) is building the next generation of AI‑powered products that help businesses achieve real outcomes.

What you will do

• Ship world-class AI-powered experiences that delight consumers with an emphasis on craft, quality, trust, and positive user and societal impact.
• Stay aware of new technological innovations within AI and bring these new innovations into our products and team’s design practices.
• Own the user experience for a product area/domain and be responsible for understanding user needs and behaviors to ensure we have defined the right product requirements and are building the right product.
• Collaborate with other product leaders to manage the end-to-end product development process and maintain accountability for user experience quality.
• Partner with product teams to define goals and performance indicators – both business and customer success metrics.
• Collaborate effectively and communicate clearly with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, sales, and other designers.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 6+ years experience working in product or service design OR Bachelor’s Degree AND 8+ years experience OR equivalent experience.
• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate experience designing world class consumer products from vision through launch.
• Proven track record of setting design vision for innovative products that require bold thinking and risk taking.
• Experience prompting LLMs, working with generative AI, and understanding how to meaningfully integrate AI into products to help customers accomplish their goals.
• Ability to break large bodies of work into a phased execution plan, and lead a cross-functional team from idea to polished implementation.
• Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team.

Nice to have

• Master’s Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service design OR Bachelor’s Degree AND 12+ years experience OR equivalent experience.
• Experience identifying research needs, and then diving into the results, leveraging both qualitative and quantitative signals for design direction and refinement.
• Experience with designing in code (vibe coding) to deliver prototypes quickly, exploring underlying technologies to drive innovation within products.

Culture & Benefits

• Employees who live 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.
• Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
• Come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize shared goals.
• Build on values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.