Principal Design Manager Job at Microsoft
What is Yammer?
Microsoft Yammer and Viva Engage is the industry-defining social network for the enterprise. Millions of employees, including 85% of Fortune 500 companies use Yammer every day, to build community and culture, share knowledge, and connect with their leaders and each other.
Why Yammer?
Yammer was one of the first startup unicorns this past decade and was acquired by Microsoft in 2012. Today, this means we get the benefits of a startup - rapid innovation, cutting-edge technology, outsized individual impact - with the advantages of working for one of the most successful software companies in the world. We work together in small, cross-functional teams - engineers, product managers, designers, data scientists - to design, deliver and operate delightful end user experiences to our tens of millions of users spread across the world.
We’ve always been mission-driven; In this current world, Yammer and Viva Engage has become even more indispensable than ever as employees have a deep need for connection and a sense of belonging. We’ve been growing rapidly and need your help to take Yammer to the next level. #Yammer
You will have:
- Autonomy and freedom to innovate
- Choice of the best of open source and Microsoft-internal technology
- The ability to experiment, A/B test, and make data-driven decisions
- Tons of opportunity for outsized impact as part of a small but mighty team on a rapidly-growing product needed now more than ever
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
About this job
On the Yammer User Experience team, our goal is to help the entire organization build customer empathy and deliver products that customers love.
As Design Manager, you will own key strategic pillars for Yammer and manage a team of Product Designers. You will have a massive amount of influence on Yammer’s strategy, what the product roadmap looks like, and the ability to shape the vision.
Responsibilities
As a Design Manager you will:
- Define and deliver on the roadmap and strategic vision for the Yammer product.
- Demonstrate stellar cross group collaboration, driving decisive action in partnership with others in a large organization and delivering results that depend on other divisions.
- Build strong partnerships and strategic alignment at every level with other product teams within Microsoft, delivering successful outcomes for our customers and the business.
- Lead Go-to-Market (GTM) efforts for your portfolio working with Marketing, Customer Success and Sales organizations.
- Motivate, coach, and grow a team of Product Designers to translate business requirements into compelling end user visions and continually refine their craft.
- Demonstrate attention to detail, collaborating with the research, product develop, and engineering teams to deliver amazing products.
Qualifications
- You must be a leader who can inspire great work from others, committed to ensuring a collaborative & inclusive culture that supports all members to contribute at their best.
- Strong customer focus and a deep commitment to delivering products that create customer value and delightful experiences.
- Humility to be open about what you do not know and curiosity and willingness to learn new techniques, technology, and industry domains.
- Excellent visual and verbal communication skills.
- Creative and inventive spirit, with a passion for great experiences and cloud services.
- Proven experience working through a product cycle from inception to release, leading the team under tight deadlines.
- A track record of successfully leading large mission critical projects, cross company coordination and communication, and building large scale cloud services.
- Self-motivated and detail-oriented, with a strong work ethic.
- 10 years of design or related experience.
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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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