Senior Product Designer

Overview The Fluent Design System team is redefining Microsoft 365u2019s design system for the AI era. As M365 Copilot evolves into a rich, multimodal productivity platform, Fluent is transforming from traditional design systems into an adaptive, model-aware design foundationsu2014one that blends GUI precision with generative, context-aware behaviors at scale. As a Senior Product Designer, you'll help shape the future of how AI-native experiences are designed, built, and sustained at an ecosystem-level. This role sits at the intersection of design, engineering, and emerging AI systems, with direct influence over the patterns, primitives, and architectural decisions that power M365 Copilot and the broader Microsoft ecosystem. Youu2019ll work within X3, a global, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to bringing humanity, clarity, and trust to AI-powered experiences. Fluent is a critical layer in that missionu2014providing the shared language, systems thinking, and technical rigor needed to ensure quality, coherence, and craft as AI reshapes productivity software. What Youu2019ll Do As a senior individual contributor, youu2019ll operate both strategically and hands-onu2014driving foundational decisions while actively prototyping and exploring whatu2019s next. + Shape Tokenu2011Driven System Foundations: Contribute to the design token strategy across taxonomy, naming, governance, and lifecycle managementu2014ensuring Fluentu2019s foundations are coherent, scalable, and resilient across platforms, themes, and future system evolution. + Systematize Visual Language with Intent: Help define and refine Fluentu2019s design language through art direction and systemization of color, typography, spacing, motion, and stateu2014balancing expressive craft with repeatable, tokenized structure. + Elevate Craft at the System Level: Apply strong visual design judgment to evolve core system primitives, raising overall UI quality, consistency, and polish across Microsoft experiences. + Translate Design Intent into Scalable Systems: Bridge visual design and implementation by translating design intent into tokenized abstractions that scale across platforms, modes, and themes without losing nuance or clarity. + Partner Deeply with Engineering: Work closely with engineers to ensure tokens and foundations are implementable, versioned, and integrated into designu2011tou2011code workflowsu2014supporting durability, performance, and adoption at scale. + Define Clear Guidance for Adoption and Contribution: Create practical guidance for token usage, contribution models, and system adoptionu2014helping teams use Fluent correctly, confidently, and consistently. + Lead Through Influence and Alignment: Align designers, engineers, PMs, and accessibility partners around shared system decisions, using influence, clarity, and collaboration to drive coherence across the ecosystem. Why This Role Matters Fluent is more than a visual systemu2014itu2019s the connective tissue for how we work together. It's what allows Microsoft 365 to move fast without fragmenting. In this role, youu2019ll help ensure that as AI accelerates whatu2019s possible, the experience remains cohesive, intuitive, and deeply human. If youu2019re excited by re-architecting design systems for an AI-first world, influencing how models and interfaces work together, and building foundations that millions rely on every day, this team may be the right place for you. Microsoftu2019s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We work with a growth mindset, lead with empathy, and build inclusive systems that help people thriveu2014at work and beyond. Responsibilities + Contribute to the design token strategy, including taxonomy, naming, governance, and lifecycle management. + Contribute to art direction & systematizing design language elements + Apply strong visual design craft to evolve system foundations and raise overall UI quality. + Translate visual design intent (color, type, spacing, states) into tokenized systems that scale across platforms and themes. + Partner deeply with engineers to ensure tokens are implementable, versioned, and integrated into designu2011tou2011code workflows. + Define clear guidance for token usage, contribution, and adoption across teams. + Lead through influence u2014 aligning designers, engineers, PMs, and accessibility partners on shared system decisions. Qualifications Required/minimum Qualifications: + Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 4+ years experience working in product or service design + OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 5+ years experience working in product or service design + OR equivalent experience. Product Design IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations. (

Created: 2026-03-09