Lead Product Design Researcher, AI Frontiers

Bazeta

United States

Remote

USD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Microsoft’s Frontier Design team is hiring a Principal Product Design Researcher to lead generative and evaluative research across the product portfolio. You will be a senior, hands-on researcher who mentors others, synthesizes insights, and guides product direction.

You’ll partner with PMs, designers, and engineers to deliver coherent, usable experiences and drive research-informed decisions across Frontier (AI) products and strategies.

Qualifications

6+ years of design research experience
Experience with qualitative analysis and quantitative techniques
Experience with AI product research
Experience with listed research tools (UserTesting, Qualtrics, Dovetail, Maze, dScout)
Ability to influence product strategy through research

Responsibilities

Plan and execute research for designers and PMs, including discovery, validation, and field studies
Lead research synthesis and define implications for design approach
Develop and maintain artifacts like personas, journey maps, and behavioral models
Mentor researchers and advocate for high-quality research practices
Own the research roadmap and collaborate with cross-functional teams

Skills

Design research

Mixed-methods

Qualitative analysis

Quantitative analysis

AI product research

Leadership

Education

Master’s Degree in HCI/related field

Bachelor’s Degree in HCI/related field

Doctorate (Preferred)

Tools

UserTesting

Qualtrics

Dovetail

Maze

dScout

Excel

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

You’ll partner with PMs, designers, and engineers to deliver coherent, usable experiences and drive research-informed decisions across Frontier (AI) products and strategies.

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