Microsoft Corporation is hiring : Senior UX Researcher in Redmond

Overview

Join us in growing the Microsoft Compass Program and help shape the future of Copilot!

The Microsoft Compass Program is a customer engagement R&D program that serves Microsoft’s Experiences & Devices division (imagine : all our collaboration experiences including Office, Teams, OneDrive / SharePoint, Windows, Devices, and more). The Compass program includes more than 100 of Microsoft’s strategic enterprise customers from around the world and was the first place Microsoft customers could test Copilot in our AIX00.

We are looking for a Senior UX Researcher, that specializes in program managment and operations, to join our team! As a Senior UX Researcher on the Compass team, you will be a key part of a team that enables the growth and operation of Compass, including our AIX00 panel where our key customers work closely with us to define the future of Copilot and generative AI.

In this role you will help us manage and engage a selection of our 100 Compass customers and help ensure our feature teams are ready to participate in our flagship preview program.

You will also work with many of our product groups within Experiences and Devices to ensure technical readiness to participate in our AIX 00 panel for M365 Copilot, coordinate customer communications around upcoming previews, and set up a demo tenant for our team.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Drive a mutually beneficial product development relationship with customers in the Compass program. This entails ensuring the customers meet program obligations for engaging in our research activities and navigating the complexity of when they disengage.
• Work to expand the footprint of Compass activities within our customers and continuously work to create programs that involve more non-IT end users in our product-making research.
• Act as a customer advocate and champion : Ensure customer needs are well understood, well-socialized and acted upon by product teams, provide value add assistance to customer where required.
• Maintain relationship health through recurrent, predictable interactions.
• Ensure account team has visibility into Compass activities and is leveraged as issues arise, and that we present to the customer as One Microsoft.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

UX Research 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 :

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 21st, 2025.

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.

Benefits / perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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