Job Vacancies at Microsoft Nigeria – 5 Positions

Microsoft Corporation is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Senior Designer
2.) Government Affairs Lead - MEA HQ
3.) PM - Engineering Innovation
4.) Technical Designer
5.) Technical Designer - Web Frameworks

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.

Job number: 939802
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Travel: None
Profession: Engineering
Role type: Individual Contributor
Employment type: Full-Time

Description

• Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Design and UX Research team is looking for a customer-focused Senior Designer with expertise in 3D interaction-design, and experience designing subscription experiences.
• You will conceive, design, and prototype new types of 3D collaborative interactions and end-to-end subscription UX. In the latter, you are familiar with various types of subscription funnels, and you have experience in customer-acquisition, conversion, and retention. In designing these experiences, you embrace customer-requirements and data, leveraging customer-feedback, website metrics, and A/B testing to understand where the experience is succeeding, where it needs to be improved, and removing friction points that hinder a seamless UX. This is a mix of art and science.
• In all areas, you will collaborate closely with other designers (interaction, tech-design, and tech-art), researchers, and other engineering and marketing disciples.

Responsibilities
As a Senior Designer, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Design, prototype, and help build seamless interactions and subscription-services for Mixed Reality
• Provide strategic-design thought-leadership, for example with ‘user-journeys’ that span multiple devices, audiences, platforms, and technologies
• Embrace data and customer-feedback, and use them to improve your designs
• Effectively communicate the status of projects and services across the working-team and organization
• Seek out, understand, and leverage the best-practices and learnings of other subscription UX across Microsoft (for example, Xbox Live, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365)
• Champion and evangelize the teams’ efforts throughout the organization
• Identify risks in advance and drive the team towards successful resolution.
• Be a positive, collaborative, and creative force on the team.

Qualifications
Required:

• BA / BFA in Service Design, Interaction design or equivalent industry experience
• 5+ years of experience as a service designer, interaction designer, or related experience.
• At least 1-2 years of experience in services, Live Ops, or sustained engineering.
• Technical acumen and expertise. An understanding of designing, prototyping, building, delivering, and maintaining applications and services for high availability, resiliency, and performance in a dynamic environment.
• Expertise with 3D design software, prototyping tools, and dev-frameworks. Unity expertise required, and familiarity with game engines like Unreal, and web-frameworks like React, is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to understand what resonates with users and creators and ability to translate consumer and business goals into end-to-end feature plans (scenarios, functional specs, schedules).
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and able to build consensus among diverse stakeholders. Be comfortable presenting and demonstrating products for large and small audiences.
• Proactively seeks and gives feedback.
• Self-motivated, flexible, and results driven.

Preferred:

• Expertise with AWS, Azure, PlayFab, and/or Xbox Live services.
• Connecting Cloud Services – leveraging the power of the Cloud through service integration
• Designed a service for an experience-based product that has shipped
• Storyteller – proficient in storyboarding to showcase the end-to-end user experience
• Experience in Marketing or working closely with marketers is also a plus.

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

• Industry leading healthcare
• Savings and investments
• Giving programs
• Educational resources
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Opportunities to network and connect
• Discounts on products and services
• Generous time away.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• 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.
• 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.

Location: Nigeria
Job number: 887593
Job Type: Full Time

Job Summary

• Microsoft has an immediate opportunity for highly-skilled, experienced government affairs professional to join the Middle East & Africa Headquarters (MEA HQ) team as the Regional Government Affairs Lead.
• The successful candidate will report to the Assistant General Counsel and Head of Legal & Government Affairs for MEA HQ.

Responsibilities

• Strategy/Program Management - You develop strategic goals and execute corporate public policy agenda and/or programs, creating and managing matrixed, highly complex project timelines, budgets, and plans; you are a subject matter expert and assess regulatory and/or legislative impact on Microsoft's goals and objectives; you develop and gather an intelligence network of data and relationship interactions.
• Program Development - You shape Microsoft's policy agenda to address complex governmental issues/affairs and business priorities, and develop and/or recommend highly impactful solutions for advancing the agenda while managing risks and consequences; you develop processes to facilitate program outreach and execution, assessing the feasibility of extending the program to advance Microsoft's policy and/or political agenda.
• Issue Resolution - You advise on and respond to key strategic issues, recommending prioritized actions, ensuring alignment with stakeholder positions, and escalating matters, as appropriate.
• External Relationships - You develop and influence partnerships with coalitions, the Public Sector, and relevant interests groups to achieve desired regulatory and/or legislative outcomes; you lead the implementation of improvements to initiatives based on community and stakeholder feedback; you establish Microsoft's reputation as a globally trusted provider of technology and you assist in navigating and minimizing roadblocks.
• Internal Collaboration - You advocate for and manage policy issues and lead Microsoft's engagement with internal stakeholders related to government affairs; you support senior stakeholders by regularly counselling on public policy, geo-political topics and/or cultural context; you provide direction to teammates and you act as a project lead across countries and teams.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Business Acumen - The ability to understand the parts of the business and their interrelationships. This includes skill in understanding the industry, competition, and expected future developments and challenges, the business's competitive strengths and weaknesses, opportunities to grow the business and reduce operating costs; and awareness of the environment for opportunities.
• Detail Oriented - The ability to attend to and verify the accuracy and completeness of detailed information in documents, on the computer, and/or in other work products. This includes being able to code, file, compile, transcribe, classify, and/or track details from a variety of different sources/problems/issues.
• Cross-Cultural Skills - The ability to conduct business in multiple cultures. This includes the ability to recognize and adapt to cultural differences in work and communication styles across regions or countries.
• Relationship Management - The ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with supervisors, staff, managers, customers, and vendors. This includes expressing empathy and compassion when dealing with the needs and problems of others, being approachable, taking time to address the concerns of coworkers, and treating others with respect and dignity.
• Legal And Regulatory Requirements - Knowledge of the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines, and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
• Political Advocacy, Lobbying and Engagement - Knowledge of public opinion and organized engagement to influence the political process. This includes skill in writing political communication materials and lobbying to compel or persuade key constituencies and elected officials to take action on behalf of the company. This may include regionally specific political knowledge and lobbying skill.
• Technology Policy - The ability to understand, anticipate, and forecast the impact of technology on policy. This includes knowledge and awareness of technology concepts, evolution, innovation, and internal and external technological advancements and trends; and of policy related to technology, including Cloud, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, devices, accessibility, privacy, telecommunications, and internet topics.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in government affairs, corporate affairs, public policy, or government OR Bachelor's Degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, or related field with 4+ years experience in government affairs, corporate affairs, public policy, or government
• Significant policy development or government affairs experience in the legal department of an international company, business, trade association, consultancy, or multilateral organization (or similar experience in an international law firm).
• Excellent written and oral advocacy skills in English.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in developing and managing strategic relationships to advocate and influence public/technology policy priorities
• Familiarity with policy and regulatory challenges facing the technology industry, particularly in the Middle East and Africa.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note:

• 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.
• 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.

Job Number: 934905
Location: Lagos
Travel: None
Profession: Engineering
Role type: Individual Contributor
Employment type: Full-Time

Job Description

• Are you interested in working in the most exciting company in the tech industry in Africa? A global industry leader relentlessly focused on Diversity and Inclusion? A pioneer with unmatched passion for growing, innovating, and expanding the technology ecosystem by investing in growing the awesome talents in Africa? Then Microsoft ADC-West is most likely the place for you!
• At ADC, Microsoft is conducting research, incubation, product engineering and strategic partnerships, contributing to the company strategy and value creation. We are a diverse and an enthusiastic crew of engineers and innovators. We work hard, have a lot of fun, and share a singular goal: to enable every person and organization in the emerging markets to realize the Microsoft promise of enabling every person and organization on the planet to do more.
• Microsoft ADC-W is seeking an individual who will help identify opportunities for game changing innovations with global impact.

Responsibilities

• Strategy Development: Collaborate with stakeholders across the company (engineering, marketing, finance, legal) in implementation of business and product strategy, translate these strategies into a partner plan and identify partnerships that can accelerate our business growth.
• Transaction Execution: Assist in identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing specific inorganic opportunities in support of the broader partner strategy including developing the business case for a partnership (strategic rationales and economics), and assist with structuring deal terms and negotiations. Communicate with internal stakeholders which will consist of Internal ADC and Extended LT team at all stages of the process to secure buy-in and approvals.
• Help drive complex and less complex discussions to fruition to closure while maintaining a willingness to walk away from situations which did not meet the ADC business objectives or introduced an unacceptable risk while adhering to core deal principles.
• Support maintenance of ongoing relationships with stakeholders to ensure compliance and commitments are fulfilled.
• Industry Expertise: Develop industry expertise including competitive and market dynamics, product, and technology trends.

Qualifications

• Planning and Strategy: Business strategy and market development knowledge with demonstrated analytical and business modeling skills
• Passion: Must be passionate about technology and creating great customer experiences and services.
• Positive Attitude: Ability to contribute consistently and positively in a high-paced, fast-changing, and sometimes unpredictable work environment.
• Collaboration: Work with cross-disciplinary virtual teams to help drive key business development initiatives from creation to implementation in partnership with key stakeholders.
• Influence: Ability to influence and drive results in a complex technical and business environment, including ability to communicate and influence various internal stakeholders and across functions
• Key interpersonal traits: Motivation, creativity, adaptability, unquestionable ethics & integrity, and a willingness to take calculated risks
• Minimum of 2+ years of business experience in consulting, investment banking, technology, consumer, enterprise, or related industry.
• Bachelor's in Business or related field or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience
• Internships will be considered as applicable experiences.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Number: 933659
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description

• Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Design and UX Research team is looking for a customer-focused technical designer with the curiosity, creativity, empathy, and engineering passion to define the spatial future of computing.
• As a Technical Designer, you will be focused on bringing our core product experience to life through prototypes, iteration, validation, and final production
• You will work with our interdisciplinary team to turn customer insights into transformative experiences and the design patterns that unify Microsoft’s mixed reality software, hardware, and services
• You’ll explore and demonstrate the path ahead for Microsoft’s MR products with both quick demos and, later, highly refined MR experiences.
• In this role, you will combine the technical expertise of a game engineer with the focus of an interaction designer and the rapid approach of a prototyper
• You will bring your unique perspective to our insights-based process as we seek new ways that technology and our platform can empower people and groups to transform the world
• You’ll lead by making in our highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment, where we test early, test often, and tirelessly push for the best.  You’ll bring your creative and technical expertise to be a bridge between design and engineering, and utilize your hands-on skills to develop the design intent through prototyping and iterative refinement, all the way from concept to completion
• There is no bigger opportunity than defining the foundation of mixed reality computing, communication, and creativity with our team, and we cannot wait to see what you will bring!

Responsibilities
As a Technical Designer you will have the following responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product design, user research, and engineering to create interactive prototypes that explore innovative design concepts, act as reference for customer research, and bring ideas from pre-production to production.
• Seek inclusive and divergent feedback from peers and leads to iteratively improve product experience
• Actively bridge design and engineering, advising design teams on engineering constraints and advising engineering teams on design intent and capturing the desired feel of an experience
• Contribute to broad, shared understanding of experiential and technical factors across all disciplines.
• Collaborate across disciplines to solve deep experiential and technical problems and drive incredible final experiences
• Stay on top of the latest insights and design practices across software, web, gaming, and AR/VR industries
• Be a positive and creative force in the team

Qualifications
Required:

• 3-5 years of experience as a front-end engineer or creative technologist prototyping UX or building shipping experiences in Unity or an equivalent game engine (web, mobile, PC, gaming, or other)
• Front-end development skills with a focus on interaction design, animation, performance, or immersive experiences
• Experience prototyping for MR experiences
• Degree in computer science, 3D design, interaction or equivalent industry experience
• Expert-level experience with game engines such as Unity or Unreal
• Experience with modern app and web UI frameworks
• Experience building or consuming APIs and familiarity with web and cloud infrastructure
• A good understanding of interaction and user experience design best practices and workflows.
• Track record of collaboration
• Fundamental understanding of Interaction Design, 3D design, technical art, and gampleay
• Create rapid prototypes to demonstrate the functionality of your design

Preferred:

• Designed a User Interface in a Virtual or Augmented Reality product that has shipped
• Motion, 3D design, or technical art skills: you bring a refined aesthetic sense to your experiences
• Experience transforming raw input from sensors into enjoyable experiences
• Product design skills: you translate user needs and customer insights into interaction and UD design.

Benefits and Perks

• Industry leading healthcare
• Savings and investments
• Giving programs
• Educational resources
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Opportunities to network and connect
• Discounts on products and services
• Generous time away.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Number: 933653
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

Description

• Our team is looking for a technical designer who cares as much about “how” products are built as the “what.”
• We are focused on designing and building tools that enable developers to create the best experiences possible on our platform
• The Mixed Reality Toolkit has a growing following for both Unity and Unreal. Web technologies are the next frontier
• There is no bigger opportunity than empowering an ecosystem of over 20+ million web developers to begin creating experiences for Mixed Reality.
• Come and join us in delivering the next wave of holographic experiences!

Responsibilities
As a Technical Designer, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Improve the existing Mixed Reality web experience to increase engagement & reduce developer pain (documentation, tutorials, reference).
• Develop a plan to bring multiple web properties into one, shared system.
• Contribute high-quality code components and samples to web-based frameworks and toolkits.
• Partner with industry-leading Engineers, Artists, Producers, and Designers.
• Think across the organizational seams and boundaries.
• Work with state-of-the art next generation hardware, sensors, and software.

Qualifications
Required:

• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Master of app frameworks such as React and Node.js.
• Expert with webGL 3D frameworks like Three.js and Babylon.js.
• Experience designing and delivering projects including consumption of APIs from third parties.
• Experience with content management systems.
• Experience designing and building responsive and accessible web experiences that work across devices and scale for a global audience.
• Ability to understand and contribute to technical documentation.
• Awareness of current and emerging design and technology trends.
• Able to solve cross-browser compatibility issues.
• A fast learner, self-motivated, and focused; with the ability to work independently while bringing together collaborators for feedback and support.
• Excellent listening skills, with an appreciative and collaborative approach to design, and the ability to gather and respond to feedback from partners within design and develop across disciplines.

Preferred:

• Experience in back-end development.
• Familiarity with Game engines (Unity, Unreal) and/or deploying game engine runtimes to web.
• Additional programming language experience, C# and C++.
• 3D art pipeline and creation tool experience.
• GLSL or other shader experience.

Benefits and Perks

• Industry leading healthcare
• Savings and investments
• Giving programs
• Educational resources
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Opportunities to network and connect
• Discounts on products and services
• Generous time away.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online