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About the Role
The AI Transformation team is reimagining how Microsoft operates in the age of AI by transforming critical workflows and bringing people, AI agents, and systems together. We are hiring research scientists to study how agents are changing work, roles, judgement, and decision-making, informing the design of human and AI systems and sharing learnings for broader benefit.
Responsibilities
- Co-evolve areas of enquiry and research questions focused on the business and human experience of agentic transformation.
- Identify new and consequential questions as agentic ways of working evolve.
- Lead and conduct research into agentic transformation, shaping the research approach and combining qualitative and other appropriate methods.
- Bring social and behavioural science perspectives, methodological rigour and critical thinking throughout the research programme.
- Develop sustained programmes of enquiry, including longitudinal and comparative research.
- Build evidence on how agents shape the quality of decisions and business outcomes.
- Inform the design of Agentic Transformation by bringing together evidence across related studies.
- Build and sustain collaboration across researchers, design, engineering, strategy, industry experts, customers and external research communities.
- Shape research of wider value from Microsoft’s transformation, developing evidence, frameworks and insights for customers and industries.
- Communicate findings across the research programme clearly and responsibly.
Requirements
- Doctorate in relevant field AND 3+ years related research experience OR Master's Degree in relevant field AND 4+ years related research experience OR Bachelor's Degree in relevant field AND 6+ years related research experience OR equivalent experience.
- Doctorate in relevant field AND 5+ years related research experience OR Master's Degree in relevant field AND 8+ years related research experience OR Bachelor's Degree in relevant field AND 12+ years related research experience OR equivalent experience.
- Experience participating in a top conference in relevant research domain.
Experience Level
- 3+ years related research experience
- 4+ years related research experience
- 6+ years related research experience
- 5+ years related research experience
- 8+ years related research experience
- 12+ years related research experience
Education Level
- Doctorate
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (US)
- USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area)
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.