Senior Product Designer at Microsoft, Vancouver

Designing tools
developers love to use.

Currently, designing AI-powered platform experiences that make developers feel confident, supported, and never blocked.

Jitesh Vats
Hi! I'm Jitesh
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Making complex things feel simple.

Currently designing AI agent experiences at Microsoft

I'm a Senior Product Designer at Microsoft, building AI-powered platform experiences that make developers feel confident, supported, and never blocked.

My work sits at the intersection of AI agents, platform UX, and developer tooling turning complex technical capabilities into clear, guided experiences that anyone can build on.

Outside of work, I'm a proud dad of twin boys. Life's a constant design sprint at home too.

Currently into
Vibe coding AI-native design Agent UX patterns Figma + Claude workflows

Selected projects

Microsoft

Teams Developer Portal

Led end-to-end design for AI-powered agent creation, onboarding simplification, and accessibility.

Case study available on request
Microsoft

Teams SMB Virtual Store

Helping small businesses showcase and manage services remotely in Microsoft Teams.

Case study available on request
Microsoft

Teams Admin Center

Collaboration Insights, Meeting Background Customization, and enterprise admin tooling.

Case study available on request
HqO
PropTech

Enterprise Analytics

14.5k users · 90 hrs/month saved for customer success

Case study available on request
Healthcare

MedRe

Healthcare mobile app

FinTech

Intelligent Decision Tools

Financial planning web app

Where I've worked

Microsoft Mar 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 1 mo
Senior Designer – Teams Developer Platform Sep 2024 – Present
  • Led the evolution of the Teams Developer Portal into an agents-first experience, redesigning end-to-end journeys (Discover → Build → Test → Deploy → Monitor), contributing to ~0.2–0.3 increase in Developer Satisfaction (Dev SAT) and improved activation clarity.
  • Designed and launched AI Agents Sample Gallery and Blueprint flows, enabling developers to start from guided patterns and increasing successful first-build confidence and onboarding efficiency.
  • Improved Slack → Teams migration UX through redesigned IA, pagination, mapping flows, and contextual guidance, reducing friction in complex enterprise migrations for large-scale tenants.
  • Delivered accessibility and craft improvements across the Dev Portal, standardizing color, spacing, typography, and focus behavior to align with accessibility best practices at scale.
  • Partnered with PM, engineering, and content teams to shape Teams AI strategy, including agent packaging, memory, and lifecycle experiences, aligning cross-functional teams on a cohesive agent ecosystem vision.
Designer 2 – Microsoft Teams (Admin & Developer Experiences) Mar 2022 – Sep 2024

Worked across SMB and enterprise admin experiences to design scalable, data-informed tools that empowered IT admins to manage Microsoft Teams more securely, insightfully, and efficiently, balancing innovation with usability for both new and experienced admins.

Product Areas: SMB Admin App · Teams Admin Center (TAC) · Teams Premium · Developer Portal

  • Led UX for the SMB Admin App, shaping it into the default landing experience for new license admins, improving onboarding clarity and reducing setup friction for first-time admins.
  • Designed notifications and dynamic insights, enabling admins to take proactive actions and increasing engagement with key admin workflows.
  • Simplified domain login and calendar sync experiences, reducing complexity and improving successful setup completion for SMB customers managing their own domains.
  • Improved Help & Support and partner-facing experiences, helping admins resolve issues faster and increasing support discoverability and usability.
  • In Teams Admin Center, designed the Collaboration Insights dashboard, surfacing signals like inactive teams and external collaboration, enabling more data-informed admin decisions at scale.
  • Designed features to monitor external access and organizational security, improving visibility and strengthening admin control over collaboration patterns.
  • Contributed to Teams Premium upsell and onboarding experiences, helping admins discover value and improve license adoption and user onboarding efficiency.
  • Designed the Meeting Background Customization experience, a high-impact feature adopted by organizations with strict compliance and branding needs across regulated industries.
  • Led UX improvements for the Teams Developer Portal, making workflows more intuitive and actionable, reducing friction in key developer and admin scenarios.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with PM, engineering, and research to align user needs, business goals, and platform constraints across multiple product surfaces.
Designer – Microsoft Teams (SMB, Meetings & Calling) Mar 2021 – Mar 2022

Designed user experiences for Microsoft Teams, supporting 40M+ SMB users, and contributed to innovation efforts that accelerated remote work adoption and app discoverability through intuitive, accessible design.

Product Areas: SMB · Meetings & Calling

  • Founding designer for SMB Paid Meetings, leading UX from concept to launch and simplifying scheduling and payment workflows, enabling new revenue streams for SMBs and improving end-to-end task completion.
  • Designed conversational flows for SMB Bot, helping users with onboarding and support, reducing reliance on support channels and improving self-service success rates.
  • Created a Virtual Store experience to help SMBs showcase and manage services remotely, supporting business continuity and increasing digital engagement during remote-first adoption.
  • Designed a first-time onboarding walkthrough for Teams and App Store experiences, improving discoverability and increasing feature adoption among new SMB users.
  • Contributed to cross-functional product development with PMs and engineering to align user needs and business goals, accelerating delivery of new SMB-focused features across Teams surfaces.
HqO May 2020 – Mar 2021
UX/UI Designer

Lead designer for the Enterprise Analytics team, driving designs from concept to hi-fi. Synthesized complex data needs into a streamlined UX, automating weekly building data reports and saving the customer success team 90 hours/month. Communicated UX solutions cross-functionally, including C-Suite stakeholders. Product used by 14.5k users across the US.

FigmaMiroBalsamiqPendoNotion
Advice Systems Jun 2019 – Apr 2020
UX/UI Designer

Led design brainstorming and reviews with financial planners, executives, and stakeholders. Solved financial planning problems for advisors and consulting companies by designing financial decision tools. Eliminated manual work by crafting UX to automate client report creation, helping win business deals and generate revenue.

SketchInVisionMaze
Cadabra.ai Dec 2018 – Jun 2019
UX/UI Designer

Designed end-to-end UX of a CRM application, conducting interviews with high-level sales and business professionals to understand current needs. The solution helped multiple user types visualize sales pipelines, gain visibility into customer accounts before and after completed sales, and access real-time data insights.

HTML5CSSSketchInVision
OSRAM Jul 2018 – Nov 2018
Design Intern

Designed and developed dashboards to visualize OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), OTP (One-Time Programmable), LED supplier, and lighting usage data, helping R&D and other departments with analytics. Product used by hundreds of users across the US, Canada, and Germany to track LED supplier and OEM data.

UI DesignSketchHTML5CSSJavaScript

Giving back to design

Judge Feb 2026

FLUI Design Jam

Served as a judge at the FLUI Design Jam hosted by Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Reviewed presentations from the next generation of UX designers, evaluating not just visuals but the logic and reasoning behind design decisions under a high-pressure sprint.

Emily Carr University of Art and Design · Vancouver
Design Expert Mar 2026

Creative Industry Day 2026

Participated as a Design Expert at Emily Carr University's annual industry event, connecting with graduating students across Interaction Design, Communication Design, and other programs. Provided portfolio feedback and mentorship to the next generation of designers entering the industry.

Emily Carr University of Art and Design · Vancouver

Let's build something great.

I'm always open to thoughtful conversations about design, developer tools, and AI experiences. Reach out and let's talk.