Lead Product Designer - AI and Platform Experience

About the role

Cisco’s Platform Experience Group is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join the design team for Cisco Cloud Control. This role is remote within the United States, with a strong preference for candidates from San Francisco or San Jose.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve platform frameworks and patterns that connect multiple Cisco products.
• Define the vision and execution for AI-integrated, agentic, and generative UI workflows across the platform.
• Apply enterprise platform thinking to create modular, extensible systems that scale across products and use cases.
• Collaborate deeply with Product, Engineering, and Research partners to align priorities, influence roadmaps, and deliver cohesive end-to-end journeys.
• Champion visual excellence, design storytelling, and collaboration, helping set a high bar for design craft and execution.
• Use and help advance AI-assisted design and prototyping workflows to rapidly explore concepts, create and test interactive prototypes, accelerate iteration and validation, and communicate complex platform experiences while maintaining strong standards for usability and accessibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related experience, Master’s degree with 6+ years of related experience, or PhD with 3+ years of related experience.
• Experience designing enterprise platform experiences that connect multiple products or services.
• Experience in interaction design, information architecture, and visual design for complex enterprise environments.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Research teams from concept through delivery, including influencing decisions across teams or functions.
• Experience using AI-assisted design and/or prototyping tools as part of the product design workflow.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating strong visual craft, systems thinking, scalable design approaches, and clear storytelling.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and influencing skills across teams and functions.
• Advanced proficiency with AI-assisted design and prototyping workflows, including experience helping drive adoption of emerging AI tools to accelerate ideation, experimentation, prototyping, and validation.
• Awareness of emerging AI and UX trends, with a focus on ethical, usable, accessible, and scalable integration.

Skills

• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and methodologies.
• Experience with design systems and pattern libraries.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, or similar.
• Knowledge of prototyping tools like Marvel, Principle, or Framer.
• Experience with agile development methodologies and iterative design processes.

Benefits

At Cisco, we offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment. The starting salary range for this position is $171,600.00 to $245,000.00, reflecting the projected salary range for new hires in U.S. locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. Additional benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Employees may also be eligible for additional paid time off, grants of Cisco restricted stock units, and performance-based incentives.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $171,600.00 to $245,000.00, reflecting the projected salary range for new hires in U.S. locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

Schedule

This role is remote within the United States, with a strong preference for candidates from San Francisco or San Jose.