Cisco

Lead Product Designer – AI and Platform Experience

Cisco
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $171,600 - $245,000 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing AI-powered enterprise platforms, focusing on interaction design, information architecture, and visual design. Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence product direction while delivering cohesive user experiences.

Highest-signal resume keywords
AI-Powered Product DesignInteraction DesignCross-Functional CollaborationEnterprise Platform ExperienceAI-Assisted Design Workflows

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Shape product and design strategy for Cisco Cloud Control, an intelligent AI-first platform uniting multiple Cisco products
  • Design and evolve platform frameworks and patterns connecting multiple Cisco products
  • Define and deliver AI-powered, agentic, and generative UI experiences
  • Apply enterprise platform thinking to create modular, extensible systems that scale across products and use cases
  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Research partners to influence product direction
  • Deliver cohesive end-to-end user journeys
  • Champion interaction design, visual craft, prototyping, and design storytelling
  • Raise the bar for product quality and execution
  • Use AI-assisted design and prototyping workflows to explore concepts, test ideas, accelerate iteration, and communicate complex platform experiences

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 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 complex enterprise platform experiences connecting multiple products or services
  • Experience designing and shipping AI-powered or AI-native product experiences where AI meaningfully shapes the end-user workflow
  • Experience in interaction design, information architecture, and visual design for complex enterprise or technical environments
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Research teams from concept through delivery
  • Experience influencing product or design decisions across teams
  • Preferred: experience designing AI-native products in an AI-focused company, startup, or team bringing emerging AI capabilities into production
  • Preferred: portfolio demonstrating strong visual craft, systems thinking, scalable design approaches, and clear end-to-end storytelling
  • Preferred: experience working on system-level, cross-product platforms powering enterprise-scale solutions
  • Preferred: advanced proficiency with AI-assisted design and prototyping workflows
  • Preferred: awareness of emerging AI and UX trends, including ethical, usable, accessible, trustworthy, and scalable integration

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • Basic life insurance
  • Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, subject to continued employment and vesting periods
  • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
  • 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
  • Paid birthday day off
  • Paid year-end holiday shutdown
  • 4 paid days off for personal wellness
  • 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
  • Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees, subject to availability and business limitations
  • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
  • Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward annually
  • Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
  • Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
  • Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies
  • Opportunities to grow and build through Cisco’s worldwide network and teams

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Hard Skills
Enterprise Platform DesignAI-Native Product ExperienceInformation ArchitectureVisual DesignPrototypingSystems ThinkingDesign StorytellingUser Journey MappingModular System DesignScalable Design Approaches
Soft Skills
CollaborationInfluencing DecisionsCommunicationCreativityProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
AI-Assisted Design ToolsPrototyping SoftwareDesign FrameworksUser Experience ToolsCollaboration Platforms
Industry Keywords
AI TrendsUser ExperienceEnterprise SolutionsDesign QualityEthical Design