AI Design Transformation & Foundations Lead

Cisco; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 139,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a senior program manager to lead AI transformation and the Design Foundations initiatives within Cisco Networking UX. You will own roadmaps, governance, and cross‑portfolio readiness, partnering with design, product, security, and engineering teams to scale AI practices.

The role requires extensive experience in design operations and a deep understanding of design systems and workflows, with a focus on measurable impact across portfolios.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with related experience; or Master’s with related experience; or PhD with related experience.
• 6+ years in design program management within a matrixed org.
• Ability to lead cross-functional programs spanning design, product, engineering, research, and ops.
• Experience driving AI transformation across multiple teams.
• Experience creating roadmaps, operating models, docs, reporting and decision processes.
• Understanding of design methods, systems, research, and workflows.
• Experience using AI tools to scale agents, skills, and automations.

Responsibilities

• Drive the operating model that enables Cisco Networking UX to adopt AI‑assisted design practices at scale.
• Own program management for AI Transformation and Design Foundations initiatives, including AI methodology, governance, adoption, and cross‑portfolio design readiness.
• Build roadmaps, milestones, risks, dependencies, and reporting mechanisms to keep AI‑focused workstreams aligned and progressing.
• Partner across Design Foundations, Design Ops, product design, research, engineering, security, AI, and product teams to move AI initiatives from exploration to durable practice.
• Shape how AI work is prioritized, delivered, measured, communicated, and scaled to create measurable outcomes and organizational change.

Skills

Program management

AI transformation

Roadmaps

Design systems

Product design

Change management

AI tooling

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Equivalent experience

Tools

Figma

Jira

GitHub

Design tokens

Research ops

Design-to-engineering

Job description

Cisco is seeking a senior program manager to lead AI transformation and the Design Foundations initiatives within Cisco Networking UX. You will own roadmaps, governance, and cross‑portfolio readiness, partnering with design, product, security, and engineering teams to scale AI practices.

The role requires extensive experience in design operations and a deep understanding of design systems and workflows, with a focus on measurable impact across portfolios.