AI Transformation & Design Foundations Lead

Cisco; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 139,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) match

Parental leave

Paid time off

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a leader for Design Foundations to scale AI-assisted design practices across Networking UX. You will own program management, governance, and adoption, partnering with design, product, engineering, and security teams to build scalable AI-enabled solutions.

The role emphasizes roadmaps, cross-portfolio collaboration, and driving measurable change in design workflows and outcomes. Strong design systems experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelors+8 years of related experience, or Masters+6 years, PhD+3, or equivalent.
• 6+ years in design program management, design operations, or product operations in a matrixed org.
• Ability to lead complex cross-functional programs across design, product, engineering, research, operations, or platform teams.
• Experience driving AI transformation, adoption, capability-building, or change management across multiple teams.
• Experience in roadmaps, operating models, program docs, reporting mechanisms, and decision processes.
• Understanding of product design, user-centered design methods, design systems, and workflows.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to create and scale agents, skills, and automations.

Responsibilities

• Drive the operating model enabling Cisco Networking UX to adopt AI-assisted design at scale.
• Own program management for AI Transformation and Design Foundations initiatives including governance and adoption.
• Build roadmaps, milestones, risks, dependencies, and reporting to keep AI workstreams aligned.
• Partner across Design Foundations, Design Ops, product design, research, engineering, security, AI, and product teams.
• Shape prioritization, delivery, measurement, and communication of AI work for durable practice.

Skills

Design program management

Cross-functional leadership

AI transformation

Roadmaps

Design systems

Product design workflows

Figma

Jira

GitHub

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Figma

Jira

GitHub

Job description

Cisco is seeking a leader for Design Foundations to scale AI-assisted design practices across Networking UX. You will own program management, governance, and adoption, partnering with design, product, engineering, and security teams to build scalable AI-enabled solutions.

The role emphasizes roadmaps, cross-portfolio collaboration, and driving measurable change in design workflows and outcomes. Strong design systems experience is essential.