Lead Product Designer, AI-First Platform Experience

Cisco Systems, Inc; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 172,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Product Designer for Cisco Cloud Control, a unified platform linking security, networking and AI products.

You’ll help shape strategy, design end-to-end experiences, and collaborate with product, engineering and research to deliver scalable, AI‑first workflows. Join a small, collaborative team and influence product direction from strategy through prototyping to execution, with a strong emphasis on interaction design, visual craft, and storytelling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related experience, Master’s with 6+ years or PhD with 3+ years.
• Experience designing complex enterprise platform experiences that connect multiple products or services.
• Experience designing and shipping AI-powered or AI-native product experiences where AI shapes the workflow.
• Experience in interaction design, information architecture, and visual design for complex environments.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Research teams from concept through delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve platform frameworks and patterns that connect multiple Cisco products.
• Define and deliver AI-powered, agentic, and generative UI experiences across the platform.
• Apply enterprise platform thinking to create modular, extensible systems that scale across products and use cases.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Research to influence product direction and deliver cohesive journeys.
• Champion strong interaction design, visual craft, prototyping, and storytelling to raise product quality.
• Use AI-assisted design workflows to rapidly explore concepts, test ideas, and accelerate iteration.

Skills

Enterprise platform design

AI-powered design

Interaction design

Information architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree (related field)

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Product Designer for Cisco Cloud Control, a unified platform linking security, networking and AI products.

You’ll help shape strategy, design end-to-end experiences, and collaborate with product, engineering and research to deliver scalable, AI‑first workflows. Join a small, collaborative team and influence product direction from strategy through prototyping to execution, with a strong emphasis on interaction design, visual craft, and storytelling.