Lead Product Designer — AI-First Platform Experience

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 172,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape Cisco Cloud Control, an AI-first platform uniting multiple Cisco products. You’ll lead end-to-end design—from strategy and prototyping to execution—creating scalable experiences with usability, consistency, and trust across the portfolio.

Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Research teams to drive AI-native product experiences and define interaction patterns that scale enterprise solutions.

Qualifications

• 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 that connect 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, including influencing product or design decisions across teams.

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 closely with Product, Engineering, and Research partners to influence product direction and deliver cohesive end-to-end journeys.
• Champion strong interaction design, visual craft, prototyping, and design storytelling while helping raise the bar for product quality and execution.
• Use AI-assisted design and prototyping workflows to rapidly explore concepts, test ideas, accelerate iteration, and communicate complex platform experiences.

Skills

Enterprise platform design

AI-powered product experiences

Interaction design

Information architecture

Visual design

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD with related experience

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape Cisco Cloud Control, an AI-first platform uniting multiple Cisco products. You’ll lead end-to-end design—from strategy and prototyping to execution—creating scalable experiences with usability, consistency, and trust across the portfolio.

Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Research teams to drive AI-native product experiences and define interaction patterns that scale enterprise solutions.