Lead Product Designer, AI-First Platform Experience (Remote)

Cisco Systems; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 172,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a Lead Product Designer for Cisco Cloud Control, a platform uniting Cisco products under one intelligent, AI-first framework. This is a remote role in the US with a strong preference for candidates from San Francisco or San Jose locations.

You’ll own strategy and design direction, collaborating with product, engineering, and research to shape scalable, end-to-end journeys and AI-enabled workflows across enterprise products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related experience.
• Master’s degree with 6+ years of related experience.
• 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 design

AI-powered design

Cross-functional collaboration

Interaction design

Information architecture

Visual design

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years

Master’s degree with 6+ years

PhD with 3+ years

Job description

Cisco Systems is seeking a Lead Product Designer for Cisco Cloud Control, a platform uniting Cisco products under one intelligent, AI-first framework. This is a remote role in the US with a strong preference for candidates from San Francisco or San Jose locations.

You’ll own strategy and design direction, collaborating with product, engineering, and research to shape scalable, end-to-end journeys and AI-enabled workflows across enterprise products.