Principal Designer: AI-Driven HIG & Governance

Cisco Systems, Inc; San Jose (CA); Sur place; USD 234 000 - 330 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Principal Designer for Cloud Control Guidelines & Governance to steward the Human Interface Guidelines, guiding capabilities, naming, and placement across product groups.

This role drives alignment across design, product, engineering, Studio, and product organizations without formal authority. You will lead the cross-functional HIG X-Team, leverage AI tools for research synthesis, change management, prototyping, and validation, and ensure accountability with

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications include: Bachelors + 15 years of related experience, or Masters + 12 years, or PhD + 8 years, or equivalent related work experience.
• 10+ years of experience in product design, information architecture, design systems, content architecture, or closely related discipline, including principal-level scope.
• Experience shaping information architecture for complex digital products/platforms, including taxonomies, naming systems, conceptual models, and capability placement rules.
• Experience creating or stewarding multi-team design guidelines, standards, or governance frameworks across organizations.
• Experience applying generative AI, agents, or automation to research synthesis, content operations, prototyping, or quality evaluation workflows.

Responsabilités

• Lead the evolution of Cloud Control’s HIG from an initial framework into an adopted, continuously improving capability used across product groups.
• Define and govern information architecture, taxonomy, naming, and experience rules to enable faster, clearer product decisions.
• Establish and run a cross-functional HIG X-Team/guild to drive contribution pathways and escalation across organizations.
• Partner with design systems, Studio engineering, and product teams to convert guidance into machine-readable rules and evaluation criteria.

Connaissances

Product design

Information architecture

Design systems

Content architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Generative AI

Governance

Formation

Bachelors + 15 years of related experience

Masters + 12 years of related experience

PhD + 8 years of related experience

Equivalent related work experience

Description du poste

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Principal Designer for Cloud Control Guidelines & Governance to steward the Human Interface Guidelines, guiding capabilities, naming, and placement across product groups.

This role drives alignment across design, product, engineering, Studio, and product organizations without formal authority. You will lead the cross-functional HIG X-Team, leverage AI tools for research synthesis, change management, prototyping, and validation, and ensure accountability with