Principal Product Designer: Networking Journeys

Cisco Systems, Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 234,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Networking UX seeks a Principal Product Designer to shape complex, cross-product journeys. You will partner with Networking teams and Cisco Cloud Control, using customer insight to define high-value opportunities and tangibly express direction through narratives and prototypes.

You will drive collaboration with product, engineering, research, data, and AI teams to deliver coherent experiences that scale across Cisco’s networking portfolio.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating interaction design, visual design, information architecture, and prototyping.
• Experience leading complex product design work across multiple teams, subject areas, or products from discovery through delivery and iteration.
• Experience using AI to synthesize research, explore and prototype ideas, and validate design direction.

Responsibilities

• Design and prototype critical parts of the experience, moving from portfolio-level direction to detailed interaction, visual design, IA and data visualization.
• Collaborate with Networking teams and Cisco Cloud Control to ensure critical journeys are thoughtfully designed and delivered.
• Translate customer context and technical depth into decisions that feel coherent and integrated across products.
• Lead validation, production partnership, delivery, and iteration to ensure clear, intentional experiences.

Skills

Interaction design

Visual design

Information architecture

Prototyping

AI in design

Design leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Cisco Networking UX seeks a Principal Product Designer to shape complex, cross-product journeys. You will partner with Networking teams and Cisco Cloud Control, using customer insight to define high-value opportunities and tangibly express direction through narratives and prototypes.

You will drive collaboration with product, engineering, research, data, and AI teams to deliver coherent experiences that scale across Cisco’s networking portfolio.