Lead Product Designer

The application window is expected to close on Oct 15, 2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

Cisco's Platform Experience Group is redefining how users interact with Cisco's products by building the foundation for AI-powered, agentic experiences and Generative UI that scale across the portfolio.

You'll be one of two founding designers for Cisco Cloud Control - a high-visibility, next-generation enterprise platform connecting Cisco's security, networking, and AI product lines. It's also the home of AI Canvas, one of Cisco's top priorities.

The team is small, dynamic, and deeply collaborative. Designers here work closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers to deliver platform experiences that feel unified across the Cisco ecosystem, combining systems thinking with strong visual craft and execution.

Your Impact

As a Lead Product Designer, you'll define and deliver the design vision for Cisco Cloud Control. You'll bring clarity to complex systems, connect user needs with technical possibilities, and design experiences that scale across multiple products. You'll work closely with leaders and teammates across disciplines to ensure every touchpoint feels cohesive and purposeful.

What you'll do:

• Create and evolve design frameworks that connect Cisco's security, networking, and AI experiences.
• Define the AI-first design vision for Cloud Control, using intelligent and adaptive interactions that simplify work.
• Partner with product, engineering, and research teams to shape priorities, improve workflows, and deliver meaningful outcomes.
• Collaborate within a small, hands-on design team, sharing ideas openly and building from each other's strengths.
• Elevate design quality through clear communication, storytelling, and inclusive decision-making.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree + 10 years, Master's + 8 years, or PhD + 5 years of experience in design or a related field.
• Experience designing cross-product or multi-service experiences that connect systems at scale
• Prior experience in interaction design, information architecture, and visual design for complex, enterprise environments.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with product, engineering, and research teams from concept through delivery

Preferred Qualifications

• Curiosity and experience with AI-supported or generative design workflows
• Proficiency in industry-standard design tools such as Figma, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Background in designing experiences for cloud, networking, or security technologies.
• Work examples that demonstrate visual craft, systems thinking, and clear storytelling.
• Confidence presenting to and collaborating with senior and executive leaders across disciplines.
• A collaborative mindset and commitment to designing for diverse users and teams.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put - we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.