Sr. Product Designer - AI and Platform Experience

Cisco is redefining how users interact with its products through AI-powered, agentic experiences and generative user interfaces. The Senior Product Designer will design and deliver high-quality experiences for Cisco Cloud Control and AI Canvas, transforming concepts into production-ready designs, refining platform experiences, and partnering with Research, Product, and Engineering through implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Transform conceptual designs into production-ready experiences
• Produce detailed interaction designs, specifications, and developer handoff documentation
• Design edge cases, empty states, loading states, and error handling
• Refine existing platform experiences as requirements evolve
• Maintain consistency with established platform principles and design standards
• Partner closely with Engineering throughout implementation, answering implementation questions and providing rapid design support during development
• Monitor engineering channels, proactively resolve UX issues, and validate implemented experiences against design intent
• Produce polished visual design, interaction design, and motion specifications
• Contribute to the evolution of shared patterns and reusable assets while helping maintain quality across shipped experiences
• Use AI-assisted design and prototyping tools to transform ideas into interactive prototypes, rapidly iterate on concepts, and accelerate discovery, experimentation, and validation of complex platform experiences

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of related experience, Master's degree with 4+ years of related experience, or PhD with 1+ year of related experience
• Prior experience in interaction design, information architecture, and visual design for complex enterprise environments
• Experience in visual design, including layout systems, typography, hierarchy, color, grid usage, and graphic composition
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Research teams from concept through delivery
• Experience using AI-assisted design and/or prototyping tools as part of the product design workflow
• Outstanding craft in visual and interaction design, with strong prototyping skills
• Advanced proficiency with AI-assisted design and prototyping workflows, including using emerging AI tools to accelerate ideation, experimentation, iteration, and validation
• Diligent and highly organized, with the ability to work effectively in fast paced delivery environments
• Excellent collaborator with engineers and cross-functional partners
• Ability to execute within an established vision while identifying practical improvements
• Enjoys solving implementation details and polishing experiences through delivery