Product Design Manager

The application window is expected to close on March 30, 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 Security Design Organization is at the forefront of designing AI-driven security solutions that protect businesses, hospitals, schools, and governments. Our mission is to make the digital world a safer place by creating intuitive and effective security products. As part of this team, you'll work alongside world-class designers, product managers, and engineers to craft seamless user experiences for AI-powered security solutions. You'll be joining a team that values inclusivity, collaboration, and innovation, ensuring that our products deliver real impact to our customers.

Your Impact

As a Product Design Manager, you will play a key role in shaping the future of AI-driven security products. Your leadership will drive design excellence, user experience innovation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure our security products are user-friendly, effective, and impactful. We are looking for a strong product designer first and foremost, capable of going deep into design challenges while coaching and guiding others as needed. This role requires a hands-on approach to ensure high-quality execution and strategic design leadership. You will collaborate with a globally distributed design team, working across multiple time zones to drive cohesive user experiences.

• Lead and mentor a team of designers, ensuring high standards of design craft and execution.
• Drive user-centered design strategies for AI security products, collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers.
• Shape the overall product strategy by applying domain expertise and advocating for human-centered design.
• Be responsible for hiring, performance reviews, rewards planning, and professional development of the design team.
• Present compelling design narratives to stakeholders, influencing product direction with strong storytelling and communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree + 8 years of related experience, or Master's degree + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience.
• Experience in Interaction Design, Information Architecture, and Visual Design to create human-centered product experiences.
• Experience leading and mentoring designers while driving strategic design initiatives.
• Proven experience to manage and execute multi-quarter, cross-functional projects involving product, engineering, and research teams.
• Strong experience in design research methodologies to facilitate collaboration, problem-solving, and user-driven decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing for enterprise security or SaaS products.
• Knowledge of AI-powered interaction design and data visualization techniques.
• Background in startup environments or design agencies with hands-on experience.
• Proficiency in industry-standard design tools such as Figma, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience leading hiring activities and team development, including interviewing and performance evaluations.
• Strong storytelling and communication skills to articulate design decisions effectively.

#WeAreCisco

#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our

technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer-80 hours each year-allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!