Product Designer, Leader Development
About The Position
Cisco’s Leadership & Team Acceleration team is redefining leader development through a seamless, intuitive, and AI-enabled experience across the enterprise. The Product Designer works at the intersection of design, product strategy, and development to build a connected ecosystem that supports Cisco leaders when they need it. The role designs tools, insights, and critical-moment experiences that help leaders execute business strategy and build high-performing teams. The designer identifies key moments in the leader journey and turns them into product requirements, roadmaps, and personalized development pathways. The role integrates AI tools into leader experiences, translates leadership expectations into digital experiences, and uses research and data to shape and improve learning products. It partners across People & Communities and other functions to ensure learning platforms are intuitive, accessible, and scalable, and measures their impact on individual growth and organizational results.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with at least 7 years of related experience, or a master's degree with at least 4 years of related experience.
- Background in Human Resources, Organizational Development, product/UX strategy, leadership development, or a related field.
- Ability to operate in ambiguity and use shift-left approaches to create structure.
- Demonstrable experience applying design thinking and product management principles to internal organizational challenges.
- Strong understanding of modern, AI-integrated digital learning platforms.
- Proficiency with industry-standard design and research tools, such as Figma, and project management platforms, such as Asana, Airtable, or ServiceNow.
- Track record of driving decisions across cross-functional teams, clearly articulating design rationale, and strategically delegating.
- Expertise in scoping, sequencing, roadmapping, and metrics-tied outcomes.
Nice To Haves
- Excellent communication and strategic planning skills, with self-motivation and a focus on execution.
- Experience translating complex insights into prioritized work.
- A user-centered approach and a strong appetite for continuous learning and professional development.
Responsibilities
- Identify and map key inflection points where leaders need support, translating them into product requirements and development roadmaps.
- Drive integration of AI tools, such as BetterUp AI and MyAgent, into the leader experience, using insights to personalize development journeys and simplify access to resources.
- Translate Cisco leadership expectations and guiding principles into digital experiences, using shift-left strategies to define problems and scope solutions before development begins.
- Analyze qualitative and quantitative data, including leader feedback, behavioral patterns, and stakeholder insights, to map leadership journeys and create personalized learning pathways.
- Create low-fidelity prototypes and user flows that turn complex organizational information into actionable learning paths using tools such as Figma and Miro.
- Partner with the broader People & Communities organization to ensure learning platforms are intuitive, accessible, and scalable.
- Establish metrics to evaluate enablement tools, use data to refine product backlogs, and ensure solutions support leader growth and organizational results.
- Drive decisions across cross-functional teams, articulate design rationale, and strategically delegate.
- Scope, sequence, and roadmap work toward outcomes tied to metrics.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Paid holidays
- Floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- Paid birthday day off
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- Paid personal wellness days
- Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification
- Paid sick time
- Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues
- Optional paid volunteer days
- Annual bonuses for eligible non-sales roles
- Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
