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About the role
As a Team, we can answer common questions about what a capability is, where it belongs, and what it should be called without requiring a bespoke review meeting. Our shared decisions include clear ownership, rationale, and examples, along with a defined path to revisit them as products and models evolve. The HIG is embraced across participating product groups and is reflected consistently in both human-readable guidance and encoded rules. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelors + 15 years of related experience, or Masters + 12 years of related experience, or PhD + 8 years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience
- 10+ years of experience in product design, information architecture, design systems, content architecture, or a closely related discipline, including principal-level or equivalent scope
- Experience shaping information architecture for complex digital products/platforms, including taxonomies, naming systems, conceptual models, and capability placement rules
- Experience creating or stewarding multi-team design guidelines, standards, or governance frameworks used across organizations
- Experience applying generative AI, agents, or automation to research synthesis, content operations, prototyping, or quality evaluation workflows
More about this role
The application window is expected to close on: 11/30/2026
Cloud Control brings Cisco’s products and platform capabilities together in a shared experience for customers, partners, and AI agents. As Principal Designer for Cloud Control Guidelines & Governance, you will steward the Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) that help teams decide what capabilities are, where they belong, what they are called, and how they work together.
You will take the HIG from its first version to an adopted, evolving capability. This is a highly leveraged individual contributor role: you will build alignment across design, product, engineering, Studio, and product organizations without relying on formal authority. You will bring these partners together as an X-Team or guild and create shared decisions and working practices that let teams move with greater clarity and autonomy.
We expect an AI-first way of working. You will use AI tools and agents to expand your capacity across research synthesis, change management, prototyping, content operations, and validation. You will combine that leverage with strong design judgment, relationship building, and clear accountability.
As a Team, we can answer common...
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