Design Program Manager – AI Transformation, Foundations

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⛰️ Colorado, Illinois, +3 more states – Remote

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💵 $139.2k - $201.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📋 Program Manager

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Cisco

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1984

🔧 Hardware

🔐 Security

🏢 Enterprise

Hardware • Security • Enterprise

Cisco is a multinational technology company that provides networking hardware, software, and services to enterprises, service providers, and governments. It builds routers, switches, optical transceivers, programmable silicon, and edge computing platforms, and offers security, collaboration (Webex), observability, and AI-enabled software and support services to help organizations design, operate, and secure large-scale networks and data centers. Cisco also delivers professional services, training, and cloud-managed solutions to support digital transformation and AI-ready infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Own program management for AI Transformation and Design Foundations initiatives, including AI methodology, AgenticOps, AI education, governance, adoption, and cross-portfolio design readiness • Build roadmaps, milestones, risk and dependency tracking, decision logs, reporting mechanisms, and operating rhythms for AI-focused Foundations work • Coordinate product design, design systems, research, content strategy, engineering, security, AI, and Design Ops workstreams • Establish governance models for AI design practices, including intake, prioritization, review cadences, adoption tracking, and leadership visibility • Partner with Design Technologists and Design Engineers to operationalize practices, tools, agent skills, prototypes, and standards • Track adoption, risks, dependencies, and impact across AI design initiatives and surface decisions and tradeoffs for leadership • Build program playbooks, communication plans, and operating mechanisms • Identify process, ownership, tooling, decision-making, and cross-functional alignment blockers and help create paths forward

🎯 Requirements

• Consistent track record in design program management, design operations, product operations, UX program management, product program management, or equivalent experience in a product-focused organization • Experience driving sophisticated, cross-functional programs across design, product, engineering, research, operations, or platform teams • Experience leading transformation, adoption, capability-building, or change management programs across multiple teams • Experience creating roadmaps, operating models, program documentation, reporting mechanisms, and decision-making processes • Strong understanding of product design, user-centered design methods, design systems, research, or product development workflows • Strong communication, facilitation, partner management, and executive reporting skills • Ability to structure ambiguous problems, navigate opposing priorities, and drive work forward without heavy oversight • Comfort working with AI-assisted tools and curiosity about AI’s effect on design practice, product development, and team operations • Preferred: experience leading AI, transformation, design systems, design quality, design operations, or capability-building programs • Preferred: experience with AI tools, agentic workflows, automation, or new design technology • Preferred: experience with adoption metrics, maturity models, governance frameworks, enablement plans, or organizational change programs • Preferred: familiarity with Figma, Jira, GitHub, design systems, design tokens, research operations, or design-to-engineering workflows • Preferred: experience partnering with security, legal, procurement, platform, or AI teams • Work location eligibility includes U.S. and/or Canada locations

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance • 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution • Paid parental leave • Short- and long-term disability coverage • Basic life insurance • Restricted stock unit grants may be available • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year • 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees • 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday • Paid year-end holiday shutdown • 4 paid days off for personal wellness • 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees • Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter • Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward • Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues • Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year • Annual bonuses for non-sales roles may be available • Sales incentive compensation may be available for sales-plan employees • Professional growth and development opportunities