Senior Design Strategist
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Senior Design Strategist driving design strategy and execution for Cisco's employee services globally. Facilitating consensus, conducting research, and collaborating on strategic initiatives in the remote role.
Responsibilities:
- Define Strategic Foundations: Develop product roadmaps, Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), information architecture, and user flows that provide clear direction for product development.
- Prioritize with Rigor: Apply desirability, feasibility, and viability frameworks to shape scope early and align stakeholders on MVP requirements.
- Lead Discovery & Facilitation: Facilitate workshops and decision forums across Executives, Service Owners, PMs, IT/Ops, and P&C partners to drive consensus.
- Implement Lightweight Research: Conduct rapid surveys, interviews, and validation studies to de-risk investments and inform direction.
- Prototype & Visualize: Produce lo-fi concepts using our new Design System.
- Drive System Evolution: Identify gaps and advocate for new features within the Design System.
- Orchestrate Design Specialists: Engage UX Researchers and Designers at the optimal stages.
- Ensure Quality & Accessibility: Prioritize ease of use, high quality, and digital accessibility (#a11y) in all product solutions.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of related experience, or Master's degree with 4+ years of related experience
- Background in product/UX strategy, service design, or systems thinking
- Strong command of core UX skills & capabilities (Interaction, Visual, Research, Content, and Information Architecture)
- Proficiency in industry-standard design and research tools (e.g., Figma for prototyping, Maze for rapid user testing)
- Proven track record to drive decisions across cross-functional teams (Executives, P&C, IT, Service Owners)
- Expertise in scoping, sequencing, roadmapping, and metrics-tied outcomes
- Experience using design systems to build products and a proactive desire to contribute to their growth and feature development
Benefits:
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 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
- Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
- Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program
- 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 from one calendar year to the next
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses and performance-based incentive pay
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