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Principal Designer – Information Architecture

ArchitectArchitectFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 10,001+Since 1984H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Canada

Posted

1 day ago

Salary

$194.9K - $247.2K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglishCloudCyber Security

Job Description

Principal Designer – Information Architecture

Cisco

• Define information architecture frameworks, taxonomies, conceptual models, and navigation structures that support Cisco Security products and platforms. • Partner with design, product management, and engineering teams to establish consistent terminology, object models, and user experience patterns across multiple product areas. • Develop information architecture strategies that align customer outcomes with underlying security architectures and capabilities. • Create persona-based frameworks and customer journey models that inform product experiences across multiple user types and workflows. • Influence platform-level navigation, content organization, and cross-product experiences across Cisco Security surfaces and management environments.

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years of experience, Master’s degree and 12+ years of experience, or PhD and 8+ years of experience in information architecture, user experience design, product design, human-computer interaction, or a related field.
  • Experience defining information architecture frameworks, taxonomies, navigation systems, or conceptual models for enterprise software products.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams that include design, product management, and engineering organizations.
  • Experience designing or supporting multi-product platforms, enterprise applications, cloud services, networking, security, or infrastructure software products.
  • Experience creating user-centered frameworks using research, personas, customer journeys, or jobs-to-be-done methodologies.
  • Experience supporting large-scale platform consolidation, product integration, or multi-product user experience initiatives (preferred).
  • Experience developing information architecture strategies for cybersecurity, networking, cloud infrastructure, identity, or enterprise software solutions (preferred).
  • Experience establishing governance models, controlled vocabularies, design systems, or cross-product experience standards (preferred).
  • Experience presenting recommendations and influencing decisions with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders (preferred).
  • Contributions to the user experience, information architecture, design, or technology community through publications, speaking engagements, teaching, mentoring, or professional organizations (preferred).

Benefits

  • medical, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
  • paid parental leave
  • short and long-term disability coverage
  • basic life insurance
  • paid time away including 10 paid holidays plus 1 floating holiday, 1 paid day off for birthday, year-end holiday shutdown, 4 paid days off for personal wellness, 16 days of paid vacation for non-exempt employees, flexible vacation time off for exempt employees, sick time off
  • optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
  • grants of Cisco restricted stock units for eligible employees

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