Cisco Systems, Inc. is hiring: Director of UX, Product Experience (San Francisco

Director of UX, Product Experience (Open to Remote, USA) Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. Were proud to say that were the key to enterprise resilience for more than 11,000 enterprise organizations that use our Unified Security and Observability Platform to keep their systems secure and reliable. If you end up joining us, well only ask you one thing: bring your whole, authentic self, what we call your million data points. So bring your work experience, problemsolving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. As a Director of User Experience Design, you and your team will be directly responsible for shaping the experience of Splunks products across the broader ecosystem. You will be part of the Product Experience (PX) organization, reporting to a Senior Director of User Experience. Our mission is to make user experience a true differentiator for Splunkone that drives customer trust, adoption, and longterm value in a rapidly evolving and competitive market. You will balance deep UX craft with systemslevel thinking, helping ensure that core product attributessuch as consistency, usability, scalability, and clarityare experienced seamlessly across the Splunk portfolio. As we have recently joined Cisco you will also be key in helping us find opportunities for integrations that bring even more value to customers. You will draw on realworld experience in change management and culture building to support and mentor a dynamic team as Splunk continues to evolve as part of Cisco. Identifying opportunities for shared value, alignment, and better ways of working will be critical to strengthening our practice and maximizing impact for both customers and employees. Reviewing, critiquing, and elevating design quality and outcomes You will be expected to provide handson direction, insight, and coaching at the project and portfolio level, while also delegating effectively and setting clear expectations. As a people leader, you will build, mentor, and inspire your team, while contributing to the broader leadership of the UX organization and its partnerships across the company. As a teammate you will help break down silos and invest in finding ways to improve our shared culture and product experience practice. Desired Qualities Have experience with strategic planning, prioritization, and goalsetting across functions and business units Operate with integrity, assume good intent, and keep the broader organization and customer impact in mind Have experience evaluating UX maturity and design compatibility in the context of acquisitions or large integrations Love building strong, healthy teams as much as crafting great product experiences 15+ years of UX design experience in B2B or B2C across regulated industries. ~10+ years of leading large UX research or product design teams at enterprisescale organizations. ~ Experience working on classleading products in data analytics, observability, network security, incident management or data visualization. ~ Fluency with design tools like Figma, Adobe Suite, Miro, etc., Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate design insights clearly and persuasively across different audiences and at all levels of the organization (including executive level partners). ~ D. or equivalent experience in User Experience Design, Human Factors, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, User Experience Research, Data Science, or another strongly related field. The starting salary range posted for this position is $230,100.00 to $325,300.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidates hiring location, market conditions, jobrelated skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Ciscos plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and longterm disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Ciscos policies: ~10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for nonexempt employees. ~1 paid day off for employees birthday, paid yearend holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco. ~ Nonexempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for fulltime employees. ~ Exempt employees participate in Ciscos flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations). ~80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next. ~ For nonsales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Ciscos policies. 75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota. ~1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%. ~1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%. ~ Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation. For nonquotabased sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.