Duo Security
Principal Designer, Information Architecture
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Principal · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$195k-$247kDetected 29 days ago
Cloud PlatformsUX DesignDesign SystemsProduct StrategyCiscoZero TrustResearchMentoringPublic Speaking
About the role
- The application window is expected to close on: 06/29/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
- Meet the Team Cisco Security helps organizations achieve two critical outcomes: securing campus and branch environments and protecting data center environments.
- These outcomes are delivered through multiple security architectures and products that together form Cisco's Zero Trust Security Fabric.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams that include design, product management, and engineering organizations.
- Experience developing information architecture strategies for cybersecurity, networking, cloud infrastructure, identity, or enterprise software solutions.
- Experience establishing governance models, controlled vocabularies, design systems, or cross-product experience standards.
- You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to align customer needs, business objectives, and technical architectures while helping teams deliver consistent experiences across multiple platforms and products.
- In this role, you will: Define information architecture frameworks, taxonomies, conceptual models, and navigation structures that support Cisco Security products and platforms.
- Contributions to the user experience, information architecture, design, or technology community through publications, speaking engagements, teaching, mentoring, or professional organizations Why Cisco?
Requirements
- Experience defining information architecture frameworks, taxonomies, navigation systems, or conceptual models for enterprise software products.
- 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.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting large-scale platform consolidation, product integration, or multi-product user experience initiatives.
- Experience presenting recommendations and influencing decisions with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
- We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale.
- Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
- For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:.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%
- and Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
Compensation
- Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan.
- The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
Benefits
- 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.
- Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.
Company info
- securing campus and branch environments and protecting data center environments.
- As a Principal Designer, Information Architecture, you will help shape how customers understand, navigate, and adopt Cisco Security solutions across a broad portfolio of products and platforms.
- This is a highly visible individual contributor role that partners with design, product management, engineering, and business leaders to create a unified experience across Cisco Security's ecosystem.
- This role offers the opportunity to influence product strategy, drive alignment across multiple teams, and establish foundational information architecture frameworks that support the future of Cisco Security.
- Your Impact As a Principal Designer, Information Architecture, you will define and evolve the conceptual frameworks, taxonomies, navigation models, and information structures that connect Cisco Security products into a cohesive customer experience.
- $208,600.00 - $330,000.00 * For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. ** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
- Cisconians power the future.
- We make impact as a team, innovating fast and fearlessly to create meaningful solutions on a large scale.
- The depth and breadth of our technology doesn't just benefit our customers - it also means limitless opportunities for us to experiment and learn.
- We understand the power each of our unique backgrounds bring when we work together.
- Because of that, we have a global network of thinkers, doers, experts, and curious creators who help one another do their life's best work.
- At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond.
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