Cisco Careers

Who we are:

On the Security Design Research team you will work with fellow researchers, product designers, product managers, software engineers, and data analysts to build products that help people connect to the Internet safely everywhere and from any device and meet the security needs of people across organizations and inform the future of security and networking. Our team includes research leaders, researchers and a research operations team that makes research happen. We’re expanding our practice and we are looking for the founding members of our Bangalore research team.  

What you will do:

• Work with teams in India and the US to identify useful research topics and questions and scope studies to answer them, including choosing the best methods and strategies for answering key questions.
• Plan, conduct, and report generative and evaluative research studies in collaboration with partner teams that craft business and product strategy.
• Quickly synthesize qualitative and quantitative data into narratives that help us better understand our customers.
• Partner closely with product management and engineering to bring research findings into product development processes.
• Advocate for our customers’ behaviors, needs, and values to help us build the best tools for them.
• Partner with research ops team to build our research operations practice in Bangalore
• Interest in research operations and willingness to dive into some part-time research ops work

Who you will work with

Our mission is to keep people at the center of our security strategy. Our diverse team includes social and behavioral scientists, psychologists, and designers turned researchers (among others!). We are seeking a collaborative problem solver who is motivated by a good challenge and deeply interested in orienting product development towards the needs of people and the organizations they work within. You are compassionate and self-aware, with a history of building successful working relationships. You are adept at discussing the business challenges, constraints, and decisions you faced in your career as a UX researcher.

Who you are:  

• You have significant research experience including defining and executing end-to-end research projects, with at least some of that experience in an industry setting (e.g. UX/product research, market research, consulting, etc.)
• An undergraduate degree from a 4-year, accredited institution.
• Able to handle areas (user/product/domain) that may be ambiguous or ill-defined.
• Consistent record using multiple research methods and able to explain the rationale for using each one.
• Awareness of UX industry trends, incorporating new research techniques when appropriate.
• Proven experience working successfully across cultures, languages, and time zones.
• An understanding of the product life cycle and how to plan research to have maximum impact.
• Don’t just summarize study data, go one step further to identify significant user needs and/or product issues.
• Ability to clearly articulate ideas, sometimes in various ways to meet the needs of different recipients (written reports, user profiles, scenarios, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with key partners to capture assumptions, prioritize research topics, and identify strategic business needs. This could look like facilitating workshops or running design sprints remotely.
• Desire to solve complex problems
• Experience identifying key research questions and objectives in partnership with product, design and engineering teams
• Contribute to the community, providing support to junior team members, leveraging your strengths to help others grow. Be a part of our thriving UX Research practice, and culture
• Proactive in communicating and managing stakeholders remotely and in various time-zones
• Experience creating and leveraging behavioral data and analytics in your work.

BONUS : Security & networking experience, enterprise UX experience, advanced degree in psychology, anthropology, sociology data science, or a related field.

This is NOT a technical or programming position, although the ability to understand and effectively communicate with technical leads is a plus.

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all.

We embrace digital and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we're "old" (39 years strong) and only about hardware, but we're also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns, and protects. No other company can do what we do - you can't put us in a box!

But "Digital Transformation" is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take the difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world-changing? Be you, with us.