Senior Principal Product Manager, Tools

Autodesk is a leader in software that enables innovation in design and manufacturing. They are seeking a Senior Principal Product Manager to oversee the tools portfolio, manage customer feedback, and ensure the integration of tools into broader solutions and services.

Responsibilities:

• Own the tools catalog strategy: which tools are included, how they're categorized, and how the portfolio evolves over time
• Manage the pipeline of field-originated tools through the development process that prepares them for platform inclusion — defining quality, maintainability, and supportability standards
• Make prioritization decisions across new tool development, enhancements to existing tools, and maintenance driven by Autodesk API changes and design tool version updates
• Define and manage the release cycle, supporting up to two releases per tool per year on a rotating schedule as the catalog grows
• Track portfolio health metrics: catalog size, tool usage, customer satisfaction, and maintenance burden
• Own and operate the program — the structured process through which subscribed customers provide input into the tools roadmap
• Manage the customer feedback portal, synthesizing individual requests into common requirements that benefit the broader user base
• Translate customer input into prioritized engineering requirements, balancing customer-requested enhancements with maintenance needs and strategic portfolio goals
• Communicate roadmap decisions and release plans back to customers, maintaining transparency about what's being built and why
• Work closely with the engineering team, primarily based in India and Poland, to plan and execute tool development and releases
• Partner with Solution Product Managers to identify how tools fit into their solutions and ensure alignment between tool capabilities and solution requirements
• Partner with the Services Product Managers to identify tool-specific service opportunities and how tools integrate into catalog services
• Coordinate with Platform Product Managers on how the tool catalog is presented, discovered, and accessed within the platform
• Work with the Content & Knowledge team to ensure tools are accompanied by clear guidance on why and how to implement them in customer workflows

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in product management with progressive responsibility
• Experience managing a portfolio of technical products or tools with an active customer feedback and release cycle
• Experience working with geographically distributed engineering teams
• Strong prioritization skills with ability to balance customer requests, maintenance requirements, and strategic goals across a multi-product portfolio
• Experience with developer tools, platform extensions, APIs, or technical utilities
• Familiarity with software release management and product lifecycle practices
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Has managed a tools, utilities, or extensions portfolio where products originate from the field or from power users and need to be standardized for broad distribution
• Has experience running structured customer feedback programs and translating input into product roadmap decisions
• Has familiarity with architecture, engineering, construction, operations (AECO), manufacturing, or media and entertainment industries
• Understands the economics of tool maintenance — API deprecations, version compatibility, and the cost of keeping a growing catalog current
• Has worked with engineering teams in India and Poland and is comfortable with the communication and planning rhythms that distributed development requires
• Brings a portfolio management mindset — comfortable making trade-offs across many products rather than going deep on one