Principal Program Manager: Platform & Product Operations

Autodesk is seeking a Principal Program Manager to bring clarity, structure, and disciplined execution to their Platform Enablement organization. This role focuses on turning strategic direction into actionable plans and ensuring well-coordinated programs that deliver meaningful outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Guide, coordinate and unblock cross-functional programs with multiple workstreams, dependencies, and senior stakeholders, including work with high executive visibility
• Translate leadership priorities into clear outcomes, plans, milestones, decision frameworks, and quality bars appropriate for VP- and C-level audiences
• Keeping leadership abreast of status, strategic shifts, and trends while raising escalations as needed
• Proactively surface tradeoffs and risks, recommend mitigation strategies, and drive timely decision-making before issues escalate
• Ensure initiatives remain aligned to platform strategy, leadership priorities, and clearly articulated success metrics
• Represent the team with VP- and C-level stakeholders, preparing and reviewing executive-ready materials such as deep-dive decks, strategic readouts, and concise status updates
• Establish and evolve fit-for-purpose planning, tooling, and operating rhythms that reduce friction, rework, and executive churn
• Strengthen quality and review mechanisms so high-visibility outputs consistently meet the expected bar
• Lead planning sessions, retrospectives, and onboarding for a small, high-impact team, while managing priorities, dependencies, and risks to ensure consistent delivery

Requirements:

• 8 -12+ years of experience in program management, business analysis, operations, or related roles with substantial delivery responsibility
• AI-forward mindset with demonstrated adoption of AI tools to accelerate execution, communication, and program outcomes
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from early problem framing through execution and measurable outcomes
• Experience using and maintaining program and portfolio management tools, including Airtable, to track work, manage dependencies, and support clear communication and decision-making across teams
• Strong ability to organize complex problem spaces into clear outcomes, plans, and decision paths
• Systems-thinking mindset with the ability to understand interdependencies and downstream impacts
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience working with executive audiences
• Experience working closely with product and engineering teams in modern software development environments. Knowledge of the software development lifecycle is a bonus
• Comfort learning new technical concepts, tools, and platforms as needed to support effective execution
• Can hold strong opinions loosely, communicate sharply, and inspire confidence through accountability and reliability