Senior Director, Product Management, AEC Data

Autodesk is seeking a Senior Director of Product Management to lead the strategy and development of the AEC Data Model for the Autodesk Forma Industry Cloud. The role leads a product team building data infrastructure for Autodesk’s AEC products and works with customers and cross-functional teams to drive product discovery, delivery, and adoption.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and ensure a holistic, cohesive product vision and strategy for AEC data that powers Autodesk Forma industry cloud
• Partner closely with business strategy and sales to align on market opportunities
• Drive focus on what will make the most positive impact on customer needs, adoption, and business impact
• Create and maintain roadmaps focused on customer outcomes, managing the plan from concept through execution, delivery, and post-release adoption and business success
• Ensure the establishment and tracking against strategic objectives, key results, and product health KPIs
• Attract, scale, and retain a high-performing team of Product Managers and Product Owners to drive impact across a geographically dispersed team of internal partners and stakeholders
• Ensure cohesiveness and excellence in the practice of product management
• Be a role model for communication with customers and internal stakeholders, from telling our strategy, to facilitating alignment towards shared goals, and handling challenging situations
• Model collaborative leadership across organizational boundaries to establish self and team as trusted partners across Autodesk
• Develop and manage strong and lasting relationships with customers across firms of all sizes and across the globe
• Articulate product value to customers while differentiating products from competitive offerings
• Represent the AEC Data Model products/services and broader Autodesk strategy at customer sites, conferences, and other external venues
• Ensure excellence in product discovery to identify key customer problems that are most critical to solve, quickly understand value and viability risks, and work with the engineering leadership to successfully deliver solutions that address these problems
• Ensure solid decision making for product decisions that is fueled by data, both qualitative and quantitative
• Work with Autodesk product teams to prioritize requirements, make trade-offs, and support release plans
• Foster alignment with stakeholders across the company and maximize joint outcomes

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in product management
• 5+ years experience managing a team of product managers
• Passion for data and the impact digitalization can have on customers
• Proven track record of successfully developing and launching software products
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams on sizeable cross-functional and cross-organizational projects
• Proficiency in utilizing data and analytics to make well-informed decisions and develop business strategies
• Experience and comfort managing stakeholders, risk, and uncertainty
• Mastery of taking very complex ideas and conveying them in a concise and impactful manner
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation abilities to effectively communicate product strategy and vision to both executive and customer stakeholders
• Ability to effectively collaborate with a global team
• MBA degree
• Deep understanding of AEC industry technology