Senior Director, Product Management, AEC Data

Position Overview 

We are seeking a highly experienced Sr. Director of Product Management to join our Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Platform Data team and advance our mission to reimagine the way customers capture, utilize, and manage BIM data. This opportunity is for you if you have experience in AEC technology leadership and are excited by the idea of empowering the AEC industry by transforming how AEC professionals use data to capture knowledge, inform decisions, and deliver projects. 

As a Sr. Director of Product Management in Autodesk's AEC Design Platform Data team, you will be at the forefront of building the AEC Data Model, the next generation of data capabilities for the Autodesk Forma Industry Cloud. In this role you’ll foster relationships with some of industry’s most influential AEC companies. You’ll work with leaders from Revit, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Autodesk Platform Services, Autodesk Construction Solutions, and Forma Design to define and drive the strategy for data in AEC. Reporting to the VP of AEC Data, you’ll lead a product team focused on creating the data infrastructure which will power Autodesk’s AEC products. 

As this is a global role, you will work across multiple time zones and travel for in-person meetings such as conferences, team offsites, and customer visits. This position is hybrid remote and can be based in the US or Canada or the UK. 

If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for technology and a deep understanding of the AEC industry, we would love to hear from you. 

Responsibilities 

Product Strategy 

• 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

Leadership & Team Development 

• 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

Customer Engagement 

• 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

Product Discovery & Product Delivery 

• 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

Minimum Qualifications 

• 10+ years of experience in product management or AEC technology leadership 

• 5+ years experience managing a team of Product Managers and/or Product Owners 

• Deep understanding of the AEC industry technology and point of view on customer challenges related to AEC data management  

• Passion for data and the impact digitalization can have on customers 

• Proven track record of successfully developing and launching software products or implementing AEC digital delivery initiatives 

• 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 and travel for work up to 25% of the time

Preferred Qualifications 

• MBA degree 

• Experience and track record for making business cases, establishing and tracking business goals, and understanding financial metrics  

• Experience applying industry standards (e.g. IFC, UK BIM standards) and/or AI to AEC projects 

• Familiarity with scrum/agile methodologies 

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