Autodesk

Technology

PrincipalTechnicalProgramManager,Foundations

$124–124k Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Toronto, Canada FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Principal Technical Program Manager, Foundations at Autodesk. Skills: Generative AI, Program Management, AI/ML solutions. Collaborate with AEC Generative AI Leadership. Plan AEC Generative AI vision”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver scalable AI/ML solutions; Deliver reliable AI/ML solutions; Deliver efficient AI/ML solutions; Meet product launch requirements; Meet operational requirements; Deliver executable workstreams; Achieve clear delivery outcomes

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Anticipate bottlenecks; Make tradeoffs; Balance delivery needs; Balance technical constraints

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years Program Management, 5+ years Strategic Planning, BS or MS in Statistics, BS or MS in Computer Science, BS or MS in Machine Learning, BS or MS in Data Science, Experience in AI technology, Experience applying AI, Experience leading product research to commercial offering, Experience managing teams, Exceptional communication skills, Exceptional influencing skills, Experience in AEC industry, Experience building scalable data pipelines, Experience building resilient data pipelines, Experience with monitoring systems, Experience with self-healing systems, Experience with Agile development, Comfortable with dynamic business structure, Able to adapt to changes swiftly, Have a business degree

Nice to Have

Experience with Autodesk products, Experience with Revit, Experience with AEC data schemas, Experience with AEC data standards, Experience with scrum development

What You'll Do.

Collaborate with AEC Generative AI Leadership

Plan AEC Generative AI vision

Operationalize AEC Generative AI vision

Execute AEC Generative AI vision

Drive end-to-end delivery planning

Ensure tasks are coordinated

Lead cross-organizational delivery projects

Align with organizational goals

Align with release commitments

Own delivery governance

Establish status reporting

Establish decision logs

Establish escalation paths

Identify key partnerships

Maintain key partnerships

Grow key partnerships

Anticipate bottlenecks

Balance delivery needs

Balance technical constraints

Define release readiness criteria

Coordinate launch gates

Coordinate go/no-go decisions

Coordinate post-launch stabilization

Simplify technical complexity

Lead technical decisions

Communicate delivery progress

Define organization-wide processes

Improve organization-wide processes

Champion continuous learning

Champion communication

Build technical skills

Supervise content update

Supervise content creation

Organize design meetings

Organize design reviews

Provide administrative support

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional work; Cross-functional stakeholders; Cross-organization stakeholders; Product teams; Engineering teams; Research teams; Legal teams; Privacy teams; Security teams; Customer Success teams

Communication Scope

Influencing skills; Executive presentations

Process & Methodology

Program Management, Strategic Planning, Agile development, Scrum, Roadmap planning, Delivery governance

Full Job Description

**Job Requisition ID #** 26WD97130 **Position Overview** Autodesk is leading the transformation of the AEC industry, integrating AI technology into our products. We're enhancing our applications with cloud-native capabilities, including data at scale, edge computing, AI-based solutions, and advanced 3D modeling and graphics. This innovation is happening across our flagship products—AutoCAD, Revit, and Construction Cloud—and Forma, our new Industry Cloud. At Autodesk, we believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) represent the biggest opportunity to improve the design and make experience for our customers. Autodesk's commitment to AI & ML has sponsorship from the office of the CTO, and executive leaders of the product organizations. As a Principal Technical Program Manager on the AEC Solutions team, you will own execution and delivery for our visible, highly important AEC Generative AI program—coordinating cross-functional work to bring models and ML/data pipelines into production experiences for customers. You will be part of a versatile group of AI Researchers, ML Engineers, Software Architects, and Experience Designers who are building cutting-edge foundation models and generative AI tools for the AEC industry. You will partner across functions and groups to create delivery roadmaps, define clear scope, milestones, and success metrics, manage dependencies and risks, and ensure we deliver scalable, secure, reliable, efficient AI/ML solutions and platforms that meet product launch and operational requirements. You will help drive the AEC Generative AI initiative by translating strategic direction and organization-level goals into executable workstreams with clear delivery outcomes. You will influence senior leadership and executive stakeholders as we make important technical decisions and resource commitments, and you will help establish delivery mechanisms that keep teams aligned and unblocked. You will also partner with Product, Engineerin

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