Principal Design Program Manager

Job Requisition ID #

26WD94755

Position Overview

At Autodesk, we do what no other company on the planet can: provide our customers the technology to Make Anything. As we invest deeply in customer experience, insight-driven product development, and innovation, we need exceptional program leaders who can bring clarity, continuity, and integration to complex, experience-centered initiatives. We are seeking a Principal Program Manager to join the AEC Experience & Analytics organization. This role is critical to ensuring that experience vision, user data & insights, as well as cross-functional execution remain tightly connected as programs evolve. You will serve as an integrative force across one or more large programs focused on experience design, design systems, research, and/or product operations. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Design Operations, you will play a central role in maintaining alignment, operational clarity, and momentum across experience initiatives within AEC and across Autodesk.

This position requires location in Canada. Open to hybrid/remote from one of our offices in Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal or those remote PT to ET zone in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Drive program strategy and cross-functional execution for complex, experience-centered initiatives, partnering across Design, Research, Product, Engineering, and Analytics to deliver meaningful customer and business outcomes

• Establish, refine, and model effective operating rhythms, standards, and best practices that support experience, research, and design work without over-processing

• Serve as the integrative layer across disciplines, ensuring work is aligned, sequenced, and informed as programs evolve

• Translate ambiguous goals, evolving scope, and diverse inputs into clear program structures, priorities, success measures, and decision frameworks

• Accountable for cross-program integration and visibility, actively identifying interdependencies, risks, and gaps across workstreams and escalating issues to the appropriate leaders with clear options and trade-offs

• Enable effective decision-making by synthesizing complex information into executive-ready recommendations that support alignment and momentum

• Partner with senior leaders to maintain clarity on goals, progress, and readiness

• Drive continuous improvement in program management approaches, tools, and ways of working to strengthen Autodesk’s ability to deliver integrated, insight-driven experiences at scale

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in program management, design operations, product operations, or experience-focused transformation roles

• Proven track record managing complex, multi-team programs in environments spanning design, research, and product development

• Strong ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across diverse senior stakeholders

• Deep understanding of experience and research workflows, including qualitative insight, synthesis, testing, and critical user journeys

• Demonstrated operational excellence, with the ability to create clarity without unnecessary process

• Excellent communication skills, with experience translating complexity into actionable plans and executive-ready updates

• Familiarity with and comfort leveraging Artificial Intelligence tools and workflows

Preferred Qualifications

• Has deep experience enabling complex experience-centered initiatives at scale

• Operates with a low-ego, high-impact mindset; measures success by how effectively others can deliver

• Thrives in ambiguity and can structure evolving problems without over-constraining creative or exploratory work

• Sees experience work as an integrated system, not a set of disconnected activities

• Skilled at translating insight into coordinated action across multiple teams

• Comfortable managing external partners, production timelines, and evolving scopes of work

• Brings clarity and continuity to fast-moving, uncertain environments

Learn More / Plus d'information

About Autodesk / À propos d’Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Bienvenue chez Autodesk ! Nos logiciels créent chaque jour des choses extraordinaires : des bâtiments les plus écologiques aux voitures les plus propres, en passant par les usines les plus intelligentes et les films à succès. Nous aidons les innovateurs à concrétiser leurs idées, transformant non seulement la façon dont les choses sont fabriquées, mais aussi ce qui peut l’être. Nous sommes très fiers de notre culture chez Autodesk ; elle est au cœur de tout ce que nous faisons. Notre culture guide notre façon de travailler et de nous comporter les uns envers les autres, influence nos interactions avec nos clients et nos partenaires, et définit notre image au monde. En tant qu’Autodeskien, vous pouvez accomplir un travail significatif qui contribue à bâtir un monde meilleur, conçu et réalisé pour tous. Prêt à façonner le monde et votre avenir ? Rejoignez-nous !

Salary transparency / Transparence salariale

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Le salaire est l'un des éléments du programme de rémunération concurrentiel d'Autodesk. Pour les postes basés au Canada (Colombie-Britannique), nous proposons un salaire de base compris entre X et X dollars. Les offres sont basées sur l'expérience et la situation géographique du candidat et peuvent dépasser cette fourchette. En plus du salaire de base, notre programme de rémunération peut inclure des primes annuelles en espèces, des commissions pour les postes commerciaux, des attributions d'actions et un ensemble complet d'avantages sociaux.

Diversity & Belonging / Diversité et appurtenance

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

Nous sommes fiers de cultiver une culture d’appartenance où chacun peut s’épanouir. Pour en savoir plus, cliquez ici : https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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