Job Requisition ID #

25WD87948

Senior Product Manager – Simulation

Product designers, engineers, manufacturing specialists and countless other collaborators face daunting challenges bringing their ideas to life.  As an Autodesk Senior Product Manager for Simulation, your job will be to identify, articulate and ensure the delivery of valuable, differentiated solutions within the product development and manufacturing disciplines.  In this role, you will be a key leader within our CAE team, cultivating an expansive set of products and technologies used to engineer and understand the potential of discrete protects. A primary focus of this position is to expand the accessibility of CAE solutions and outcomes for the product design community, exploring experience, physics, adoption as well as automation and AI.  You will help identify, influence and rationalize our investments within CAE, inclusive of Autodesk and partner technologies.  This role requires active partnership with domain/subject matter experts across Autodesk in order to ensure that we implement impactful, relevant and credible solutions for our customers with a platform approach.

Behind every great product at Autodesk, there are people with great empathy for the customer, insight into what is possible and the ability to uncover unarticulated customer needs.  Solutions you identify will combine the best of our design and manufacturing technologies, core Autodesk strengths, emerging automation and AI solutions as well as essential product usage insights.  In this role you will help to drive solution strategy, direction & prioritization, bridging technical and business worlds as you introduce new solutions that enable customers to develop and deliver compelling products and effectively operate their businesses. To be successful in this role, you must be results-driven, an enthusiastic self-starter and a strong collaborative leader.

Principle Duties & Responsibilities:

Take responsibility for the “whole” product/solution experienceEstablish yourself as the subject matter expert within the simulation/CAE spaceClearly articulate user problems & solution objectives in order to guide experience and development teamsIdentify and describe target customers, personas and ecosystem influencersCoordinate the aligned efforts of adjacent product managers within product developmentDevelop and articulate project intent, scope, timelines and deliverablesCreate solution examples and workflow vignettesDevelop core messages describing solution/approach benefitsEvangelize internally and externally and at all levels, including sales, development, end users, executives, media & analystsPlan and initiate market research and market sizing in order to identify/quantify opportunitiesConduct end-user interviews to uncover customer perceptions, problems and workflowsDevelop long-term strategy, plans and prioritization in order to improve customer capabilities, satisfaction and to enhance Autodesk’s credibilityTrack and understand business performance across regions and within context of changing market conditions

Key Requirements for Candidate:

BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Computer Science7+ years of experience working within the discrete manufacturing industryFamiliarity with data analytics, data synthesis and hypothesis testingExcellent communication, organizational, interpersonal and diplomatic skillsEnjoys participating in both team and independently accountable rolesFluent in English, both written and verbalExperience authoring and editing video contentStrong project management, planning and research skillsAbility to travel (up to 20%)
 

Desired Knowledge and Skills:

Agile/SCRUM development process experience4+ years of Product management experience in software industryMBA or MS in Engineering preferredInterest and enthusiasm for data driven decision making

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