Chief of Staff, Director

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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
155K-251K Annually
Big Data • Cloud • Digital Media • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Industrial
Autodesk is a global leader in design and make technology that helps innovators everywhere solve today's challenges.
The Role

Job Requisition ID #

25WD91455

Data and Process Management at Autodesk
Autodesk has fully reimagined the Design and Manufacturing business for the digital automation age, enabling companies to address the most important challenges they face today while preparing for new ways of working in the future. The Autodesk Product Design and Manufacturing Solutions (PDMS) portfolio connect the top floor to the shop floor and supply chain so customers can move seamlessly through each phase of a product’s development lifecycle — from design and validation to production engineering, manufacturing execution, and operation. Industrial designers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, and production engineers around the world rely on PDMS to win more work, enhance collaboration, speed decision-making, reduce risk, and improve overall product outcomes.

This position offers flexibility, allowing for on-site, hybrid, or remote work in the west coast of the United States.

Position overview

Reporting to the Vice President of the Data and Process Management business, the successful candidate will be a highly strategic, organized, and adaptable leader. The Chief of Staff will be responsible for managing the team’s operating model, meeting and decision-making structures, communication plans, strategic planning roadmaps and deliverables, quarterly business metrics and strategic partner agreements.  This role will be responsible for team and organizational health by making sure the Data and Process Management staff operates efficiently, with high trust, clear priorities and a strong sense of urgency.

This role is critical to our success, as we need to actively manage the ongoing changes and evolutions of our business, support our team in delivering on goals, and constantly optimize our operations to adapt.  The ideal candidate will have a track record of helping to build high performing teams and enjoy working with a smart technology focused organization in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Designing and facilitating VP staff level and other key stakeholder meetings, ensuring meeting effectiveness

  • Operating with an AI first mindset, leveraging smart technology to bring insights and efficiency to daily operations.

  • Helping to maximize the impact of the VP Data and Process Management staff, and assisting with the health and development of that team

  • Managing the Data and Process Management strategic planning process

  • Identifying key decisions and serving as a Decision-Making coach and facilitator

  • Manage the Data and Process Management Program Management function in the service of our Operating Model and business group effectiveness

  • Developing and executing the organization’s communication strategy, including C-level communication tools such as visual presentations, deck building, content management and governance as well as organization wide forums such as all-hands, internal web sites, newsletters, etc

  • Ensuring preparation for regular check-ins, interlocks, updates and report outs typically with Microsoft PowerPoint presentations over Zoom from multiple time zones

  • Collaborating with the PDMS Chief of Staff cohort and operating as a leader within the broader organization

Minimum Qualifications

  • Minimum of 10+ years of experience of program and/or process management, with associated strategy and people development preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Communications, or MBA preferred

  • Accomplishments as a team builder and facilitator capable of helping establish consensus in complex, matrixed environment

  • Significant experience in managing change across a complex organization

  • Successful background in building and executing broad technical communication plans

  • Able to turn highly complex technical projects into simple components that are easy to understand

  • Successful background in building and galvanizing effective teams

  • Experience with C-level presentation building, excellent communication skills

  • Highly proficient with AI tools, Miro, Microsoft O365 a must

  • Proficiency with AirTable or other project management tools and techniques preferred

Learn More

About 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!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $155,000 and $250,690. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Diversity & Belonging

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

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Autodesk Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Autodesk and has not been reviewed or approved by Autodesk.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time away is considered expansive, combining discretionary time off for salaried roles, company holidays/Autodays, and a periodic paid sabbatical. These options provide flexibility beyond standard accrual-based PTO.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Total rewards prominently include RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback, alongside annual bonus or commission programs. These elements are available to eligible employees and can materially augment base pay.
  • Parental & Family Support Family-building support includes reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, IVF/co‑maternity, and fertility benefits, plus dedicated coaching and Cleo resources for parenting and caregiving. These services extend support before, during, and after leave.

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HQ: San Francisco, CA
13,285 Employees
Year Founded: 1982

What We Do

Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. Over 100 million people use Autodesk software like AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, SketchBook, and more to unlock their creativity and solve important design, business and environmental challenges. Our software runs on both personal computers and mobile devices and taps the infinite computing power of the cloud to help teams around the world collaborate, design, simulate and fabricate their ideas in 3D. We provide exceptional compensation/benefit packages and we’d love for you to join us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, veteran status or other protected category. To see our culture in action, check out #AutodeskLife. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and have more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

Why Work With Us

Our work is impactful. Our people are innovative. And our culture is inclusive. As our software shapes new solutions to the world’s biggest challenges, you shape your career path. With us, you lead the way in achieving sustainability, resilient communities, and an equitable workforce. Discover #AutodeskLife. 

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