Senior Director, Platform Programs & Portfolio

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205K-367K Annually
Senior level
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
Leads the execution strategy, operating model, governance, and portfolio management practice for a platform and emerging technologies organization. Oversees complex technology initiatives, prioritization, capacity planning, risk management, cross-team dependencies, and executive reporting. Builds and leads technical program management and portfolio teams, drives AI-native delivery practices, resolves escalated issues, and partners with product, engineering, architecture, and data leaders to deliver measurable outcomes.
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26WD100430

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26WD100430, Senior Director, Platform Programs & Portfolio

Position Overview

We are seeking a strategic, systems-oriented Senior Director, Platform Programs & Portfolio to define, build, and evolve the execution strategy and operating model for the Platform Services & Emerging Technologies (PSET) organization. 

 

This role reports to the VP, Platform Next and is accountable for how complex platform initiatives move from strategy to delivery to customer impact. You will partner with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, and Data leaders so the operating model and practice you build support the business in reaching its goals: platform capabilities and customer outcomes delivered at scale, on a platform that's easy to use. To get there, you will build and scale the delivery systems and processes that enable teams to operate predictably and move quickly. 
 
This role is remote-friendly within the United States and Canada. For those who prefer in-office or hybrid work, the role can be based in one of Autodesk’s major North American hubs, including San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; Boston, MA; Denver, CO; Toronto, ON; or Montreal, QC. Travel requirements are approximately 10–15%. 

 

Responsibilities 

  • Define and evolve a modern, scalable delivery operating model across PSET, including planning frameworks, governance, and collaboration rituals 

  • Transform the portfolio and TPM practice itself to be AI-native, building the tooling and decision-support systems that let it scale, and continuously developing new solutions as the organization's needs evolve 

  • Evolve and lead a high-performing TPM and Portfolio organization, strengthening technical program and portfolio leadership across prioritization, cross-functional execution, PDLC practices, and stakeholder alignment 

  • Provide executive-ready visibility into program health, progress, capacity, risks, milestones, and cross-team dependencies, enabling faster and better decision-making 

  • Drive portfolio governance across the platform stack: prioritization, sequencing, trade-off decisions, capacity visibility, and the systems that enable stakeholders to continuously assess investment, risk, and expected value  

  • Oversee the end-to-end delivery of complex, high-impact platform initiatives: from problem framing and planning through delivery and measurable outcomes 

  • Serve as the senior escalation authority for complex, cross-organizational program issues, driving resolution and alignment with VP and EVP stakeholders as needed 

  • Partner closely with engineering and architecture leaders to ensure program planning reflects system dependencies, architectural considerations, and operational realities 

  • Support the evolution of Platform Next’s delivery model for AI-native engineering, enabling faster experimentation, AI-assisted development workflows, and data-driven feedback loops 

 

Minimum Qualifications 

  • 12+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program leadership, enterprise portfolio or program leadership, technology operations, consulting/PMO, or another role requiring ownership of complex technology portfolios and cross-organizational execution 

  • 7+ years leading cross-functional teams or program organizations, or equivalent leadership experience 

  • Proven experience leading large-scale, complex technology programs — multi-team execution, cross-organizational dependencies, delivery risk management 

  • Proven experience owning portfolio execution strategy and governance — prioritization frameworks, sequencing, trade-off decisions, and resource allocation across a multi-team technology portfolio 

  • Fluency in software development lifecycle practices, engineering workflows, and AI-accelerated development environments, including AI-assisted workflows, and rapid, experiment-driven iteration cycles 

  • Strong systems thinking with the ability to reason about technical systems, dependencies, delivery risks, and to use data and metrics to inform decisions and improve execution outcomes 

  • Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, drive alignment, and enable effective decision-making 

  • Proven experience building and leading program and portfolio organizations at scale including org design, talent development, leadership bench-building 

  • Demonstrated ability to build a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and learning 

  • Demonstrated ability to make and hold difficult trade-off decisions under pressure, defending the call to VP/EVP stakeholders when it's the right one, and achieving resolution on cross-team conflicts rather than defaulting to consensus-seeking 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Demonstrated ability to reason about complex platform architectures, technical dependencies, and operational risk, and to partner with engineering and architecture leaders to identify risks, tradeoffs, and delivery strategies

  • Experience operating in complex, enterprise-scale platform environments where technology capabilities enable multiple products, teams, or businesses

  • Experience across different operating environments or organizational cultures, with the ability to adapt practices rather than apply a single fixed operating model

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26WD100430, Directeur principal, Programmes de plateformes et portefeuille

Aperçu du Poste

Nous recherchons un directeur senior « Programmes et portefeuille de plateformes », doté d’un esprit stratégique et d’une approche systémique, pour définir, mettre en place et faire évoluer la stratégie d’exécution et le modèle opérationnel de l’organisation « Services de plateformes et technologies émergentes » (PSET).

Ce poste est rattaché au vice-président de « Platform Next » et est chargé de veiller à ce que les initiatives complexes liées aux plateformes passent de la stratégie à la mise en œuvre, puis à l’impact sur les clients. Vous travaillerez en partenariat avec les responsables de la gestion des produits, de l’ingénierie, de l’architecture et des données afin que le modèle opérationnel et les pratiques que vous mettrez en place aident l’entreprise à atteindre ses objectifs : offrir des fonctionnalités de plateforme et des résultats clients à grande échelle, sur une plateforme facile à utiliser. Pour y parvenir, vous mettrez en place et développerez les systèmes et processus de mise en œuvre qui permettront aux équipes de fonctionner de manière prévisible et d’agir rapidement.

Ce poste peut être occupé à distance aux États-Unis et au Canada. Pour ceux qui préfèrent le travail au bureau ou en mode hybride, le poste peut être basé dans l’un des principaux pôles nord-américains d’Autodesk, notamment à San Francisco (Californie), Portland (Oregon), Boston (Massachusetts), Denver (Colorado), Toronto (Ontario) ou Montréal (Québec). Les déplacements représentent environ 10 à 15 % du temps de travail.

Responsabilités

  • Définir et faire évoluer un modèle opérationnel de livraison moderne et évolutif au sein de PSET, y compris les cadres de planification, la gouvernance et les pratiques de collaboration

  • Transformer le portefeuille et la pratique TPM elle-même pour qu’ils soient natifs de l’IA, en mettant en place les outils et les systèmes d’aide à la décision qui permettent leur évolutivité, et en développant en continu de nouvelles solutions à mesure que les besoins de l’organisation évoluent

  • Faire évoluer et diriger une organisation TPM et de gestion de portefeuille hautement performante, en renforçant le leadership technique des programmes et du portefeuille en matière de hiérarchisation des priorités, d’exécution interfonctionnelle, de pratiques PDLC et d’alignement des parties prenantes

  • Fournir une visibilité de niveau directionnel sur la santé des programmes, leur avancement, leurs capacités, leurs risques, leurs jalons et les dépendances entre les équipes, afin de permettre une prise de décision plus rapide et plus éclairée

  • Piloter la gouvernance du portefeuille à tous les niveaux de la pile technologique : hiérarchisation des priorités, ordonnancement, choix de compromis, visibilité sur les capacités et systèmes permettant aux parties prenantes d’évaluer en continu les investissements, les risques et la valeur attendue

  • Superviser la mise en œuvre de bout en bout d’initiatives de plateforme complexes et à fort impact : de la définition du problème et de la planification jusqu’à la livraison et aux résultats mesurables

  • Agir en tant qu’autorité supérieure de recours pour les problèmes complexes et transversaux liés aux programmes, en pilotant la résolution et la coordination avec les parties prenantes au niveau des vice-présidents et des vice-présidents exécutifs, selon les besoins

  • Travailler en étroite collaboration avec les responsables de l’ingénierie et de l’architecture afin de garantir que la planification des programmes tienne compte des dépendances entre les systèmes, des considérations architecturales et des réalités opérationnelles

  • Soutenir l’évolution du modèle de mise en œuvre de Platform Next pour l’ingénierie native IA, permettant une expérimentation plus rapide, des workflows de développement assistés par l’IA et des boucles de rétroaction basées sur les données

Qualifications Minimales

  • Plus de 12 ans d’expérience dans la gestion de programmes techniques, la direction de programmes d’ingénierie, la gestion de portefeuilles ou de programmes d’entreprise, les opérations technologiques, le conseil/PMO, ou tout autre poste nécessitant la gestion de portefeuilles technologiques complexes et une exécution inter-organisationnelle

  • Au moins 7 ans d’expérience à la tête d’équipes transversales ou d’organisations de programmes, ou une expérience de direction équivalente

  • Une expérience avérée dans la direction de programmes technologiques complexes et à grande échelle — exécution impliquant plusieurs équipes, dépendances interorganisationnelles, gestion des risques de livraison

  • Une expérience avérée dans la maîtrise de la stratégie et de la gouvernance d’exécution de portefeuilles — cadres de priorisation, séquencement, décisions de compromis et allocation des ressources au sein d’un portefeuille technologique impliquant plusieurs équipes

  • Maîtrise des pratiques du cycle de vie du développement logiciel, des flux de travail d’ingénierie et des environnements de développement accélérés par l’IA, y compris les flux de travail assistés par l’IA et les cycles d’itération rapides, axés sur l’expérimentation

  • Esprit systémique affûté, avec la capacité d’analyser les systèmes techniques, les dépendances et les risques de livraison, ainsi que d’utiliser les données et les indicateurs pour étayer les décisions et améliorer les résultats d’exécution

  • Excellentes compétences en communication, avec une capacité avérée à influencer les parties prenantes de haut niveau, à favoriser l’alignement et à permettre une prise de décision efficace

  • Expérience avérée dans la mise en place et la direction d’organisations de programmes et de portefeuilles à grande échelle, y compris la conception organisationnelle, le développement des talents et la constitution d’un vivier de dirigeants

  • Capacité avérée à instaurer une culture d’amélioration continue, d’expérimentation et d’apprentissage

  • Capacité avérée à prendre et à maintenir des décisions de compromis difficiles sous pression, à défendre ces choix auprès des parties prenantes (vice-présidents/vice-présidents exécutifs) lorsqu’ils sont justifiés, et à résoudre les conflits inter-équipes plutôt que de se rabattre systématiquement sur la recherche d’un consensus

Qualifications Souhaitées

  • Capacité avérée à analyser des architectures de plateformes complexes, des dépendances techniques et des risques opérationnels, et à collaborer avec les responsables de l’ingénierie et de l’architecture pour identifier les risques, les compromis et les stratégies de mise en œuvre

  • Expérience de travail dans des environnements de plateformes complexes à l’échelle de l’entreprise, où les capacités technologiques permettent de prendre en charge plusieurs produits, équipes ou activités

  • Expérience dans différents environnements opérationnels ou cultures d’entreprise, avec la capacité d’adapter les pratiques plutôt que d’appliquer un modèle opérationnel unique et figé

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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 $205,000 and $366,630. 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.


Belonging

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


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Skills Required

  • 12+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program leadership, enterprise portfolio or program leadership, technology operations, consulting/PMO, or comparable complex technology portfolio roles
  • 7+ years leading cross-functional teams or program organizations, or equivalent leadership experience
  • Experience leading large-scale, complex technology programs involving multiple teams, cross-organizational dependencies, and delivery risk management
  • Experience owning portfolio execution strategy and governance, including prioritization, sequencing, trade-off decisions, and resource allocation
  • Fluency in software development lifecycle practices, engineering workflows, AI-accelerated development environments, AI-assisted workflows, and rapid experimentation-driven iteration
  • Strong systems thinking and ability to analyze technical systems, dependencies, delivery risks, data, and performance metrics
  • Excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, drive alignment, and support effective decision-making
  • Experience building and leading program and portfolio organizations at scale, including organizational design, talent development, and leadership bench-building
  • Ability to build a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and learning
  • Ability to make and defend difficult trade-off decisions under pressure and resolve cross-team conflicts
  • Ability to reason about complex platform architectures, technical dependencies, and operational risk while partnering with engineering and architecture leaders
  • Experience operating in complex, enterprise-scale platform environments supporting multiple products, teams, or businesses
  • Experience across different operating environments or organizational cultures, with ability to adapt practices

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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The Company
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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