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Role Overview
The Senior Technical Sales Manager, Fusion Fusion PLM leads and develops a high-performing team of Technical Specialists (TSs) focused on driving customer value, technical validation, and revenue growth across Autodesk Fusion and emerging solution areas. This role owns the technical sales strategy, ensures tight alignment with sales forecasting and account priorities, and provides structured insights and feedback to senior leadership. The Senior Manager operates as a strategic partner to Sales, Customer Success, and Product, influencing outcomes across regions, industries, and solution portfolios.
Key Responsibilities
People Leadership & Team Performance
Develop, coach, and lead a team of Technical Specialists to consistently achieve or exceed sales targets and quotas.
Manage work primarily through senior-level individual contributors and/or managers responsible for multiple related teams.
Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and customer-centric technical selling.
Technical Sales Strategy & Orchestration
Own the overall technical sales strategy, orchestration, and execution aligned to account priorities and deal motions.
Drive technical engagement models that optimize pipeline coverage, deal quality, and win rates across emerging technologies and industries.
Ensure technical validation plans are realistic, risk-aware, and aligned to customer timelines.
Forecasting & Business Alignment
Align technical sales insights with sales team forecasts, ensuring accurate technical risk assessment and timeline validation.
Partner with Sales leadership to support predictable pipeline execution and revenue outcomes.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Lead technical sellers in close partnership with Account Executives, Sales Specialists, and Emerging Technology sales teams.
Work with Customer Success to ensure end-to-end technical success and effective resource orchestration.
Support Sales Managers in validating expansion and upsell opportunities within existing accounts.
Customer Engagement & Value Engineering
Ensure excellence in discovery, solution demonstrations, benchmarks, evaluations, and technical proof points.
Drive value engineering and ROI-based selling approaches, including technical objection handling and commercial alignment.
Build and maintain long-term strategic relationships with customers and partners.
Insights & Executive Feedback
Aggregate insights from technical sales activity to deliver structured, strategic feedback to leadership.
Identify trends related to customer needs, competitive dynamics, and product opportunities.
Required Qualifications
10+ years of experience in technical sales, solutions engineering, or pre-sales roles within SaaS, cloud, or enterprise software environments.
5+ years of people management experience leading senior individual contributors and/or managers.
Demonstrated experience aligning technical sales strategy to revenue goals and forecast accuracy.
Strong business acumen with the ability to translate customer challenges into technical and commercial solutions.
Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and executive audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting product development, manufacturing, engineering, or industrial software solutions (CAD, CAM, CAE, PLM, or related domains).
Familiarity with Autodesk Fusion or similar integrated design and manufacturing platforms.
Experience scaling technical sales motions across multiple regions, industries, or emerging solution areas.
Background in value engineering, ROI modeling, or complex enterprise deal support.
MBA or advanced technical degree (engineering, computer science, or related field).
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in technical sales, solutions engineering, or pre-sales roles within SaaS, cloud, or enterprise software environments
- 5+ years of people management experience leading senior individual contributors and/or managers
- Demonstrated experience aligning technical sales strategy to revenue goals and forecast accuracy
- Strong business acumen with the ability to translate customer challenges into technical and commercial solutions
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and executive audiences
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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