Senior Strategy Manager, Autodesk
Construction
$148.2-239.8k
+ Annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles & stock grants
3D design, engineering & entertainment software
Open for applications
3D design, engineering & entertainment software
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$148.2-239.8k
+ Annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles & stock grants
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower innovators with design and make technology so they can achieve the new possible.
Role
Who you are
- You are equal parts strategist, field operations expert, and specialty contractor advocate thriving at the intersection of technology, strategy, and construction
- You are willing to dive deep into the nuances of field workflows and help specialty contractors tackle their toughest operational challenges, identify opportunities for innovation, and craft strategies that bring real-world value
- Moreover, you are as comfortable analyzing data in a spreadsheet or creating a presentation as you are walking a job site
- Experience: 5+ years in construction, strategy, management consulting, or related fields, ideally with a focus on field operations at a specialty contractor. We love MBAs for their ability to structure chaos, but if you’ve earned your stripes in the school of experience, we are all ears
- Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of specialty contractor field workflows and challenges is a must (bonus points if you have worked at an MEP contractor and can still spot the difference between a conduit and a pipe at 50 feet)
- Data-Driven Storyteller: You know how to turn market data into actionable insights—and actionable insights into inspiring strategies
- Customer Obsessed: Skilled at listening to and understanding customer pain points and translating them into impactful solutions
- Collaborative Leader: Proven ability to work across teams, influence without authority, and rally diverse stakeholders around a shared vision
- Effective Communicator: You can translate complex ideas into clear, compelling stories for executives, customers, and internal teams
- Agile Thinker: Comfortable shifting gears and recalibrating in the face of new information
What the job involves
- This isn’t your typical desk job. As Senior Strategy Manager, Specialty Contractors (Field Operations), you will be the expert voice advocating for specialty contractors, ensuring our solutions solve their most pressing challenges in the field
- You will be in the trenches (figuratively and sometimes literally), connecting with specialty contractors to understand their daily challenges and drive initiatives that translate those insights into actionable product and go-to-market strategies
- Your role will also focus on evaluating whether we should build solutions internally, partner with other industry players, or acquire existing technologies to achieve our strategic goals. From identifying pain points to rolling out impactful solutions, this is an opportunity to drive innovation and make an enduring impact on one of the most critical segments that keeps construction running
- As Senior Strategy Manager, Specialty Contractors (Field Operations) you will take the lead in developing strategies that directly impact the operational success of specialty contractors on Autodesk Construction Cloud. Your role will require a balance of big-picture vision and hands-on execution
- Whether it’s crafting new operational workflows, designing go-to-market strategies, or ensuring seamless collaboration between our product teams and specialty contractors, you will be at the heart of empowering the people who build our world
- Monitor emerging trends in construction technology, labor shortages and shifting regulatory landscapes to uncover new opportunities for innovation and growth
- Analyze competitor offerings to identify gaps and areas for differentiation, ensuring our solutions for the field remain industry-leading and customer-focused
- Translate market and customer insights into actionable recommendations for product development and go-to-market strategies
- Engage directly with field teams at specialty contractors to gather insights, validate solutions, and foster relationships
- Act as the internal voice of project managers, superintendents, and foremen, ensuring their needs shape our product development and strategy
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, sales, marketing, and customer success) to champion a shared vision for field operations excellence
- Act as a thought leader and trusted partner for specialty contractors, representing Autodesk at conferences, webinars, and customer meetings
- Collaborate with customers and industry experts through product advisory groups and other forums to validate solutions and gather feedback
- Build relationships with field-focused technology start-ups targeting specialty contractors and grow our ecosystem of third-party partners integrating with Autodesk Construction Cloud
- Develop and execute a comprehensive field-focused strategy for specialty contractors and drive increased engagement on Autodesk Construction Cloud
- Build business cases for product and go-to-market expansion through either organic and/or inorganic methods and backed by data and customer feedback
- Monitor and measure the success of strategic initiatives through established KPIs, changing course as needed
Our take
Autodesk supplies software that enables teams to collaborate, design, simulate, and fabricate their ideas in 3D, serving a range of industries such as engineering, product design, and entertainment. Founded in 1982, the company first delivered the AutoCAD system, a commercial computer-aided design and drafting software application, that is still seeing updated releases to this day.
Over 100 million people use Autodesk software, across many different industries and applications – in some of which it remains nearly irreplaceable. The company has an impressive history of diversification, which it continues to this day. For example, the 2022 acquisition of Moxion, a cloud-based platform for digital dailies used by leading filmmakers, bolstered the company’s offerings for the media and entertainment industry.
The rise of AR and VR technologies is driving modern growth in the computer-aided design market, creating space for Autodesk to expand further. On top of this, a recent shift to the popular SaaS model puts the company in an opportunistic position to seek further success.
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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
San Rafael, CA
Leadership
Andrew Anagnost
(CEO & President, not founder)Has worked at the company since 1997, including as CMO and Senior Vice President of Business Strategy and Marketing. Became CEO in 2017.
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