Senior Director, Platform Engineering Developer Ecosystem

Job Requisition ID #

22WD62739

Position Overview

The Senior Director, Platform Engineering Developer Ecosystem will lead the development of our Forge External Developer Ecosystem. Autodesk Forge is our connected developer cloud platform that spans all Autodesk distributed and desktop apps and services. Autodesk Forge operates in a common data environment and leverages Autodesk industry expertise, technology, and global network of partners to enabling companies to build customized and scalable solutions that solve today's design, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and media & entertainment challenges.

It is an exciting time for Autodesk as we transform into a platform company serving Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC), Manufacturing, and Media & Entertainment industries. Core to the success of Autodesk's future as a platform company is a customer-centric, thriving third-party ecosystem. In this role you will lead a global engineering team to build out the App Store, Developer Portal, SDKs, and Developer Support. As an organization leader, you will partner closely with all aspects of Go-To-Market, including building and aligning strategy. This role reports into the VP of Forge Developer Enablement and has extensive exposure to Autodesk leadership.

In this role, you will help guide how Autodesk utilizes its unique intellectual property to create innovative solutions to some of the most challenging problems our customers and partners face.

Responsibilities

• Champion and execute a holistic platform vision for the team
• Attract and develop talent to grow an engineering team that drives business value while promoting Autodesk's cultural values
• Align with Autodesk partners and internal teams in developing a strategy and roadmap
• Engage with executive leadership to set expectations and manage risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs within complex project delivery
• Balance long-term vision and big picture thinking with guidance and support of work currently in process; ensure that today's projects inform the vision for the future
• Promote collaborative leadership across multiple cross-product initiatives
• Nurture a culture of rapid iteration based on insights gleaned from customer research and data analytics
• Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to execute Autodesk's strategic vision
• Drive thought leadership by representing innovative methods and approaches that delight the team and our customers
• Pursue emerging technologies and trends and partner with user experience design for state-of-the-art design methodologies
• Identify and build critical relationships with third-party vendors

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience in a relevant industry
• 5+ years managing, developing, and coaching a team of engineering managers
• Experience in managing platforms, both cloud and technology components
• Demonstrated leadership of large B2B software and engineering management teams
• Prior experience building, nurturing, and leading teams of engineering managers and designers in highly collaborative Scrum/agile environments
• Ability to set priorities and evangelize the ecosystem vision with a wide range of audiences at all levels of the organization, including senior executives
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distill complex ideas to their essence, influence senior audiences and a wide array of external stakeholders
• Experience working with cloud platforms, preferably Amazon Web Services
• Understanding of security best practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Manufacturing or/and AEC (Architecture Engineering & Construction) experience
• Run or built a platform and ecosystem
• Experience developing cloud-based applications and services
• Strong SaaS experience
• Experience designing and building Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), high availability, scalable web services

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