Senior Program Manager, Experiential Programs

Job Requisition ID #

22WD64221

Position Overview

We're looking for the next member of our Experiential Programs team. In this role, you'll report to the Director of Experiential Programs and be instrumental in strategic planning and overall team operations, including experience design and planning, program strategy, and more. You'll manage meeting agendas and facilitate team discussions using techniques that ensure great ideas are surfaced and everyone is included. In addition, you'll take the lead on strategic projects that will help bring the Autodesk brand to life for customers and partners worldwide.

The Experiential Programs team is part of a broader Global Brand Experience team within Autodesk's Worldwide Marketing organization. The Global Brand Experience team delivers world-class experiences that strengthen engagement and relationships with Autodesk. This includes events that are live, digital, and hybrid-from customer briefings and Autodesk brand activations to our employee, sales, and channel conference offerings, to an array of events for customers and prospects.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver Autodesk University, Autodesk's flagship customer conference for global audiences with a focus on all customer types, from executives to managers and end-users
• Inspire, direct, and collaborate with members of the Experiential Programs team and aid in their professional growth. This includes direct reports as well as influence on dotted-line collaborators who execute customer events, as well as stakeholders who leverage AU to reach our target audiences
• Lead event strategy and program design
• Help establish the strategy for digital, physical, and hybrid events
• Be accountable for a multi-million-dollar program budget, including work with senior leadership on annual forecasts, budget asks, financial reporting, and ensuring compliancy with finance/legal processes
• Liaison with executive level stakeholders to garner support of event design, initiatives, and gather feedback
• Create and manage program management processes and protocols
• Partner with our Global Customer Events team and procurement office for contract negotiations and managing program venues and suppliers

Minimum Qualifications

• BA/BS degree, preferably in business or marketing; MA/MBA preferred
• 7+ years of overall business experience with a minimum of 3 years of experience in project or program administration & management
• Proven, successful project manager with strong leadership skills and the ability to influence others and drive decisions to closure
• Highly experienced in meeting facilitation and assimilating team dynamics to drive effective collaboration within cross-functional teams
• Excellent organizer who takes the initiative and can work independently to achieve goals established in a team environment
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, presentation, and negotiation skills with the ability to present to all position levels, from individual contributors to executives
• Experience or potential to handle all tactical aspects of meetings and events including scheduling, agenda planning, facilitation techniques, identifying supporting props/materials, and managing associated technology and A/V requirements
• Self-directed, relationship-oriented program lead, willing to take initiative, propose ideas and solution, make decisions and resolve issues
• Detail-oriented, results-oriented and pragmatic but innovative and creative
• A team player who works well individually and with others, willing and able to handle critique
• Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and you thrive in a dynamic, changing environment

The Ideal Candidate

• A talented, dynamic, strategic and extremely detail oriented person
• You love creating structured goals out of ambiguous opportunities and working on new and creative initiatives; you shine when developing a plan and making it happen. You're comfortable acting as part Chief of Staff, part Design Thinker, part consensus builder, part doer and can nimbly shift from one to the next
• You seek closure in everything you do and are capable of juggling multiple project streams with ease and without dropping a single detail. You naturally connect the dots across projects and uncover opportunities
• You recognize the need to be flexible to incorporate great new ideas and can negotiate your way around less impactful distractions to help the team deliver the best outcomes
• You know how to push without being pushy and you thrive in challenging environments with a broad spectrum of stakeholders. You thrive as part of a team and know how to pull everyone into the conversation, so all voices are heard
• Most of all, you enjoy working with talented and driven people in a fast-paced environment that will challenge you to reach the next level
• You work well with others. You know the nuances of when to let others speak, and when/how to insert yourself-without ego-and always remain focused on identifying and solving the business problems at hand. You understand that influencing requires winning both hearts and minds. You also have experience working at all levels of the company, including the C-suite, senior management and VPs. You know how to tap into your network, be consultative, and marshal resources to accomplish goals
• You get stuff donefast and smart. You like to take initiative. You enjoy working with a diverse group of passionate people who work together to reach a common goal. You can understand and align new initiatives to company strategy. You listen extremely well to uncover business requirements that help define your events. You develop relevant and compelling strategies which you can easily translate into actionable plans. And you work fast, ensuring that your key stakeholders are with you
• You are a fearless go-getter. You actively seek challenges that will stretch your capabilities. You operate well in an environment that changes quickly and is not always 100% clear what needs to happen and when. You can pull together a plan and execute, adjust as needed and move forward. You seek clarity and guidance as needed from your colleagues to make sure you are headed in the right direction but have the courage to lead

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