Design Architect
Location: Montreal
Position Overview
Autodesk is seeking an Experience Design Architect to join our Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) division. As a visionary leader, you will focus on experience architecture, design strategy, and organizational alignment to unify and modernize our Building Design products. You will integrate design, make, data, and people across the entire AEC lifecycle, driving the future of design by fostering a modern and innovative experience for our users.
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary user experience leader for Building Design products, defining actionable strategies that unify business, technology, and customer priorities
Creates business impact by clarifying the most important business issues and outcomes
Own system-level experience architecture, which spans platforms, helps drive system architecture and broad product strategy.
Drive implementation of new processes and standards for systems thinking across organizations
Drive design cohesion, unification, and modernization across AEC initiatives
Exhibit collaborative leadership across multiple functions and broad-reaching cross-product initiatives
Partner with design managers to build high-performing teams and evolve design practices. Providing mentorship and coaching for other designers and on complex and critical projects
Engage executive leadership and the organization with IA thought leadership
Collaborate with customers, executive stakeholders, designers, developers, and product managers
Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to ensure Autodesk's products remain innovative and competitive
Minimum Qualifications
15+ years’ experience in user experience design or related field
Expertise in human-centered design, information architecture, user research, and design systems
Ability to advocate for a shared design vision that aligns with customer and business priorities with diverse audiences, including senior executives
Mastery of effective communication and storytelling strategies
Extensive facilitation experience to choose design thinking principles and processes with clear outcomes
Recognized both internally and externally for mastery of information architecture theory, practice, research methodologies, and strategies
Ability to work in an agile and fast-moving design environment
Experience in creating influential relationships within and across product groups
Very advanced expert roles that provide advice relevant to their subject matter expertise to senior leaders
Jobs at this level reflect sophisticated subject matter expertise and consultative capabilities
Development of novel, highly innovative solutions is often required
Recognized as experts within a discipline, and also apply working knowledge of the theories and concepts in other related disciplines
Lead the resolution of complex problems within own discipline, often with the need to integrate cross-functional processes and outcomes
Anticipate business challenges that could have significant impact on Autodesk's operational and financial success, and proactively develop solutions to address them
Provide input to functional strategies related to own discipline
Influence leaders within own function to adopt solutions, establish priorities, and allocate resources
May lead teams or projects with broad visibility
Preferred Qualifications
Passion for AEC and empowering professionals
Familiarity with Autodesk AEC products or competitive products
Proven experience working at a large-cap SaaS company
Experience driving large-scale design unification across multiple verticals or products
Demonstrated innovation through patents, publications, conference presentations, etc
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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!
Salary transparency
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $155,800 and $251,900. 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.
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