Platform Strategy Manager

Position Overview

Join our platform strategy team at Autodesk where you will impact developing a platform strategy while supporting execution through prioritizing and developing strategy for initiatives, identifying and evaluating M&A targets, and supporting cross‑functional strategy for technology partnerships. You will report to the Director, Platform Strategy.

Job Requisition

You will be supporting platform strategy initiatives across multiple teams within the platform organization and/or across Autodesk. You will inform business direction for our global platform transformation by influencing sound business strategies that have an impact on platform efforts across all industry verticals. Candidates need to be willing to travel to the San Francisco office or other Autodesk locations quarterly or up to monthly.

• Supporting hypothesis generation process on complex initiatives, developing high quality (MECE and relevant) hypothesis tree
• Developing and updating work plan
• Defining and executing customer, competitive, and market research
• Analyzing financials and building models
• Developing and executing analytical approaches to prove out hypotheses – including interviews, surveys, and data analysis
• Developing realistic, value‑adding, and implementable recommendations, merging strategic, organizational, technological, and cultural requirements
• Structuring presentations of Director/Sr Director level quality, focusing on creating impact
• Building trusted working relationships at the Director/Sr. Director level across the organization
• Working with research and analytical teams across the organization to influence relevant analysis and insights generated, to inform platform strategy initiatives

• 5+ years of related experience
• 1+ years of strategy consulting experience at leading firms with high skills training rigor
• Strategy work in the tech industry, ideally software/SaaS
• Relevant technology fluency
• Engineering degree or demonstrated interest or experience in computer/information technology spaces

• M&A due diligence experience

• Platform Strategy – Create a strategy for the 3‑5‑year horizon for Autodesk horizontal technologies within Autodesk Platform Services (APS) such as Data, AI/ML, Insights, Developer, Trust, Visualization, and other cross‑industry vertical capabilities. Support the strategic evolution of Autodesk products into workflow‑centric cloud‑based experiences. Incorporate technology and architectural trends into the 3‑5‑year strategy by aligning with technology and research leaders.
• Developer Ecosystem Monetization – Build a long‑term strategy for Autodesk’s developer ecosystem monetization, to accelerate growth and adoption of our product offerings and create an additional revenue stream for Autodesk. Leverage this to offer specific, high‑value functionality for our customers above and beyond our standard offerings.
• M&A – Identify and evaluate M&A opportunities to increase the value of the platform and explore new business models related to new offerings.

For U.S.

-based roles, the starting base salary range is between $103,000 and $183,920. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, the compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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