Senior Director, User Experience, AEC Design Tools

Position Overview

We’re hiring a Senior Director of User Experience Design, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Design Tools within the Experience Foundations organization. This person will lead experience design across Autodesk’s core AEC design tools, including products focused on the task of design for architects, engineers, and other users—such as Revit, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Forma Design, and related workflows.

This is a critical executive‑level role reporting to the VP of Experience Foundations and serving as a senior member of the AEC Experience Foundations leadership team. You’ll lead a global organization of 70+ designers, with dotted‑line leadership of researchers, content designers, and operations across North America, EMEA, and APAC, and partner deeply with Product, Engineering, AI/ML, and Business leaders to shape the future of Autodesk’s AEC platform.

This leader will transform our industry‑defining tools from best‑in‑class applications into AI‑first, agentic, and deeply integrated experiences—aligned with Autodesk’s Forma Industry Cloud vision. The role is about both elevating the tools millions rely on today and re‑imagining how AEC design work happens tomorrow.

The leader sets the experience vision, strategy, and operating model for AEC design tools that span disciplines, workflows, and the full AEC lifecycle—from concept through delivery and operations.

This role is remote‑friendly within North America. For those who prefer in‑office or hybrid work, the role can be based in San Francisco, CA;
Portland, OR;
Boston, MA; or Toronto, ON. Travel requirements are approximately 20%.

• Define and champion a multi‑year user experience design vision for Autodesk’s AEC design tools, grounded in real customer workflows and outcomes.
• Shape how AI‑first and agentic experiences fundamentally change AEC design tools—moving from feature‑centric software to intelligent, proactive, and integrated systems.
• Establish a clear north‑star for tool unification, modernization, and experience cohesion across products and platforms.
• Partner with executive leadership to align experience strategy with Autodesk’s Forma Industry Cloud and broader AEC business strategy.

• Lead the evolution of AEC design tools into agent‑powered experiences, including copilots, assistants, automation, and proactive workflows.
• Partner with AI/ML teams to integrate emerging agentic frameworks—reasoning, tool use, memory, orchestration—into real‑world AEC workflows.
• Ensure experiences remain trustworthy, transparent, and human‑centered, even as autonomy increases.

• Drive experience consistency and scalability through design systems, shared patterns, and foundational UX capabilities.
• Ensure AEC design tools work as part of a cohesive ecosystem, not isolated products—across desktop, cloud, and connected services.
• Balance innovation with craft, usability, performance, and technical constraints in complex, mature products.

• Build, lead, and inspire a high‑performing global team of user experience designers, researchers, and design leaders.
• Coach and develop senior design managers; establish clear charters, expectations, and growth paths.
• Foster a culture of customer empathy, experimentation, quality, and accountability at scale.
• Ensure operational excellence—clear prioritization, healthy team structures, and strong execution rhythms.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across Product, Engineering, and Data Science.
• Advocate relentlessly for customer‑centered decision‑making while balancing business and technical realities.
• Represent the voice of user experience design in executive forums and strategic planning.

• 15+ years of professional experience in UX, product design, or experience design, with 5+ years leading large, multi‑layered teams or portfolios.
• Proven experience leading design at scale across complex, multi‑product ecosystems.
• Demonstrated success driving large‑scale experience unification and modernization efforts.
• Experience…