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Principal Program Manager, Design Operations

Autodesk
Colorado City, USA
Full-time
Senior · 4+ years experience
Remote
Discovered 4 weeks ago

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RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Own and/or manage programs and initiatives that improve design team success (team health, design efficiency, and/or design impact). This includes:
  • Establishing the program goals, strategy, operating model, and governance, navigating ambiguity and aligning stakeholders
  • Executing program tactics, from goal and scope setting to conclusion, within defined schedule, budget, and quality parameters. Identifying issues and driving them to resolution
  • Identifying connections to other programs, teams, and partners and engaging key stakeholders to align program goals for mutual success
  • Planning and facilitating meetings, creating key communications, and keeping team and program on track with commitments
  • Design and lead design sprints to accelerate design of user-facing products and of internal programs and services
  • Coach and support design team members, in achievement of design adjacent tasks such as work prioritization, level-of-effort estimating, asset management, and knowledge sharing
  • Design and implement new ways of working that further DesignOps effectiveness and goals, using design thinking methods, and collaborating with team members and key stakeholders
  • Aid DesignOps scalability through designing, documenting, and sharing best practices and resources
  • Help champion the growth of DesignOps, working with other teams within Autodesk to align, share and support the growth of the discipline across the company
  • MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience
  • 4+ years design program management experience within a software environment, ideally at a software company (versus agency)
  • Familiarity with user-centered design practices, UX tools and techniques, and software development methods, primarily Agile
  • Strong track record in above requirements, particularly in standing up and managing programs and completing significant initiatives successfully and in leading design sprints / workshops
  • Excellent project management skills
  • Fluency with the SDLC and working with cross-functional teams to improve it, especially the design team’s role
  • Solid foundation in AI and experience helping designers improve their AI fluency. Up-to-date in latest AI features/tools for designers
  • Demonstrated strong writing, reporting, and documentation skills (examples may be required)
  • Strong verbal and presentation skills
  • Ability to travel when needed, likely 10% or less
  • Learn More
  • 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!

Benefits

  • From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/
  • Salary transparency
  • Equal Employment Opportunity
  • At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
  • Belonging
  • We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging
  • In-Person Onboarding and Identity Verification
  • This role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.
  • Are you an existing contractor or consultant with Autodesk?
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