Position Overview

Product designers and engineers face all kinds of challenges bringing their ideas to life. As an Autodesk Product Manager, your job will be to identify and articulate the impact of those challenges to help guide a world class product team develop revolutionary customer solutions. Behind every great product at Autodesk, there are people with great empathy for the customer, insight into what is possible and the ability to uncover unarticulated customer needs. Solutions you identify will combine the best of simulation technologies, core Autodesk strengths and essential manufacturing process insights.

In this role you will help to drive solution strategy and direction, bridging technical and business worlds as you introduce a disruptive goal driven approach to generating manufacturing options & insights. To be successful in this role, you must be results-driven, an enthusiastic self-starter, a strong collaborative leader and experienced in discrete manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Take responsibility for the “whole” product/solution experience

Clearly articulate market problems & solution objectives to guide design and engineering teams

Partner with extend product management teams to ensure a coordinated solution outcome

Identify and describe target customers, users and purchase influencers

Establish subject matter expertise on assigned projects/solution areas

Create solution examples and workflow vignettes

Develop core messages describing solution/approach benefits

Represent solutions at industry events and to key internal/external audiences

Review product deliverables to assure the offering is complete and well documented

Evangelize internally and externally and at all levels, including sales, development, end users, executives, media & analysts

Track and understand the competitive landscape and evolving market dynamics

Initiate market research and market sizing in order to identify/quantify opportunities

Plan and execute primary research to identify customer problems

Conduct end-user interviews by phone and in person to uncover insights into customer perceptions, problems and workflows

Create proposals prioritizing customer problems and illustrating how recommended investments will improve customer satisfaction, enhance Autodesk credibility or increase differentiation

Minimum Qualifications

BS, MBA/MS preferred

Agile/SCRUM development process experience is a plus

5+ years of Product Management/product ownership experience

5+ years Manufacturing industry experience is required

Experience defining product requirements

Experience developing product positioning, identifying target customers, creating user personas, and developing core product value propositions

Experience conducting both primary and secondary market research

Hands on experience in manufacturing, fluent in processes and ecosystems

Experience authoring and editing video content

Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills

Enjoys participating in team as well as independently accountable roles

Fluent in English, both written and verbal

Strong project management, planning, research and analytic skills (analysis & synthesis)

Ability to travel approximately 25%

Preferred Qualifications

Skilled diplomat with high levels of confidence and maturity working within a matrix organization

Strong passion for product management

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