Product Manager, Developer Enablement

Autodesk

Job Summary

This role focuses on guiding Autodesk's internal development platform to enhance developer productivity across the software development lifecycle. It involves defining and executing the platform roadmap with an emphasis on AI-driven improvements, translating user needs into platform capabilities, and collaborating with engineering, UX, and research teams. The role requires a lean, data-informed approach to steer product choices and present strategy to senior management, ensuring alignment on shared goals and metrics.

Must Have

  • Define and execute roadmap for Autodesk’s internal development platform, with a focus on AI-driven productivity improvements.
  • Translate business and user needs into platform capabilities that reduce friction and enable secure, high-quality software delivery.
  • Conduct comparative and industry research to ensure platform alignment with emerging trends in developer tools and AI.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, UX, and research teams to validate solutions and prioritize impact.
  • Steer product choices and platform evolution using a lean, data-informed mindset.
  • Present platform strategy and outcomes to senior management, including CTO and CIO stakeholders.
  • Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences, aligning teams around shared goals and metrics.
  • 3-5 years of product management experience, with a strong background in platform or developer productivity tools.
  • Proven track record delivering platform capabilities for internal engineering teams at Enterprise scale.
  • Strong familiarity with DevOps tools such as GitHub, CloudBees, Artifactory, Kubernetes, and Dynatrace.
  • Experienced in integrating or evaluating AI developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable).
  • Understand cloud-native architectures and distributed systems.

Good to Have

  • Strong storytelling and presentation skills.
  • Skilled in defining product metrics and measuring success.
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity, setting priorities, and influencing outcomes.
  • Passionate about developer experience and continuous improvement.

Perks & Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Annual cash bonuses
  • Commissions for sales roles
  • Stock grants
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Hybrid contracts

Job Description

Overview

Are you seeking to develop your career in Platform Product lifecycle management? In this role you will guide our internal development platform with a focus on enhancing developer productivity across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This role sits at the intersection of product management, platform engineering, and AI innovation, prioritising backlogs and improving capabilities that enable developers to build, test, deploy, and scale faster. This is not a management position, you will not manage a team.

You will help make decisions and roadmap development that unlock automation capabilities, Agentic AI use cases, and workflow acceleration opportunities

You will collaborate with designers and researchers to execute initiatives focused on workflow automation, Agentic AI patterns, and developer experience

You are passionate about AI development tools with hands on experience using tools such as Cursor, Claude Code and Lovable.

We offer hybrid contracts, but we need you to attend the office in Dublin at least one day per week, to liaise with colleagues and teammates. You will report to the Director, Product management.

Responsibilities

  • You will define and execute the roadmap for Autodesk’s internal development platform, with a focus on AI-driven productivity improvements.
  • You will translate business and user needs into platform capabilities that reduce friction and enable secure, high-quality software delivery.
  • You will conduct comparative and industry research to ensure our platform is aligned with emerging trends in developer tools and AI.
  • You will collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, UX, and research teams to validate solutions and prioritize impact.
  • You will steer product choices and platform evolution using a lean, data-informed mindset.
  • You will present platform strategy and outcomes to senior management, including CTO and CIO stakeholders.
  • You will communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences, aligning teams around shared goals and metrics.

Minimum Qualifications

  • You have 3–5 years of product management experience, with a strong background in platform or developer productivity tools.
  • You have a proven track record delivering platform capabilities for internal engineering teams at Enterprise scale.
  • You have a strong familiarity with DevOps tools such as GitHub, CloudBees, Artifactory, Kubernetes, and Dynatrace.
  • You are experienced in integrating or evaluating AI developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable).
  • You understand cloud-native architectures and distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

  • You have strong storytelling and presentation skills.
  • You are skilled in defining product metrics and measuring success.
  • You are comfortable navigating ambiguity, setting priorities, and influencing outcomes.
  • You are passionate about developer experience and continuous improvement.

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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. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Diversity & Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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