Senior Product Manager

Autodesk

Job Summary

As a Senior Product Manager for the data platform team, you will define and drive large-scale, cross-company initiatives powered by Data Access Services. These services are crucial for Autodesk products to store and manage CAD data on the cloud and provide granular API access. You will manage the entire platform lifecycle, from API strategy and developer experience to partner onboarding and ecosystem growth. The role involves ensuring foundational data management services scale to support exabytes of data with low-latency performance, secure storage, high resilience, and a delightful developer experience. You will build roadmaps articulating technical investments and their business impact.

Must Have

  • Drive vision and strategy for foundational data management solutions
  • Lay out an API strategy for easier platform onboarding
  • Manage product lifecycle, roadmap, release planning, and positioning
  • Define, prioritize, and plan new features with product teams and 3rd party developers
  • Articulate platform value to internal stakeholders
  • Distill high-level customer outcomes into detailed Product Requirement Documents (PRD)
  • BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Experience in building data management solutions at scale and with low-latency performance
  • Experience in platform cost optimization strategies and mitigation plans
  • 5+ years of product management experience in a SaaS/Technology company building platforms
  • Ability to articulate complex technical and business concepts simply
  • Ability to take high-level outcomes and distill them into low-level requirements
  • Strong prioritization, relationship building, and organization skills
  • Comfortable leading and influencing cross-functional teams and junior members
  • Experience managing stakeholders, risk, and ambiguity
  • Ability to collaborate with a global team and travel occasionally

Good to Have

  • BS Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
  • Experience in launching platform capabilities (APIs, SDKs) and driving platform adoption
  • Exposure to working with software architects and engineers to build a world-class data platform
  • Knowledge and familiarity with CAD design & make domain and tools like Revit, AutoCAD, Fusion, Inventor
  • Familiarity with scrum/agile methodologies

Job Description

Senior Product Manager – Data Management (P4)

Position Overview

Are you passionate about platforms that are changing how businesses operate and grow? Are you curious about how data can break-down industry silos, increase collaboration, and create opportunities for innovation? Are you passionate about strategies to build, expand, and manage a data platform ecosystem?

We are seeking a curious, data-driven, and strategic storyteller to join data platform team. design and make platform offerings are APIs, services, and an ecosystem marketplace that accelerates digital transformation and drives better results.

As a Senior Product Manager, for the platform, you will be at the forefront to define and drive a set of large scale, cross-company initiatives powered by Data Access Services. These services are used by almost every industry vertical products to store and manage CAD data on the cloud and provide granular API access.

In this role you will be responsible for the entire platform lifecycle, from API strategy and developer experience design through partner onboarding, usage analytics, and ecosystem growth initiatives. Additionally, you will make sure that the foundational data management services scale to support exabytes of data while operating at low-latency performance, secure & compliant storage, highly resilient and with a delightful developer experience that facilitates onboarding of products onto the platform.

While these foundational services are meant for internal consumption (products), you will build roadmaps which not only articulates technical investments but how it impacts business outcomes with a data-driven approach and work with stakeholders to onboard more data onto the platform which enables innovation in all 3 industries serves (AEC, MFG, M&E).

You will work with a pool of talented Engineers, Experience Designers, Product Managers and Software Architects to deliver best in class enhancements that satisfy company objectives and goals. You are expected to be an excellent communicator, and comfortable speaking with junior engineers as you are with senior executives.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the vision and strategy for foundational data management solutions that can scale and perform under demanding read and write operations
  • Lay out an API strategy that enables easier platform onboarding of internal customers.
  • Develop and manage relationships with architecture, engineering, and product teams to deliver customer outcomes at scale and low-latency performance.
  • Manage product lifecycle, including product roadmap, release planning, and positioning.
  • Work directly with product teams and 3rd party developer ecosystem to define, prioritize, and plan development of new features and capabilities.
  • Articulate platform value to internal stakeholders while differentiating platform from competitive offerings.
  • Distill high-level customer outcomes into low-level capabilities that are easily understood and executed by engineering team through detailed Product Requirement Documents (PRD)

Minimum Qualifications

  • BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Experience in building data management solutions at scale and with low-latency performance
  • Experience in platform cost optimization strategies and mitigation plans
  • 5+ years of product management experience in a SaaS/Technology company building platforms
  • Passion for data and finding ways for it to be organized, accessed, and used to address customer problems.
  • Ability to easily articulate complex technical and business concepts in simply understood terms.
  • Ability to take high-level outcomes and distill them into low-level requirements
  • Strong prioritization, relationship building, and organization skills with exceptional storytelling.
  • Being at ease leading and influencing cross-functional teams and junior team members
  • Experience and comfortable managing stakeholders, risk, and ambiguity.
  • Ability to effectively collaborate with a global team and travel for work on occasion.

Preferred Qualifications

  • BS Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
  • Experience in launching platform capabilities (such as APIs, SDKs) and driving platform adoption.
  • Exposure to working with software architects and engineers to build a world-class data platform (services and APIs).
  • Knowledge and familiarity with CAD design & make domain and tools like Revit, AutoCAD, Fusion, Inventor, etc.
  • Familiarity with scrum/agile methodologies

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