Chief of Staff, Autodesk
Production Management & Platform
$155-250.7k
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3D design, engineering & entertainment software
Job no longer available
3D design, engineering & entertainment software
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$155-250.7k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower innovators with design and make technology so they can achieve the new possible.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in a high-tech business environment
- 10+ years of experience in product operations, program management, management consulting, business operations, strategic planning or a similar function
- Understanding of software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, scrum) and technical knowledge; have had a role working for a product team/organization in a product operations, product management or engineering role
- Record of seamless execution of complex projects
- Outstanding facilitation and presentation skills; proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint
- Influence and communicate effectively
- Proper judgment, business sense, and organizationally savvy
- Analytical, strategic, and intuitive
- Steer teams towards decision-making
- Experience ensuring accountability and results
- Bachelor's or MS degree
What the job involves
- We are looking for a strategically minded and collaborative leader who is interested in a unique Chief of Staff opportunity supporting the Vice President (VP) of Production Management & Platform (PM&P) for Autodesk's Entertainment and Media Solutions Group (EMS)
- We ask that you are a resourceful, driven person with the ability to execute
- The PM&P team consists of Product Management, Engineering and QA and leads product strategy and execution for Autodesk Flow, our Media & Entertainment industry cloud, and our Production Management products – Flow Production Tracking and Flow Capture, formerly known as ShotGrid and Moxion
- As the Chief of Staff, you will report to the Vice President of PM&P, and work with the PM&P leadership team, and other Chiefs of Staff, both from the EMS organization and across Autodesk, to ensure all PM&P programs, and roadmaps are well planned and accomplished
- As a necessary contributor in the PM&P team, you will ensure the team has an organized and efficient operating model
- You will define and manage the rhythm of this product and engineering organization
- You will be an important player requiring influence, initiative, creativity, and resolve to ensure the team is well positioned to succeed
- You will partner with the Vice-President and the PM&P leadership team to influence our culture, build engagement, and define our strategic plans and main investments
- You will make a big impact and help create clarity and define what success is for the team
- Manage the PM&P operating model; assess the current state of the PM&P team to ensure the team always has the right structure, accountabilities, and governance to lead as the team grows and scales
- Manage and run leadership meetings inclusive of identifying the right topics to cover, facilitating complex discussions, identifying important action items, and following up
- Manage and run process and product workstreams bringing teams together to present strategic plans and roadmaps
- Distill and summarize strategic discussions into discernible, executable plans; allow discussion while providing the connection points between strategic ideas
- Be an advisor to the VP and leadership team and be a trusted sounding board on matters of strategy and operations
- Help develop team charter/mission and track team priorities in a way where you can surface issues and roadblocks early on
- Ensure measurable goals are developed for PM&P programs and that they support our goals
- Partner with the PM&P leadership team to ensure understanding with other EMS/Autodesk groups and main collaborators
- Develop the PM&P team's Communications Plans, both internal and external
- Champion employee engagement for the team
- Attend meetings, provide direction, and address inquiries or issues on behalf of the VP as their proxy
Our take
Autodesk supplies software that enables teams to collaborate, design, simulate, and fabricate their ideas in 3D, serving a range of industries such as engineering, product design, and entertainment. Founded in 1982, the company first delivered the AutoCAD system, a commercial computer-aided design and drafting software application, that is still seeing updated releases to this day.
Over 100 million people use Autodesk software, across many different industries and applications – in some of which it remains nearly irreplaceable. The company has an impressive history of diversification, which it continues to this day. For example, the 2022 acquisition of Moxion, a cloud-based platform for digital dailies used by leading filmmakers, bolstered the company’s offerings for the media and entertainment industry.
The rise of AR and VR technologies is driving modern growth in the computer-aided design market, creating space for Autodesk to expand further. On top of this, a recent shift to the popular SaaS model puts the company in an opportunistic position to seek further success.
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Founders
Andrew Anagnost
(CEO & President, not founder)Has worked at the company since 1997, including as CMO and Senior Vice President of Business Strategy and Marketing. Became CEO in 2017.
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