Job Requisition ID #
25WD85063
Position Overview
The Platform Services and Emerging Technologies (PSET) Technical Program Manager (TPM) role is impactful, ensuring engineering teams achieve business outcomes. Our TPM works across the PSET domain areas to formulate and successfully deliver technical solutions, and is responsible for complex program and initiative delivery from planning through execution, including delivery forecasting, managing risks, dependencies, and alignment with stakeholders. In this role, you will engage with cross-functional teams, with other Autodesk divisions and/or outside partners/stakeholders to drive key aspects of technical solutions, and strategic planning, and address cross-team dependencies and relationships.
As the ideal candidate, you possess solid technical expertise and business acumen, the ability to impart a sense of urgency, and influence your leaders and peers. You have a bias toward action, you are a champion for pursuing business outcomes as opposed to performing development activities, and you are proactive in stakeholder management and establishing relationships with customers. You enjoy operating as ’equal partners’ with engineering, architects, product managers, experienced designers, and product owners. You are an Agile Practitioner with deep expertise in supporting and enabling self-organizing engineering teams. You are responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.
Responsibilities
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Facilitate alignment between teams, functions, divisions, and stakeholders
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Drive alignment of cross-organizations initiatives through OKR planning, dependency management and impediment removal
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Demonstrate expert understanding and application of OKR practice value and principles by continuously refining guidance and process to facilitate team discussions
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Manage stakeholders and communications. Work with key stakeholders from executive teams, architects, and product management to shape strategy and requirements
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Serve as communication focal point for complex programs & initiatives, with other Autodesk teams and divisions leadership
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Provide both executive and team level status reporting on initiative status, risks, and achievements
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Plan and ensure delivery
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Engage with engineering leadership and teams to build a clear delivery plan
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During the execution phase, where multiple cycles of sprints are tracked across several engineering teams, inspect, continuously refine the plan, and communicate regularly with stakeholders about progress towards goals
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Focus on impediment removal by supporting engineering teams with exception handling
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Drive risk identification and mitigation analysis to address potential roadblocks, reduce waste, optimize delivery, and improve team satisfaction with the delivery process
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Lead cross-functional development team efforts on providing technical solutions from design through delivery
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Drive automation of delivery processes that span across the design, development, and operations to create transparency and a single source of truth
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Be an agent of change
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Drive continuous improvement and our science based, Kaizen culture by leading changes through retrospectives and “lessons learned”
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline or Computer Science or a related field
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5+ years of experience working directly with engineering teams on highly complex initiatives involving multiple teams, in a fast-paced environment, using both traditional and Agile methodologies
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3+ years of experience as a technical Program Manager, Product Manager, Software Architect or similar like role
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Demonstrable knowledge in systems/cloud services, and cloud platform (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
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Strong technical background and aptitude, detail-driven and have excellent problem-solving abilities
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Ability to communicate effectively with a broad audience
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Zeal for process and operational excellence
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Desire to continue to learn and challenge yourself
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Outstanding relationship-building, and influencing skills
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Ability to leverage technical tools to scale programs and solutions
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