Principal Product Manager

Autodesk, Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 142,000 - 207,900; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk, Inc. is seeking a senior product manager for the Forma Administration team to lead admin/purchaser focused product initiatives in a global B2B SaaS context.

You will own the full lifecycle from discovery to adoption and deliver an intuitive workspace setup across Autodesk products. You will drive API-first development, regionalization, and collaborate with engineering and leadership to translate customer needs into scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in B2B SaaS product management.
• Leadership experience focused on admin or purchaser personas, or hands‑on software administrator experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop services for managing users & business relationships, collaboration spaces, workflows and data.
• Be the voice of the customer, especially the workspace administrator, by sharing deep user and market insights with engineering and leadership teams.
• Own the full product lifecycle from discovery to launch, GTM, enablement and adoption.
• Deliver a consistent, intuitive workspace setup experience across Autodesk products.
• Lead the launch of public APIs (create, read, update, delete) to enable integration and extensibility.
• Support regionalization by evolving workspace capabilities to meet diverse global compliance and user needs.
• Build tools for admins to configure settings, define custom properties, and manage business units.
• Drive API‑first development and platform product management (building for developers, not just UI).
• Communicate succinctly and accurately, using imagery and prototypes (e.g., Lovable, Figma Make).
• Focus on understanding customer problems, not just the solution.

Skills

B2B SaaS product management

Product leadership

Strong communication

Translate complex concepts

Fast-paced collaboration

KPIs and success metrics

Job description

Position Overview

The AEC industry is perhaps the most collaborative industry in the world – each journey to design → plan → build → operate involves many companies from owners to architects to general contractors to the various trades. Autodesk excels at connecting these entities in the AEC ecosystem through a collaboration platform, and the Forma Administration organization is at the heart of that effort.

Responsibilities

• Develop various services for managing: users & business relationships, collaboration spaces, workflows and data.
• Be the voice of the customer, especially the workspace administrator persona, by bringing deep user and market insights to our engineering and leadership teams.
• Own the full product lifecycle: from early discovery and concept testing to launch, go‑to‑market, enablement, and adoption.
• Deliver a consistent, intuitive workspace setup experience across all Autodesk products.
• Lead the launch of public APIs (create, read, update, delete) to empower integration and extensibility.
• Support regionalization by evolving workspace capabilities to meet diverse global compliance and user needs.
• Build tools that enable admins to configure settings, define custom properties, and manage business units.
• Drive API‑first development and platform product management (building for developers, not just UI).
• Communicate succinctly and accurately, expressing ideas through imagery and prototypes (e.g., Lovable, Figma Make).
• Focus on understanding the customer problem, not the solution.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in B2B SaaS product management (e.g., Salesforce, Shopify, Adobe, OpenText).
• Product leadership experience focused on admin or purchaser personas, or hands‑on experience as a software administrator (e.g., Salesforce Admin).
• Strong communication and storytelling skills are required, whether creating a product wiki, running a customer session, or presenting to leadership.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, approachable ideas.
• Thrives in fast‑paced, collaborative environments and is energized by learning and growth.
• Clear understanding of how to define and track success metrics and KPIs.
• A passion for precision: intentional with language and messaging in both customer and R&D conversations.

Salary and Compensation

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada‑based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $142,000 and $207,900. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.