Principal Product Manager

Autodesk; Toronto; Remote; CAD 151,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Principal Product Manager for their Media & Entertainment team. The role focuses on driving the vision for Autodesk Flow, overseeing product strategy and execution while leveraging customer data and collaboration across teams. Ideal candidates will bring extensive SaaS experience and a strong background in product management.

Benefits

Annual cash bonuses

Stock grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• 8-10 years in customer-facing product management roles.
• Experience in enterprise-level SaaS product management.
• Direct experience delivering 0-to-1 products.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute product strategy for Autodesk Flow.
• Collaborate across teams to align business goals and development.
• Utilize customer insights and data to shape product concepts.

Skills

SaaS

Product Management

Agile Methodologies

Data-Based Decision Making

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science

Job description

We are seeking a Principal Product Manager to join our Media & Entertainment team (EMS) with a focus on driving the vision and plan for our industry cloud, Autodesk Flow. Autodesk Flow is built on Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform and connects workflows, data, and teams across the entire production lifecycle from earliest concept to final delivery.

Reporting to the VP, Production Management & Platform, you will be involved in defining, designing, and building the next generation of solutions and services for film, tv, and game-based workflows. You’ll help execute the product strategy and guide teams on how to maximize impact of those strategies by leveraging data and research. You will partner with multiple cross-functional teams to execute against our product strategy, ensuring we are prioritizing the workflows to deliver the most impact to our customers.

This role can be on-site, hybrid or remote anywhere in the United States or Canada.

Responsibilities

Work closely with leads across Development, Design and Architecture to ensure complete alignment between business goals and development work. Be able to collaborate and get help from counterparts at the right time.

Be the connective tissue and glue between development teams, stakeholders, and customers

Able to define most impactful customer outcomes, discover opportunities, and discover solutions

Data-based decision-making including prioritization across multiple initiatives with competing priorities. Leverage customer insight, usability studies, research, and market analysis to shape product concepts and requirements

Influence and manage multiple stakeholders to ensure shared understanding of key decisions and trade-offs

Balance customer needs against short-term versus longer-term benefit

Articulate and promote the direction of our platform by envisioning features and functions over time to be delivered

Excellent presentation and storytelling skills to take a complex topic and make it digestible

Run customer councils through strategic direction, speaking, and content curation

Inherently collaborative nature and bias toward partnership

Work with relevant marketing and GTM stakeholders to launch new product services and capabilities

Minimum Qualifications

At least 8-10 years of experience in a customer facing role and SaaS / cloud / platform product management experience.Enterprise level SaaS industry experience and experience launching a collaboration product desired

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Have direct experience delivering 0-to-1 products. Operate in a rapid experimentation mode with customers

Knowledge of SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) and Agile methodologies

Understanding of tactics and frameworks that support product discovery

Demonstrated experience working in a matrix environment at scale

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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 – our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $151,400 and $244,860. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.