Principal Product Manager

Autodesk; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 142,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk in Vancouver is seeking a Senior Product Manager to own the admin/workspace platform for Forma Administration, guiding discovery to launch and adoption.

You will lead API launches, ensure a consistent workspace experience across Autodesk products, and align with regional and global compliance needs.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in B2B SaaS product management, strong product leadership, and excellent communication skills.

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 you're creating a product wiki, running a customer session, or presenting to leadership
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, approachable ideas
• You thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and are energized by learning and growth
• Clear understanding of how to define and track success metrics and KPIs
• A passion for precision: You're intentional with language and messaging in both customer and R&D conversations

Responsibilities

• Be the voice of the customer, esp. workspace administrator persona.
• Own the full product lifecycle: from discovery to launch, go-to-market, enablement, and adoption.
• Deliver a consistent, intuitive workspace setup experience across 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 easily configure settings, define custom properties, and manage business units.
• API-first development and platform product management (building for developers - not just UI).
• Communicating succinctly and accurately.
• Expressing ideas through imagery & prototypes (eg Lovable, Figma Make, etc).
• Focusing on understanding the customer problem, not the solution.

Skills

B2B SaaS product management

Product leadership

Strong communication

KPIs & metrics

Job description

Position Overview

The AEC industry is perhaps the most collaborative industry in the world - with each journey to design->plan->build->operate involving sometimes hundreds of different companies from Owners to Architects to General Contractors to all the different trades. One place where Autodesk excels is connecting these entities in the AEC ecosystem together in a collaboration platform, and at the heart of that is our Forma Administration organization.

In our Forma Administration organization, we develop various services for managing:

• Users & Business Relationships
• Collaboration Spaces
• Workflows & Data

Responsibilities

• 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 easily configure settings, define custom properties, and manage business units
• API-first development and platform product management (building for developers - not just UI)
• Communicating succinctly and accurately
• Expressing ideas through imagery & prototypes (eg Lovable, Figma Make, etc)
• Focusing 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 you're creating a product wiki, running a customer session, or presenting to leadership
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, approachable ideas
• You thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and are energized by learning and growth
• Clear understanding of how to define and track success metrics and KPIs
• A passion for precision: You're intentional with language and messaging in both customer and R&D conversations

Learn More

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 – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made 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 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.

Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging

In-Person Onboarding and Identity Verification

This role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.