AI Foundations Strategy & Economics Lead

Autodesk; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk in London is seeking a strategic analytics leader to guide adoption, monetization, cost modeling, and planning for AI investments across platforms and business units.

You will build financial models, forecasts for AI adoption, revenue influence, inference costs, and margins, translating telemetry into monetization opportunities and delivering executive-ready dashboards for cross-functional leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business strategy, analytics, strategic finance, business operations, product strategy, product analytics, management consulting, or a similarly analytical role.
• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, or equivalent experience.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, take initiative, and drive work forward.
• Experience building financial, operating, or business models across adoption, usage, revenue, COGS, margin, and ROI.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Experience with AI infrastructure, usage-based monetization models, model serving, inference costs, GPU economics, cloud economics, or compute cost optimization.
• Experience in SaaS economics, cloud cost analysis, or AI/ML-driven products.
• Background in subscription analytics, pricing, packaging, or monetization strategy.
• Experience with AI agents and API-driven business models.

Responsibilities

• Develop structured strategic frameworks, adoption and impact forecasts, and decision-support insights.
• Build analytical and financial models quantifying AI capabilities across Autodesk’s platforms.
• Create forecasts for AI adoption, usage, revenue influence, inference costs, and margin implications.
• Translate product telemetry into insights supporting monetization, pricing, packaging, and growth opportunities.
• Prepare executive- and Board-ready presentations and narratives communicating recommendations.

Skills

Financial modeling

SQL

Python

Excel

Data analytics

Cost modeling

Strategic planning

Education

Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, or equivalent

BS or MS in Data Science or a related field

Job description

Autodesk in London is seeking a strategic analytics leader to guide adoption, monetization, cost modeling, and planning for AI investments across platforms and business units.

You will build financial models, forecasts for AI adoption, revenue influence, inference costs, and margins, translating telemetry into monetization opportunities and delivering executive-ready dashboards for cross-functional leadership.