AI Strategy & Economics Lead for Foundation Models

Autodesk; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is building the next generation of AI capabilities and seeks a high-impact analytics leader to shape business strategy and AI portfolio economics. You will model adoption, monetization, costs (inference COGS and GPU costs), and guide investment decisions across Autodesk’s platform and product areas, balancing margin and scalability.

The role is UK-based with hybrid or remote flexibility, focusing on forecasting, dashboards, and executive-ready narratives to drive pricing, packaging, and

Qualifications

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in business strategy, analytics, strategic finance, business operations, product strategy, product analytics, management consulting, or a similarly analytical role.
• Experience building financial, operating, or business models across adoption, usage, revenue, COGS, margin, and ROI.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills; Excel required, with SQL or Python familiarity preferred.
• Experience with cloud, GPU, and inference cost structures, or demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on AI infrastructure economics.

Responsibilities

• Build analytical and financial models that quantify the business impact of AI capabilities across Autodesk’s platform and industry groups.
• Develop forecasts for AI adoption, usage, revenue influence, inference costs, margin implications, and long-term planning.
• Construct business cases and decision-ready analysis to guide investment, prioritization, monetization, pricing, packaging, and leadership reviews.
• Model and optimize cloud, GPU, and inference economics, including utilization, scaling behavior, cost efficiency, COGS, cost-to-serve dynamics, and margin implications.
• Translate product telemetry into insights supporting monetization, pricing, packaging, and cross-industry growth opportunities.
• Create executive- and Board-ready presentations, narratives, and slide materials that communicate strategic recommendations, investment plans, tradeoffs, and business priorities with clarity and impact.
• Contribute to building repeatable dashboards, reporting frameworks, and tools to enable data-driven execution across Product, Finance, and Engineering teams.
• Operate as a self-starter with the ability to work independently, take ownership, and drive work forward in an ambiguous environment.

Skills

Financial modeling

Strategic thinking

Presentation skills

Communication

Independent worker

Education

Masters or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Excel

SQL

Python

Job description

Autodesk is building the next generation of AI capabilities and seeks a high-impact analytics leader to shape business strategy and AI portfolio economics. You will model adoption, monetization, costs (inference COGS and GPU costs), and guide investment decisions across Autodesk’s platform and product areas, balancing margin and scalability.

The role is UK-based with hybrid or remote flexibility, focusing on forecasting, dashboards, and executive-ready narratives to drive pricing, packaging, and