Senior Construction AI Research Programs Lead

Autodesk; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk Research is hiring a Senior Research Program Manager to lead a portfolio of forward-looking construction research programs. You will sit at the intersection of research strategy, construction domain expertise, AI-enabled workflows, and cross-functional program execution.

Autodesk Research explores advances shaping products and customer workflows five to ten years ahead, investigating how intelligent systems can transform how ideas move from concept to reality.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in program management, project management, research operations, construction technology, or a related field.
• Experience managing complex, multi-workstream programs with diverse stakeholders, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Working knowledge of construction workflows, including preconstruction, BIM/VDC, scheduling, field execution, or construction data management.
• Demonstrated ability to create structure in ambiguous, newly forming areas.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including executive-ready summaries and dashboards.
• Strong facilitation and influencing skills across multidisciplinary teams.
• Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, Slack, or equivalent platforms.
• Ability to work effectively across global teams and time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead Construction Research Programs across multiple projects, experiments, prototypes, and partnerships.
• Build and maintain integrated program plans across workstreams with defined scope, milestones, dependencies and owners.
• Align the portfolio with Research priorities, Autodesk’s long-term construction vision, capacity, and outcomes.
• Help teams prioritize when opportunities compete for attention, staffing, or funding.
• Coordinate across researchers, engineers, designers, product teams, external partners, and leadership.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Facilitation

Influencing

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Slack

Global collaboration

Education

Degree in Construction Management, Civil Eng, Architecture, CS, HCI, Business

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Slack

Job description

Autodesk Research is hiring a Senior Research Program Manager to lead a portfolio of forward-looking construction research programs. You will sit at the intersection of research strategy, construction domain expertise, AI-enabled workflows, and cross-functional program execution.

Autodesk Research explores advances shaping products and customer workflows five to ten years ahead, investigating how intelligent systems can transform how ideas move from concept to reality.