Manager, Technical Adoption, AMER

Autodesk; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 97,000 - 174,240; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is seeking a proven leader to guide a team of Technical Adoption Specialists. You will drive onboarding and adoption services, align priorities, and deliver measurable customer value.

The role focuses on coaching, staffing, and improving execution within the Technical Adoption operating model, fostering professional development and collaboration across teams. Travel up to 30% may be required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading teams in a SaaS environment.
• Strong communication and relationship-building across levels and functions.
• Experience driving customer success initiatives and scalable operating models.

Responsibilities

• Manage processes and plans to ensure effective onboarding and adoption services for Autodesk products.
• Lead with empathy, accountability, and operational rigor, guiding the team to deliver adoption services at scale.
• Measure and monitor performance against team goals and adoption service outcomes.
• Direct investigation and resolution of escalated service delivery issues.
• Coach and develop team members through ongoing feedback and development plans.
• Create clarity and translate strategy into executable team plans.
• Manage team capacity, workforce planning, and budget inputs with leadership.
• Collaborate with customer success organization to communicate operational details and adoption effectiveness.
• Drive cross-team communication and ensure alignment with stakeholders.
• Lead or participate in setting vision and global initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

People management

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Position Overview

Autodesk Customer Success is looking for a proven, people-centered leader to motivate, coach, and manage a team of Technical Adoption Specialists. This team helps customers increase adoption of Autodesk products and services through coaching and enablement experiences that support measurable customer outcomes.

Job Requisition ID #

26WD100034

Position Overview

This role leads a team responsible for helping customers apply Autodesk solutions in ways that align to their business goals and customer success plans. The ideal leader brings strong people leadership, sound operational judgment, and the ability to create clarity for the team as priorities evolve.

In this role, you will help the team deliver consistent, high-quality adoption services while improving how coaching is planned, delivered, measured, and scaled. You will play an important role in evolving the Technical Adoption operating model by strengthening execution, improving cross-functional alignment, and supporting more repeatable ways of working.

You will join the Technical Adoption group within Customer Success Management and help foster a culture that values professional development, collaboration, accountability, and high performance. This leader should be comfortable guiding the team through change, translating strategy into execution, and creating an environment where specialists are supported, motivated, and empowered to deliver customer value.

Responsibilities

• Manage processes and plans to ensure effective delivery of onboarding and adoption services for Autodesk products


• Lead with a balance of empathy, accountability, and operational rigor, ensuring the team remains motivated while continuously improving how Technical Adoption services are delivered at scale


• Measure and monitor performance against team goals and adoption service outcomes including customer experience, delivery quality, and value realization indicators


• Direct investigation and ensure resolution of all escalated issues related to service delivery, operational execution and customer satisfaction


• Coach and develop team members through ongoing feedback, growth conversations, and individualized development plans that build capability and support long-term team performance


• Help the organization evolve in a practical and sustainable way by creating clarity, reinforcing priorities, and translating strategy into executable team plans


• Manage team capacity, workforce planning, and budget inputs in partnership with senior leadership, using demand trends, delivery volume, and business priorities to inform staffing, coverage, forecasting, and resource allocation decisions


• Engage and collaborate with the customer success organization to communicate operational details and provide information on adoption service effectiveness


• Drive communication across the organization, ensuring new information is coordinated with support teams, partner teams, and relevant stakeholders


• Lead or participate in setting organization vision, global projects, and initiatives

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading teams, preferably in a best-in-class SaaS environment


• Bachelor's degree; advanced degree preferred


• Experience leading customer success initiatives that improve customer service, increase operating efficiency, and support new operational models


• Strong communicator with the ability to build relationships at all levels


• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships within a matrixed organization


• Flexible, decisive, self-motivated, and proactive


• Comfortable with ambiguity and working through change while driving results


• Ability to partner cross-functionally to advocate for the team and the customer


• Able to travel up to 30%

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About Autodesk

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Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $97,000 and $174,240. 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.

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