People & Places (PPL) Strategic Planning Operations Manager

Autodesk; California (MO); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Strategic Planning Operations Manager to enhance the People and Places organization's operational processes. The ideal candidate will have 6-8+ years in operational planning and a strong capacity for analytical thinking and effective communication. This position offers the flexibility of remote work in the U.S., emphasizing teamwork and strategic execution to drive impactful results.

Benefits

Health and financial benefits

Wellness programs

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years of work experience in operational planning, strategy, and program management.
• Data-driven decision-maker with evidence of analytical roles.
• Demonstrated global program management capability in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Implement planning operating rhythms in partnership with stakeholders.
• Identify ways to continually improve and recommend solutions.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders for program success.

Skills

Operational planning

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Project management

Agile problem-solving

Education

BA/BS in relevant field

Tools

Airtable

Job description

Overview

Job Requisition ID 25WD91496

Position Overview:

The Strategic Planning Operations Manager will accelerate the work of the People and Places (PPL) organization’s Portfolio, Planning, and Programs. We are seeking a highly organized big picture thinker who can swivel to detailed thinking and execution in a single conversation. This role focuses on two primary things: 1. Operational support of PPL’s portfolio, planning, and program work including OKR management, monthly and quarterly business reviews, and general operational rhythms and hygiene, and 2. Enablement support of the wider PPL planning ecosystem – building reliable, repeatable processes for planning and delivery ensuring teams have clarity on goals and timelines.

This newly created role works directly with the PPL Sr. Portfolio & Planning Manager to shape how we deliver work at scale. The Strategic Planning Operations Manager will drive reliable processes and demonstrate leadership in inspiring alignment as a key part of the PPL team’s ongoing evolution while directly contributing to growth at Autodesk.

To do the role effectively, the right candidate will be able to establish strong partnerships to connect strategy to execution across projects, ensuring collaboration across PPL functions delivering high quality results. They will document and role model effective decision-making and teamwork in ambiguous and high-visibility situations.

This position will report to the Sr Portfolio and Planning Manager, and it can be 100% remote in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Implement planning operating rhythms, norms, and practices in partnership with the Sr. Manager and other stakeholders to ensure efficient and effective program design, monitoring, and delivery
• Identify ways to continually improve and recommend solutions to address those gaps
• Continually improve frameworks, mechanisms, and tools to enable program planning and execution across PPL
• Establish and build strong working relationships with end users, partners, and stakeholders to gather insights, test solutions, and ensure successful change adoption and impactful results

Minimum Qualifications

• 6-8+ years of work experience in operational planning, strategy, and program management
• Prior experience implementing and upleveling efficient and effective organizational planning rhythms
• Data-driven decision maker with evidence of roles that required analytical thinking to drive results
• OKR planning and strategic planning
• Comfort and confidence working across multiple systems and tools to drive results
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills with proven ability to communicate with all levels of an organization
• Ability to manage complex projects and stakeholders in parallel with high levels of quality and impact
• Agile approach to working with an orientation to pragmatic problem solving that enables immediate impact with space to grow as the team tests, iterates and learns
• Demonstrated global program management capability in a complex matrixed environment
• Demonstrated experience of leading with indirect authority

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within a complex global organization and planning tools (e.g., Airtable)
• BA/BS in relevant field (Business, human resources, management, etc.)

The Ideal Candidate

• Motivated by the opportunity to build and create something
• Learner with an appetite to iterate the improve current state
• Collaborative mindset with strong relationship management
• Comfort with ambiguity and motivated to solve complex problems
• We > Me - Teamwork gives you energy and people lean-in to a project when you get involved

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