Production Environments Strategy Leader

Autodesk; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 103,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk in the United States seeks a Senior Industry Manager for Production Environments to lead strategy for a major industrial operations domain, helping manufacturers become more connected, efficient, and resilient.

You will influence roadmaps, shape market positioning, and build trusted relationships with customers, partners, and analysts while guiding cross‑functional teams through evidence‑based decisions. This role requires 8+ years of experience and travel of 25–30%.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in industrial operations, product/market strategy, consulting, or transformation.
• Knowledge of production environments, workflows, priorities, and technologies.
• Experience guiding strategies using customer research, market intelligence, and sizing.
• Ability to influence priorities across cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Experience engaging senior customer leadership and industry stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop an evidence-based perspective on evolving production environments grounded in customer workflows and market dynamics.
• Collect and synthesize insights to identify meaningful Autodesk opportunities.
• Frame opportunities, clarify value, and define success measures.
• Shape strategy and positioning for priority opportunities; advise where to invest or partner.
• Translate industry opportunities into product, platform, and portfolio priorities.
• Develop credible recommendations on value, fit, and dependencies with risk considerations.
• Influence roadmaps and investments across teams by clarifying trade-offs and value.
• Build trusted relationships with customers, partners, analysts, and associations.
• Lead high-value engagements to test ideas and surface emerging needs.
• Represent Autodesk as a credible industry voice in discussions on production environments.
• Use external engagement to sharpen Autodesk's market perspective and ecosystem ties.
• Create narratives and recommendations that clarify complex industry choices for senior audiences.
• Lead through influence, aligning stakeholders around strategic priorities and decisions.
• Guide strategic initiatives from insight to early execution with evidence-based refinement.

Skills

Industrial operations

Market strategy

Customer research

Competitive analysis

Cross-functional influence

Senior stakeholder engagement

Storytelling

Travel 25-30%

Tools

MES

ERP/MRP

SCADA

IIoT

Job description

Autodesk in the United States seeks a Senior Industry Manager for Production Environments to lead strategy for a major industrial operations domain, helping manufacturers become more connected, efficient, and resilient.

You will influence roadmaps, shape market positioning, and build trusted relationships with customers, partners, and analysts while guiding cross‑functional teams through evidence‑based decisions. This role requires 8+ years of experience and travel of 25–30%.