Senior Platform Partnerships Leader

Autodesk, Inc; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 136,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk, Inc. in Portland, OR is seeking a senior partnerships leader to own end-to-end technology partnerships strategy and execution, reporting to the Director of Strategic Alliances & Partnerships.

It drives co-innovation and co-marketing programs and builds executive narratives for initiatives. You will coordinate across Platform, Product and Marketing; manage lifecycle engagement plans; and prepare options for Director/VP decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 7+ years of experience in technical partnerships, business strategy, or management consulting.
• 3+ years leading partnerships, especially SaaS & consumer hardware with names like Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Google.
• Experience with AI/ML, Data, Visualization & Graphics, and Robotics.
• Experience working with hyperscalers.
• Experience in Enterprise Software, Consumer HW, Data, Design & Make Software, Cloud & Security.

Responsibilities

• Own flagship partner strategy and engagements end-to-end.
• Drive roadmap and joint-program outcomes with stakeholders in platform and industry verticals.
• Lead co-innovation programs and assess partner-technology fit.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Platform, Product, and Marketing.
• Build and maintain engagement plans across the lifecycle; go/no-go, prototyping, and GTM planning.
• Manage partner engagements: scope, dependencies, risks; track milestones; report updates.
• Prepare partnership strategy options, analyses, and recommendations for Director/VP decisions.
• Contribute to new-partner identification and evaluation.
• Represent the team at Senior Director/VP-level forums and conferences.
• Build VP-quality narratives and executive materials, including briefings and quarterly newsletters.
• Provide guidance and informal leadership to the Manager of Technology Partnerships.

Skills

Strategic partnerships

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Narrative deck-building

Project management

Ambiguity management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Data visualization

Job description

Autodesk, Inc. in Portland, OR is seeking a senior partnerships leader to own end-to-end technology partnerships strategy and execution, reporting to the Director of Strategic Alliances & Partnerships.

It drives co-innovation and co-marketing programs and builds executive narratives for initiatives. You will coordinate across Platform, Product and Marketing; manage lifecycle engagement plans; and prepare options for Director/VP decisions.