Sr. Principal Experience Designer, AEC

autodesk; United States; On-site; USD 155,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is seeking a Senior Principal Designer to shape construction experiences across web and mobile. You will lead UX strategy with cross-functional teams, defining scalable design frameworks while leveraging new technologies to solve complex construction workflows.

Travel is quarterly across North America and beyond; you will mentor designers, influence product direction, and partner with executives to elevate experience quality across Autodesk Forma and related platforms.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional UX design experience, including leadership roles.
• Experience designing SaaS products across web and mobile.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills across disciplines.
• Proficiency with industry-standard design tools such as Figma.
• Ability to work effectively in large, cross-team environments.
• Online portfolio showcasing impact and scope.

Responsibilities

• Influence product strategy with deep UX, design systems, and industry knowledge.
• Create design vision artifacts to inspire and align teams.
• Translate complex user needs into actionable experience direction and frameworks.
• Communicate design vision with clarity through storytelling and presentations.
• Introduce new design practices and improve design pace and quality.
• Guide translation of vision into end-to-end experiences across time zones.

Skills

UX design leadership

SaaS product design

Communication & storytelling

Figma

AI-enabled prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Figma

AI prototyping tools

Job description

Job Requisition ID # 26WD98408

Position Overview

At Autodesk AEC, we help teams meet the world's rapidly expanding building and infrastructure needs while making design and construction more predictable, safe, and sustainable. The Construction Field Delivery team is transforming how projects are delivered through a connected productivity platform that is intuitive, scalable, AI-driven, and seamlessly accessible across mobile, and web.

We are seeking a Senior Principal Designer to help shape the next generation of construction experiences within Autodesk Forma. Reporting to the Director of Experience Design for Construction Field Delivery, you will define and drive a cohesive UX vision across web and native iOS/Android experiences serving both office administrators and jobsite teams. This role requires balancing the competing needs and operational realities of multiple user groups working within highly complex construction workflows.

As a senior design leader, you will establish scalable design frameworks and interaction models across a broad product ecosystem while leveraging emerging technologies (i.e. on mobile) to solve deeply complex customer problems. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and executive leadership to shape strategy, influence outcomes, and elevate experience quality across everything we deliver. Through strong systems thinking, storytelling, and design craft, you will inspire cross-functional teams and help define how technology improves the delivery of large commercial and civil projects in the real world.

Travel: approximately quarterly across North America and other international locations.

Responsibilities

• Apply deep product, platform, user-centered design, and AEC industry expertise to influence product strategy, anticipate emerging customer needs, and identify opportunities where new technologies can deliver meaningful customer value
• Create compelling design vision artifacts, including prototypes, diagrams, concepts, and visual frameworks, to inspire teams and drive alignment
• Translate complex user needs and business priorities into clear, actionable experience direction and system frameworks
• Communicate design vision and strategy with clarity and impact through effective storytelling, leading presentations and discussions that build trust, inform decisions, and engage diverse, cross-functional audiences
• Support innovation and organizational learning by introducing new design practices, exploring emerging frameworks, and helping teams improve the pace, quality, and ambition of design outcomes
• Partner with designers, researchers, product managers, and engineering leaders across multiple time zones to guide the translation of design vision into feasible, end-to-end experiences aligned with platform and technical constraints

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience as a UX design individual contributor and/or design leader
• Experience designing SaaS products across multiple device types and software platforms
• Strong communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence across UX, Product Management, Engineering, and Analytics
• Proficiency with industry-standard design tools such as Figma and AI-enabled prototyping tools
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in larger, cross-team environments
• Online portfolio showcasing relevant experience and impact

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated interest in mentoring and supporting the growth of other designers
• Experience driving design vision involving innovative technologies (such as agentic experiences, mobile, or smart devices)

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk - it's at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you're an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $155,000 and $278,300. Offers are based on the candidate's experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compe