Experience Design Architect

Position Overview Autodesk is seeking an Experience Design Architect to join our Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) division. As a visionary leader, you will focus on experience architecture, design strategy, and organizational alignment to unify and modernize our Building Design products. You will integrate design, make, data, and people across the entire AEC lifecycle, driving the future of design by fostering a modern and innovative experience for our users. Responsibilities Serve as the primary user experience leader for Building Design products, defining actionable strategies that unify business, technology, and customer priorities. Create business impact by clarifying the most important business issues and outcomes. Own system‑level experience architecture, spanning platforms, and driving system architecture and broad product strategy. Drive implementation of new processes and standards for systems thinking across organizations. Drive design cohesion, unification, and modernization across AEC initiatives. Exhibit collaborative leadership across multiple functions and broad‑reaching cross‑product initiatives. Partner with design managers to build high‑performing teams and evolve design practices, providing mentorship and coaching for other designers on complex and critical projects. Engage executive leadership and the organization with IA thought leadership. Collaborate with customers, executive stakeholders, designers, developers, and product managers. Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to ensure Autodesk’s products remain innovative and competitive. Minimum Qualifications 15+ years’ experience in user experience design or related field. Expertise in human‑centered design, information architecture, user research, and design systems. Ability to advocate for a shared design vision that aligns with customer and business priorities with diverse audiences, including senior executives. Mastery of effective communication and storytelling strategies. Extensive facilitation experience to choose design thinking principles and processes with clear outcomes. Recognized for mastery of information architecture theory, practice, research methodologies, and strategies. Ability to work in an agile and fast‑moving design environment. Experience in creating influential relationships within and across product groups. Very advanced expert roles that provide advice relevant to senior leaders. Development of novel, highly innovative solutions is often required. Recognized as experts within and across disciplines. Lead resolution of complex problems within own discipline, integrating cross‑functional processes and outcomes. Anticipate business challenges that could have significant impact on Autodesk’s operational and financial success, and proactively develop solutions. Provide input to functional strategies related to own discipline. Influence leaders within own function to adopt solutions, establish priorities, and allocate resources. May lead teams or projects with broad visibility. Preferred Qualifications Passion for AEC and empowering professionals. Familiarity with Autodesk AEC products or competitive products. Proven experience working at a large‑cap SaaS company. Experience driving large‑scale design unification across multiple verticals or products. Demonstrated innovation through patents, publications, conference presentations, etc. Equal Employment Opportunity At Autodesk, we’re building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr Autodesk