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You will sit at the intersection of research strategy, construction domain expertise, AI-enabled workflows, and cross-functional program execution - helping teams move from ambiguous opportunity areas to structured plans, measurable progress, and strategic impact.\nAutodesk Research explores advances that may shape products and customer workflows five to ten years out, investigating how intelligent, agentic, and AI-driven systems can transform how ideas move from concept to reality. This is not a traditional Technical Program Manager role. Research Program Managers here are horizontally focused connectors: they organize programs, manage ambiguity, coordinate stakeholders, and link research work to Autodesk outcomes.\nResponsibilities\nLead program management for construction research initiative\nManage a program spanning multiple related projects, experiments, prototypes, and partnerships across complex, extended timelines.\nBuild and maintain integrated program plans across workstreams, defining scope, objectives, milestones, dependencies, and owners\n\nAlign the portfolio with Research priorities, Autodesk’s long-term construction vision, available capacity, and strategic outcomes\n\nHelp teams prioritize when opportunities compete for attention, staffing, or funding\n\nCoordinate across researchers, engineers, designers, product teams, external partners, and leadership\n\nManage the research lifecycle\nHelp teams move through opportunity framing, discovery, experimentation, validation, and transition - keeping work visible and actionable without forcing it into a rigid delivery model.\nEstablish lightweight governance for planning, reviews, decisions, and risk tracking\n\nEnsure research artifacts, learnings, demos, and decision records are findable and reusable\n\nSupport transition planning when research is ready to inform product strategy, incubation, or future investment\n\nPartner with other Research Program Managers to improve shared practices, tools, and operating rhythms\n\nBring construction domain fluency\nYou don’t need to be the deepest expert in the room, but you must understand construction well enough to ask informed questions, confidently engage with partners and connect research to real industry needs. Relevant areas:\nProject delivery phases: preconstruction, planning, estimating, scheduling, procurement, field execution, and handover\n\nBIM/VDC workflows, model coordination, construction documentation, site data, and connected data environments\n\nReality capture, digital twins, construction analytics, and AI-enabled decision support\n\nAutodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, Navisworks, Forma, Tandem, or adjacent AEC platforms\n\nCoordinate AI and emerging technology research\nSupport programs exploring how AI, generative AI, intelligent agents, simulation, and connected workflows can transform construction.\nHelp researchers structure AI-enabled workstreams with clear milestones, experiments, and evaluation plans\n\nCoordinate research integrating BIM, schedules, reality capture, field data, and other construction information sources\n\nTranslate emerging technical work into clear narratives, decision briefs, and next-step recommendations\n\nUse AI tools in your own practice to improve planning, synthesis, documentation, and follow-through\n\nDrive accountability and communicate clearly\nCreate enough structure to help people do their best work - without slowing research down.\nMaintain dashboards, milestone trackers, decision logs, risk registers, and stakeholder updates\n\nIdentify blockers, ambiguous ownership, unresolved decisions, and priority conflicts\n\nFacilitate planning sessions, research reviews, workshops, and decision forums\n\nPrepare crisp executive summaries, narratives, and briefing materials for senior leaders\n\nManage resources and external engagements\nTrack program budgets, planned expenditures, and resource needs in partnership with leadership and finance\n\nSupport annual and quarterly planning, goal-setting, and resource prioritization\n\nCoordinate external collaborations, customer engagements, and academic or industry partnerships\n\nMinimum Qualifications\n8+ years in program management, project management, research operations, construction technology, or a related field\n\nExperience managing complex, multi-workstream programs with diverse stakeholders, dependencies, and deliverables\n\nWorking knowledge of construction workflows: preconstruction, BIM/VDC, scheduling, field execution, or construction data management\n\nDemonstrated ability to build structure in ambiguous, newly forming areas.\n\nStrong written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including executive-ready summaries and dashboards\n\nStrong facilitation and influencing skills across multidisciplinary teams\n\nProficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, Slack, or equivalents\n\nAbility to work effectively across global teams and time zones\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in construction technology, AEC, digital twins, BIM/VDC, reality capture, or AI-enabled construction workflows\n\nFamiliarity with Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, Navisworks, Forma, Tandem, or related platforms\n\nBackground in applied research, innovation programs, incubation, or early-stage product exploration\n\nFamiliarity with AI/ML, generative AI, intelligent agents, or data-driven product development\n\nExperience coordinating programs involving data integration, connected workflows, or scalable data pipelines\n\nExperience managing research collaborations, customer advisory engagements, or academic/industry partnerships\n\nDegree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Computer Science, HCI, Business, or related field; equivalent experience welcome\n\nThe Ideal Candidate\nYou create clarity without pretending the future is already known. You thrive managing ambitious, ambiguous work while keeping teams accountable, informed, and aligned.\nResearch-minded: You understand that research is iterative and uncertain, but still requires accountability and decision discipline\n\nConstruction-fluent: You connect research activity to industry problems, customer needs, and Autodesk opportunity areas\n\nStructurally rigorous: You turn broad goals into milestones, workstreams, decision points, owners, and measurable progress\n\nCross-functional: You build trust with researchers, engineers, designers, product teams, executives, customers, and domain experts\n\nAI-curious: You actively use AI tools to improve your own program management, synthesis, and communication\n\nStrategic thinker: Ability to define and communicate a forward-looking vision, anticipate shifts in the construction and technology landscape, and align research priorities with long-term business objectives\n\nWhat Success Looks Like (6-12 Months)\nA clear, trusted operating rhythm for the construction research program\n\nAn integrated view of priorities, workstreams, milestones, risks, and decisions\n\nStrong relationships with researchers, engineers, product stakeholders, and Research leadership\n\nImproved visibility and accountability without reducing research velocity\n\nClearer connection between construction research and Autodesk strategic outcomes\n\nBetter documentation and reuse of research artifacts, insights, and decisions\n\nActive, demonstrable use of AI tools to improve program operations\n\nLearn More\nAbout Autodesk\nWelcome 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.\nWe 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.\nWhen 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!\nSalary transparency\nSalary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $111,400 and $163,350. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.Belonging\nWe take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. 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