AEC Strategy Manager

About the role

Autodesk’s AEC Design Group empowers innovators in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry with best-in-class design, documentation, and analysis solutions. We are hiring a Strategy Manager to support strategic growth, business planning, and the evolution of business models and portfolio strategy across AEC. This individual contributor role will partner with cross-functional teams to analyze market opportunities, evaluate portfolio and monetization options, build business cases, and develop clear recommendations that inform business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Support business and strategic planning for AEC Design by synthesizing market analysis, customer needs, competitive dynamics, product priorities, monetization considerations, and financial data.
• Conduct research and analysis to inform growth strategy, portfolio decisions, pricing and packaging opportunities, and business model evolution.
• Build business cases, financial models, market sizing analyses, and scenario plans to assess strategic options, tradeoffs, risks, and potential business impact.
• Partner with Product, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Industry Strategy, and Go-to-Market teams to align on recommendations and execution considerations.
• Contribute to the AEC Design strategic growth story, long-term business vision, and key priorities, connecting customer value, market opportunities, portfolio strategy, and Autodesk’s broader platform strategy.
• Translate complex business, product, market, and financial inputs into clear frameworks, executive-ready narratives, presentations, and action plans.
• Support high-impact strategic initiatives, including new business opportunities, adjacent market exploration, portfolio rationalization, monetization changes, and go-to-market implications.
• Track business performance, identify trends, and surface actionable insights that help teams make better decisions faster.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA or advanced business degree is a plus.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in strategy, business planning, product strategy, business operations, consulting, technology, finance, analytics, or a related business role with exposure to pricing, packaging, or monetization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience supporting market research, competitive analysis, business cases, financial modeling, scenario planning, or performance analysis.
• Ability to synthesize complex business, product, market, customer, and financial inputs into clear recommendations, executive-ready narratives, and action plans.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across Product, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Industry Strategy, and Go-to-Market teams.
• Interest in or understanding of AEC markets, design workflows, customers, and/or software business models.

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.

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/.

Pay

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $103,000 and $183,920. 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.