Senior Manager, Trust Risk 102657

About the Role

The Trust Risk Manager leads the Trust Risk Program at Autodesk and manages a multidisciplinary organization that includes Third-Party Risk Management as well as senior risk professionals. This individual will report directly to the Director of Trust Governance, Risk, and Compliance and bring deep expertise in at least one Trust risk domain (security, privacy, trusted AI, or resilience) along with sufficient breadth across these areas to integrate specialist perspectives into an enterprise risk view. The role requires operationalizing risk management to guide incremental program improvements and modernize the program in the era of AI, working with executive stakeholders to drive risk-based decisions.

This role can be on-site, hybrid, or remote in the US.

Responsibilities

• Utilize extensive technical risk expertise to maintain and grow Autodesk’s Trust Risk Program.
• Guide product and engineering teams in proactive planning for managing risk through its entire lifecycle.
• Develop Trust Risk Program strategy, roadmaps, capability monitoring, and operational metrics focused on impact to Autodesk’s business goals and Trust standards.
• Define and execute an AI-enabled modernization strategy for Trust Risk operations, identifying and scaling AI and automation uses that improve risk insight, decision speed, program quality, and analyst capacity while maintaining human judgment and governance.
• Engage with Trust, engineering, product, industry strategy, and program managers to prioritize risk mitigation work while balancing Trust needs with overall Autodesk strategy.
• Work with Trust, Product, and Engineering leadership to establish clear mitigation delivery plans, creating alignment on cross-organization initiatives through outcome-driven planning, dependency management, and impediment removal.
• Establish enterprise mechanisms for mitigation accountability, including clear ownership, risk-based prioritization, aging and escalation criteria, executive visibility, and intervention when commitments stall or business conditions change.
• Develop holistic communications plans for delivering status updates in a scalable way, minimizing friction and supporting communication of program health, mitigation work, and achievements to teams and leadership.
• Facilitate fact-based, data-driven decision-making with domain expertise and program owners.
• Engage with stakeholders to gather feedback and identify program improvement areas, presenting results to program leaders in an actionable manner.
• Develop annual and multi-year operating plans for the Trust Risk function, including capability priorities, organizational design, talent requirements, technology investments, budget tradeoffs, and measures of effectiveness.

Requirements

• 7+ years of demonstrated experience building, operating, scaling, and materially improving a technical risk management program in a complex technology organization.
• 4+ years of experience managing people in a remote or hybrid environment.
• Strong understanding of one or more Trust principles (security, privacy, resilience, responsible AI).
• Demonstrated experimentation with or implementation of AI-enabled risk, compliance, security, audit, or operational workflows, with the ability to distinguish high-value applications from superficial automation and establish appropriate human review and validation practices.
• Moderate understanding of compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2 and ISO 27001) and audit activities.
• Basic understanding of cloud hosting, infrastructure technologies, SaaS, and cloud services (e.g., AWS, Microsoft).
• Experience managing diverse stakeholders, including technical teams, business leaders, product managers, and designers.
• Demonstrated superior communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and drive consensus across diverse stakeholders and brief executives at various levels.
• Proven record of leading multi-year risk or governance programs that produced measurable improvements in business decision-making, risk reduction, accountability, operational effectiveness, and customer trust.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to think strategically and execute methodically.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements and standards related to security use cases.
• Experience using tooling to scale programs and solutions (e.g., Jira, Atlassian, SharePoint, various GRC platforms).
• Experience in the software or technology industry.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in an Agile development environment.
• Knowledge of cloud security, data privacy, and threat detection/prevention technologies.

About Autodesk

At Autodesk, we help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made but what can be made. Our software powers everything from green buildings and clean cars to smart factories and blockbuster movies. We take pride in our culture, which guides how we work, treat each other, connect with customers, and show up in the world. When you join Autodesk, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all.

Benefits

Autodesk offers a comprehensive benefits package in the U.S., including health and financial benefits, time away, and everyday wellness programs. Learn more at benefits.autodesk.com.

Pay

For U.S.-based roles, the expected starting base salary ranges between $152,000 and $272,250, depending on experience and geographic location. Offers may exceed this range. The compensation package may also include annual cash bonuses, commissions (for sales roles), stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.