Autodesk

Senior Director, Technical Delivery

Autodesk

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California • Oregon • United States

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Salary

💰 $209,600 - $339,020 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Oversee the end-to-end delivery of complex, high-impact technology initiatives; from planning and scoping through go-live and retrospectives
  • Provide executive-ready visibility into delivery health, progress, risks, milestones and dependencies
  • Define and evolve a modern, scalable delivery operating model across GET, including frameworks, governance, tooling, and cross-functional engagement rituals
  • Introduce and maintain portfolio-level visibility, ensuring teams have the clarity needed to make informed prioritization and tradeoff decisions
  • Engage deeply with engineering and architecture partners to ensure planning is grounded in a strong understanding of system interactions
  • Anticipate and manage risks, bottlenecks, and cross-team constraints, ensuring timely and data-informed escalations and resolutions
  • Act as the bridge between Business Support and Engineering Operations, to ensure our systems, tooling, and workflows enable both customer-facing and internal operational excellence
  • Drive improvements across operational processes including: Production readiness and release workflows; System reliability and incident coordination; Compliance and audit support (e.g., SOC2, SOX, GDPR, as applicable);
  • Provide operational support to Partner Support and Customer Support teams by ensuring systems, tools, and processes enable effective partner and customer assistance;
  • Drive continuous improvement, reducing operational friction and ensuring systems and processes scale with the business;
  • Ensure system reliability, compliance, and smooth production workflows through strong operational oversight and coordination
  • Build a high-performance culture focused on delivering results, continuous learning, and improvement
  • Mentor cross-functional teams, ensuring strong ownership, and driving accountability for successful delivery
  • Cultivate strong stakeholder relationships, promoting effective communication across the organization
  • Elevate delivery capability across the organization through coaching, best practices, and enablement programs.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in technology or engineering program and project management, or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in managing and leading high performing cross-functional teams
  • Proven track record of successfully leading large-scale, high-impact technology projects
  • Experience in program portfolio management and resource allocation
  • Strong understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall
  • Proficiency in project management tools and software (e.g., JIRA, Asana, Microsoft Project)
  • Knowledge of modern technology stacks and architectural frameworks
  • Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop high-performance teams
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to drive accountability and ownership
  • Experience in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and learning
  • Strong strategic thinking and planning skills, with the ability to align projects with business goals
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and manage risks and bottlenecks
  • Ability to make data-driven decisions and provide insights through reporting and analytics
  • Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to effectively communicate with senior leadership and stakeholders
  • Proven ability to cultivate strong stakeholder relationships and promote effective cross-functional collaboration
  • Experience in managing escalations and resolving delivery challenges.
Benefits
  • Health and financial benefits
  • Time away and everyday wellness

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
program managementproject managementportfolio managementresource allocationAgile methodologyWaterfall methodologysoftware developmentdata-driven decision makingrisk managementincident coordination
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingcommunicationstakeholder relationship managementcross-functional collaborationcontinuous improvementaccountabilityownership