Facilitate alignment between teams, functions, Divisions, and stakeholders.
Drive alignment of cross organizations initiatives through OKR planning, dependency management and impediment removal.
Demonstrate expert understanding and application of OKR practice value and principles by continuously refining guidance and process to facilitate team discussions.
Manage Stakeholders and Communications.
Work with key stakeholders from executive teams, architects, and product management to shape strategy and requirements.
Serve as communication focal point on complex programs & initiatives, with other Autodesk teams and divisions leadership.
Provide both executive and team level status reporting on initiative status, risks, and achievements.
Plan and ensure delivery.
Engage with product and engineering leadership and teams to build a clear delivery plan.
During execution phase, where multiple cycles of sprints are tracked across several engineering teams, inspect, continuously refine the plan, and communicate regularly to stakeholders about progress against goals.
Focus on impediment removal by supporting engineering teams with exception handling.
Drive risk identification and mitigation analysis to address potential roadblocks, reduce waste, optimize delivery, and improve team satisfaction on the delivery process.
Lead cross-functional development team efforts on providing technical solutions from design through delivery.
Drive automation of delivery processes that span across the design, development, and operations to create transparency and a single source of truth.
Be an agent of change. Drive continuous improvement and our science based, Kaizen culture by leading changes through retrospectives and "lessons learned".
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline, Computer Science, Business Administration or a related field
5+ years of experience working directly with engineering and product teams on highly complex initiatives involving multiple teams, in a fast-paced environment, using traditional and Agile methodologies
3+ years of experience as a technical Program Manager, Product Manager, Software Architect or similar role
Demonstrable knowledge in systems/cloud services, and cloud platform (APIs, AWS , Azure, Google Cloud )
Strong technical background and aptitude, detailed driven and have excellent problem-solving abilities
Ability to communicate effectively with a broad audience
Zeal for process and operational excellence
Desire to continue to learn and challenge yourself
Outstanding relationship-building, and influencing skills
Ability to leverage technical tools to scale programs and solutions