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# Senior Director, Platform Programs & Portfolio

- **Company:** Autodesk
- **Location:** Portland, OR, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $205,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Data Analytics, Autodesk Autocad
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/08DBD940A0F94451A48A5DD5C2C0CDE1/job/

## About the Role

* 12+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program leadership, enterprise portfolio or program leadership, technology operations, consulting/PMO, or another role requiring ownership of complex technology portfolios and cross-organizational execution
 * 7+ years leading cross-functional teams or program organizations, or equivalent leadership experience
 * Proven experience leading large-scale, complex technology programs - multi-team execution, cross-organizational dependencies, delivery risk management
 * Proven experience owning portfolio execution strategy and governance - prioritization frameworks, sequencing, trade-off decisions, and resource allocation across a multi-team technology portfolio
 * Fluency in software development lifecycle practices, engineering workflows, and AI-accelerated development environments, including AI-assisted workflows, and rapid, experiment-driven iteration cycles
 * Strong systems thinking with the ability to reason about technical systems, dependencies, delivery risks, and to use data and metrics to inform decisions and improve execution outcomes
 * Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, drive alignment, and enable effective decision-making
 * Proven experience building and leading program and portfolio organizations at scale including org design, talent development, leadership bench-building
 * Demonstrated ability to build a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and learning
 * Demonstrated ability to make and hold difficult trade-off decisions under pressure, defending the call to VP/EVP stakeholders when it's the right one, and achieving resolution on cross-team conflicts rather than defaulting to consensus-seeking, * Demonstrated ability to reason about complex platform architectures, technical dependencies, and operational risk, and to partner with engineering and architecture leaders to identify risks, tradeoffs, and delivery strategies
 * Experience operating in complex, enterprise-scale platform environments where technology capabilities enable multiple products, teams, or businesses
 * Experience across different operating environments or organizational cultures, with the ability to adapt practices rather than apply a single fixed operating model

## Description

We are seeking a strategic, systems-oriented Senior Director, Platform Programs & Portfolio to define, build, and evolve the execution strategy and operating model for the Platform Services & Emerging Technologies (PSET) organization.

This role reports to the VP, Platform Next and is accountable for how complex platform initiatives move from strategy to delivery to customer impact. You will partner with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, and Data leaders so the operating model and practice you build support the business in reaching its goals: platform capabilities and customer outcomes delivered at scale, on a platform that's easy to use. To get there, you will build and scale the delivery systems and processes that enable teams to operate predictably and move quickly.

This role is remote-friendly within the United States and Canada. For those who prefer in-office or hybrid work, the role can be based in one of Autodesk's major North American hubs, including San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; Boston, MA; Denver, CO; Toronto, ON; or Montreal, QC. Travel requirements are approximately 10-15%.

Responsibilities

 * Define and evolve a modern, scalable delivery operating model across PSET, including planning frameworks, governance, and collaboration rituals
 * Transform the portfolio and TPM practice itself to be AI-native, building the tooling and decision-support systems that let it scale, and continuously developing new solutions as the organization's needs evolve
 * Evolve and lead a high-performing TPM and Portfolio organization, strengthening technical program and portfolio leadership across prioritization, cross-functional execution, PDLC practices, and stakeholder alignment
 * Provide executive-ready visibility into program health, progress, capacity, risks, milestones, and cross-team dependencies, enabling faster and better decision-making
 * Drive portfolio governance across the platform stack: prioritization, sequencing, trade-off decisions, capacity visibility, and the systems that enable stakeholders to continuously assess investment, risk, and expected value
 * Oversee the end-to-end delivery of complex, high-impact platform initiatives: from problem framing and planning through delivery and measurable outcomes
 * Serve as the senior escalation authority for complex, cross-organizational program issues, driving resolution and alignment with VP and EVP stakeholders as needed
 * Partner closely with engineering and architecture leaders to ensure program planning reflects system dependencies, architectural considerations, and operational realities
 * Support the evolution of Platform Next's delivery model for AI-native engineering, enabling faster experimentation, AI-assisted development workflows, and data-driven feedback loops, * Plus de 12 ans d'expérience dans la gestion de programmes techniques, la direction de programmes d'ingénierie, la gestion de portefeuilles ou de programmes d'entreprise, les opérations technologiques, le conseil/PMO, ou tout autre poste nécessitant la gestion de portefeuilles technologiques complexes et une exécution inter-organisationnelle
 * Au moins 7 ans d'expérience à la tête d'équipes transversales ou d'organisations de programmes, ou une expérience de direction équivalente
 * Une expérience avérée dans la direction de programmes technologiques complexes et à grande échelle - exécution impliquant plusieurs équipes, dépendances interorganisationnelles, gestion des risques de livraison
 * Une expérience avérée dans la maîtrise de la stratégie et de la gouvernance d'exécution de portefeuilles - cadres de priorisation, séquencement, décisions de compromis et allocation des ressources au sein d'un portefeuille technologique impliquant plusieurs équipes
 * Maîtrise des pratiques du cycle de vie du développement logiciel, des flux de travail d'ingénierie et des environnements de développement accélérés par l'IA, y compris les flux de travail assistés par l'IA et les cycles d'itération rapides, axés sur l'expérimentation
 * Esprit systémique affûté, avec la capacité d'analyser les systèmes techniques, les dépendances et les risques de livraison, ainsi que d'utiliser les données et les indicateurs pour étayer les décisions et améliorer les résultats d'exécution
 * Excellentes compétences en communication, avec une capacité avérée à influencer les parties prenantes de haut niveau, à favoriser l'alignement et à permettre une prise de décision efficace
 * Expérience avérée dans la mise en place et la direction d'organisations de programmes et de portefeuilles à grande échelle, y compris la conception organisationnelle, le développement des talents et la constitution d'un vivier de dirigeants
 * Capacité avérée à instaurer une culture d'amélioration continue, d'expérimentation et d'apprentissage
 * Capacité avérée à prendre et à maintenir des décisions de compromis difficiles sous pression, à défendre ces choix auprès des parties prenantes (vice-présidents/vice-présidents exécutifs) lorsqu'ils sont justifiés, et à résoudre les conflits inter-équipes plutôt que de se rabattre systématiquement sur la recherche d'un consensus

Qualifications Souhaitées

 * Capacité avérée à analyser des architectures de plateformes complexes, des dépendances techniques et des risques opérationnels, et à collaborer avec les responsables de l'ingénierie et de l'architecture pour identifier les risques, les compromis et les stratégies de mise en œuvre
 * Expérience de travail dans des environnements de plateformes complexes à l'échelle de l'entreprise, où les capacités technologiques permettent de prendre en charge plusieurs produits, équipes ou activités
 * Expérience dans différents environnements opérationnels ou cultures d'entreprise, avec la capacité d'adapter les pratiques plutôt que d'appliquer un modèle opérationnel unique et figé


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