Vice President, Chief Architect

Position Overview

Reporting to Autodesk’s Chief Technologist, the Vice President, Chief Architect for the Chief Operating Officer (COO) organization will be accountable for the architectural future vision of technology in COO’s organization and for accelerating the representative platform journey at Autodesk.

You have expertise in several key areas that revolve around designing and managing the architecture of an organization that is responsible for Commerce, Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Data and AI systems.

You will lead the technical direction to accomplish our goals, digital transformation programs, provide guidance to executive management on new technologies and buy vs.

build decisions and champion initiatives such as resilience, engineering, and operational excellence within the engineering community.

We define architecture as encompassing the fundamental organization of a system, the standards, technologies, and principles employed, and the governance of its evolution.

Thus, your role is beyond point-in-time designs, rather to ensure that innumerable designs and iterations work together to create a sum greater than its parts.

This role can work remotely, hybrid, or in person. Travel to development team locations and customer events will be approximately 10%.

Responsibilities

You will lead a team of Architects

You will oversee governance of the product / solution architectures including (1) ongoing reengineering and modification of the existing architectures;

2) creating or developing architectural advances to accommodate innovation, future features and capabilities while driving based on end-to-end standards and maintaining architectural adaptability

You will conduct architecture and deployment reviews and ensure that architecture achieves the desired quality attributes such as security, scalability, and resilience

You will create both short and long-term technology roadmaps, making assertions about technology directions, customer value, and improved developer velocity in partnership with other central engineering and architecture groups

You will partner with Product Management, Engineering, and Experience Design to lead decisions on future platform and technology choices (build vs.

buy), lead and collaborate in the creation and / or development of advanced foundational architecture that will enable innovation and feature expansion, and provide strategic and tactical direction to product management, experience design, and development teams

You will partner with infrastructure and operations teams to build replication of data across environments, optimizing deployment, and management of services

You will align COO’s technical direction with business needs, leading the team to make the correct compromises between short-term business opportunity and long-term technical vision

Embody and promote the Autodesk corporate culture code

Mentor architects on career paths, build teams, develop leaders, and lead necessary organizational change to maximize our results

Advocate for systems thinking in solving current and future technological challenges the team faces

Champion modern development practices, such as Agile and Open Source

Autodesk employs a Chief Architect for each industry cloud, for the platform services, and COO organizations. Collaborate with other Chief Architects to create a technical vision, capability map, set context for and drive alignment of technical work across the company’s technical leadership, advise on architectural matters when requested, and escalate concerns as appropriate

Write and review documentation on technical aspects and / or architecture

Create followership through inspirational leadership and participate in internal and industry events

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of experience leading architecture and / or engineering at a SaaS / product / technology company

Experience in an enterprise architecture leadership role at a SaaS / product / technology company, with focus on .COM, Commerce, and backend services

BS or MS in engineering or computer science (advanced certifications is a plus)

Experience with Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and modern software development lifecycles

Strong understanding of business process and driving digital transformation

Demonstrated ability to inspire both business and technical alignment across different environments

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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 our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all.

Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work.

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Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $292,200 and $401,830.

Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Employment Opportunity