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Position Overview

The Professional Services practice partners closely with manufacturing customers to shape their digital strategies, define outcome-driven success criteria, assess current processes, develop business value justification, and prepare organizations for implementation of Autodesk solutions across their product development and manufacturing lifecycle.

As a leader within this function, you will play a pivotal role in:

• Growing the team’s impact in presenting compelling investment proposals for manufacturing transformation

• Expanding capability to design transformation roadmaps across PLM, PDM, design automation, and factory layout workflows

• Developing modern consulting strategies aligned to manufacturing industry trends

• Overseeing commercial proposal development and value engineering activities

• Building trusted customer relationships grounded in expertise, engineering knowledge, and business outcomes

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Delivery Excellence

• Motivate, lead, and manage an expanding team of Business Consultants, Business Development Executives, and Implementation Consultants

• Direct day-to-day activities, set clear expectations, and provide coaching, mentoring, and performance management

• Provide regular reporting on customer engagement progress, risks, and overall engagement health

• Drive a culture of quality, execution excellence, and customer value

Customer & Commercial Engagement

• Partner with Sales to support new business pursuits and win strategic manufacturing engagements

• Apply solution-selling techniques to articulate value across PLM/PDM, Factory Design, Digital Manufacturing, and automation workflows

• Lead preparatory efforts to ensure readiness for net-new professional services engagements

• Ensure alignment and compliance with Autodesk’s consulting methodologies and delivery policies

Strategic Consulting

• Collaborate with customers to understand business goals, product development challenges, factory operations, and desired outcomes

• Conduct analysis of manufacturing processes, data flows, value streams, and industry trends to develop actionable, value-driven recommendations

• Oversee customer digital transformation initiatives using Autodesk solutions such as Fusion 360, Inventor, Vault, Factory Design Utilities, and cloud collaboration platforms

• Advise clients on long-term digital strategies, innovation opportunities, and roadmap planning

• Demonstrate strong strategic thinking, executive presence, stakeholder management, and decisive leadership

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above, preferably in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field

• Proven experience in the Manufacturing industry, specifically in areas such as PLM/PDM, mechanical design, industrial equipment design, product development, factory design, or manufacturing process optimization

• Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in relevant industries

• Minimum 5 years of experience managing teams in consulting, advisory, or delivery environments

• Strong communication skills with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders

• Ability to travel approximately 25% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with global enterprise manufacturing customers

• Strong understanding of Autodesk’s manufacturing portfolio (e.g., Fusion 360, Inventor, Vault, Factory Design Utilities) or competitive PLM/PDM technologies

• Proven success in scaling teams and consulting practices

• Experience creating or managing commercial proposals, SOWs, or consulting offerings

• Bonus: Exposure to AEC workflows, construction processes, or cross-industry collaboration

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