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Director, UX Design - AEC Forma Design
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Director of User Experience Design, AEC Experience Foundations
Job Requisition ID: 26WD99151
At Autodesk, we do what no other company can: we help our customers design and make anything.
The Experience Foundations team at Autodesk plays a critical role in designing the experiences that make this mission a reality—especially in this transformative moment, where seamless digital experiences and AI-powered innovation will empower customers and teams to achieve meaningful outcomes faster.
Within the Experience Foundations team for AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction), we are seeking an experienced, results-driven Director of User Experience Design who:
- Inspires great work
- Nurtures talent
- Brings people together in the creation and evolution of best-in-class experiences that customers love
Reporting to the Senior Director of User Experience, AEC Design Solutions, the right candidate will have:
- A strategic mindset
- Proven leadership experience
- A passion for promoting design thinking to drive alignment, innovation, and product strategy contributions
About the Role
You will partner with teams for Forma Design—as well as Revit, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, and others—to introduce new unified experiences for customers. You’ll lead a team focused on defining the experience of the Forma Design portfolio, aligning it with the broader AEC portfolio, and introducing agentic ways of working for our teams and customers.
To ensure success, you will need to:
- Work collaboratively and independently—local, national and globally
- Balance tactical and strategic design priorities
- Demonstrate strong negotiation and consensus-building abilities to gain cross-disciplinary alignment
If you’re a strategic thinker with a passion for technology and a deep understanding of the AEC industry, we would love to hear from you.
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Responsibilities
Executive Leadership & Strategy
- Drive the team to articulate a clear design vision and evaluate alternate design approaches, weighing cost of implementation against customer value.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, engineering, and UX design to eliminate friction in development and ensure high-quality outcomes.
- Work with stakeholders to define roadmaps and priorities that align with customer needs and business goals.
Talent Development & Culture
- Provide coaching, mentorship, and career stewardship to a team of UX design professionals (including user research, interaction design, and visual design).
- Foster a collaborative mindset, a strong focus on culture, team-building, and belonging, and act as a role model for others in the organization.
Design Leadership & Innovation
- Harness data and insights to drive the personalization and agentic experiences that differentiate our products.
- Lead high-performing teams across large-scale cross-functional and cross-organizational projects, managing stakeholders, risks, and uncertainties while aligning the right people.
Influencing & Thought Leadership
- Be a thought leader, staying ahead of emerging technologies and trends to ensure production-wide alignment that delivers an industry-leading customer experience.
- Consistently navigate conflicting opinions while advocating for the team’s design direction.
- Lift your own game through pursuit of their own best self—we know that leading great work requires each of us to be at our best every day.
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience across a variety of UX disciplines, including:
- 5+ years of global people-management experience
- Skills in design thinking and the ability to distill highly complex ideas into concise, impactful solutions.
- Strong leadership to support your team in delivering to strategic objectives, developing skills, and structuring for future growth.
- Ability to influence cross-functionally, partner with stakeholders, and champion design direction that aligns with strategic goals.
- Proven track record of creating and delivering UX team strategies that drive product/platform impact and customer delight.
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(Additional qualifications are a plus and include formal UX training, research experience, or startups where you’ve shipped products internally/externally.)
Location & Travel
- Minimum 25% travel to Oslo, Norway.
Salary Transparency
Salary is part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Our offers are based on:
- Your experience
- Geographic location
- In addition to base salaries, our full compensation package includes:
- Annual cash bonuses
- Stock grants
- Comprehensive benefits
- In addition to base salaries, our full compensation package includes:
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- How we work with each other
- How we connect with customers and partners
- How we contribute to the world
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