Executive Assistant

Position Overview

Autodesk is seeking a highly organized, proactive Executive Assistant to support a Senior Director in our global customer support organization. This role is a trusted partner to leadership — enabling operational excellence, driving organizational effectiveness, and strengthening collaboration across a global support organization.

You will ensure seamless day-to-day operations while helping foster clear communication, strong team engagement, and alignment across regions and functions. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, global environment and embodies Autodesk’s values of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and customer focus.

Responsibilities

Executive & Operational Excellence

• Manage a global calendar across multiple time zones, aligning priorities and resolving conflicts

• Coordinate domestic and international travel; prepare itineraries and submit timely expense reports

• Prepare presentations, reports, and briefing materials to ensure leader readiness

• Track budgets, invoices, and department expenses with accuracy and accountability

• Handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism

• Identify and implement process improvements that increase efficiency and impact

Meeting & Communication Effectiveness

• Partner with leadership to design clear, outcome-driven meeting agendas

• Prepare materials, track action items, and follow up to ensure execution and accountability

• Support leadership communications across a global, customer-focused organization

• Maintain collaboration channels (Slack/Teams, SharePoint, distribution lists) to promote transparency and alignment

Events & Team Engagement

• Plan and execute virtual and in-person meetings, leadership offsites, and team events

• Manage logistics including venues, travel, catering, and virtual platforms

• Support initiatives that strengthen team camaraderie, inclusion, and connection across geographies

• Assist with onboarding and team recognition efforts

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Build strong relationships across leaders, executive assistants, and cross-functional partners

• Act as a connector to drive effective communication and alignment across the organization

• Represent Autodesk’s culture and values in all interactions

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• 3–5+ years supporting senior leaders in a fast-paced, global environment

• Expertise in complex calendar management and global scheduling

• Experience with travel coordination, expense management, and event planning

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools (Slack, Teams, SharePoint)

• Comfortable adopting AI-powered and emerging technologies

• Demonstrated ability to operate with integrity, accountability, and sound judgment

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 – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

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Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Diversity & Belonging

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