People Insights Program Manager

Position Overview

The Program Manager, People Insights & Solution Design (PISD), will serve as a strategic and operational accelerant to the Vice President of People Insights & Solution Design and the broader PISD leadership team. This role functions as critical organizing function, driving clarity, focus, and execution across a complex and high-impact portfolio of work.

People Insights & Solution Design plays a critical role in enabling data-driven talent strategies, scalable people solutions, and enterprise workforce decisions. As a newly created role, this Program Manager will architect and operationalize how work gets done across the team — ensuring priorities are clear, resources are aligned, timelines are realistic, and commitments are met.

This individual will lead annual and quarterly planning processes, oversee portfolio prioritization and load management, and manage the fiscal year roadmap for PISD. They will establish operating rhythms, drive accountability to outcomes, and ensure the organization is positioned to deliver against its most critical enterprise commitments.

The ideal candidate is a structured systems thinker who thrives in ambiguity, brings executive presence, and can seamlessly toggle between strategic planning and detailed execution. They are energized by building from the ground up and enabling leaders to operate at their highest impact.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the operating model of a growing, high-visibility function within People & Places and to play a pivotal role in Autodesk’s continued growth and transformation.

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management

• Lead the development and orchestration of the PISD annual and fiscal year plan, ensuring alignment to enterprise and People & Places priorities

• Drive quarterly and annual planning processes, including prioritization, tradeoff discussions, and roadmap development

• Establish a clear portfolio view across initiatives, identifying dependencies, risks, and resource constraints

• Partner with the VP and leadership team to ensure strategic initiatives are sequenced and resourced appropriately

Operating Rhythm & Execution Excellence

• Design, implement, and maintain operating rhythms that enable efficient decision-making and execution (e.g., staff meetings, business reviews, planning cycles)

• Drive clarity around goals, milestones, timelines, and deliverables across the team

• Implement mechanisms to monitor progress, flag risks early, and course-correct as needed

• Create scalable processes that improve transparency, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration

Capacity & Load Management

• Oversee work planning and resource allocation across PISD to ensure balanced team load and sustainable delivery

• Identify capacity gaps, reprioritization needs, and optimization opportunities

• Support leaders in making informed tradeoffs based on impact, timing, and available resources

Leadership Enablement

• Serve as a thought partner to the VP and leadership team, helping shape narratives, prepare for key meetings, and drive follow-through on commitments

• Translate strategy into actionable plans and clear communication for multiple stakeholder groups

• Foster strong partnerships across People & Places and enterprise stakeholders to ensure alignment and seamless execution

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve processes, tools, and collaboration mechanisms

• Leverage data and insights to inform prioritization and operational decisions

• Build a culture of disciplined execution while enabling innovation and agility

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in program management, strategy & operations, business operations, or Chief of Staff–type roles

• Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional portfolios in a matrixed global organization

• Proven ability to lead annual planning, roadmap development, and prioritization processes

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize information into clear recommendations

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level communication

• Experience leading througah influence without direct authority

• High organizational agility and ability to manage multiple high-impact initiatives in parallel

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within People, HR, Talent, Workforce Analytics, or related functions

• Experience supporting senior executives (VP+ level)

• Familiarity with fiscal planning, budgeting cycles, and operational planning frameworks

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Organizational Psychology, Strategy, or related field

The Ideal Candidate

• Systems thinker who sees the big picture while managing the details

• Highly structured and disciplined, yet adaptable in dynamic environments

• Comfortable with ambiguity and motivated to build new processes from the ground up

• Strategic partner who balances challenge and support

• Action-oriented with a bias toward execution

• Trusted operator who exercises sound judgment and discretion

• “We > Me” mindset — motivated by enabling team and enterprise success

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About Autodesk

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