Director, Platform M&A Integration

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Position Overview

Do you love solving complex problems? Are you energized by working at the intersection of technology, business, and people?

Autodesk has closed over 160 acquisitions and strategic investments in the past decade, making Autodesk one of the top technology acquirers in the world. What will the next five years look like? What is certain is that each of these acquisitions to become an integral part of the Autodesk platform. As the Director Platform M&A Integrations you will drive the planning and execution of technology integration with the Autodesk platform. Join to help shape Autodesk’s future.

You will be part of our Platform Services and Emerging Technologies (PSET) group, collaborating with domain leaders (VP level) from identity, licensing, security, platform infrastructure and other important areas to make important technical decisions and resource commitments. With their help, you will represent the platform and technology integration interests within the deal team from due diligence all the way through post-merger integration, providing impactful input at all stages of the deal. You will lead the pre and post integration activities across multiple transactions to meet each acquisition’s respective value drivers. You are expected to pro-actively evolve the platform M&A integration framework based on insights and industry best practices.

This is a highly visible position and a great opportunity to demonstrate leadership, gain exposure to all parts of the organization, accelerate the platform transformation, and ensure Autodesk is a trusted partner to all.

You will report to the Senior Director, Program and Business Excellence in PSET. You can be located in the West Coast United States, preferably close to one of our office locations.

Responsibilities

• Own the planning, and execution of end-to-end platform integrations of mergers and acquisitions and monitor their success and timely completion

• Drive functional due diligence, understand strategic objectives, assess risks, and collaboratively develop comprehensive platform integration plans (including resources and budget) that align with the acquisition rationale and drive platform integration

• Anticipate opportunities and roadblocks, balance business needs vs technical constraints, and simplify technically complex decisions across all partners to facilitate executive decision-making

• Communicate integration progress across all organizational levels, from individual contributors to senior executives

• Serve as a strategic partner and represent platform M&A to business leaders, engineering leaders, and acquired teams, managing program execution, negotiating tradeoffs, and mitigating integration risks

• Define and improve organization-wide platform M&A integration playbook, framework, and process, promoting a continuous improvement (Kaizen) culture based on data and science

Qualifications

• Approximately 10 plus years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or Technical Product Manager or Software Architect or Software Engineer or similar role, driving large-scale, complex software development programs - experience with Cloud Services and Cloud Platform (AWS, Azure, etc.) preferred

• M&A integration: Understand the acquisition life cycle, integration planning - familiarity with integration methodologies preferred

• Problem solving: Demonstrated ability to understand and manipulate abstract concepts, ideas, or strategies and translate these into actions - ability to apply this skill to solve concrete problems while operating in situations with a high degree of uncertainty

• Collaboration: Experienced in building relationships and working together with others, with the ability to guide discussions to achieve shared outcomes

• Decision Making: Embody data-driven decision-making while ensuring an inclusive and collaborative culture

• Communication: Ability to extract important messages from detail and translate into audience appropriate messages verbal and in writing

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or other quantitative fields

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