Preconstruction Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Construction Technical Sales
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Position Overview
As a Preconstruction Subject Matter Expert (SME) within Autodesk's Construction Technical Sales organization, you will serve as a trusted advisor for Autodesk's most strategic construction customers and sales opportunities.
You will bring deep expertise in preconstruction workflows - including estimating, quantity takeoff, bid management, subcontractor qualification, procurement planning, budgeting, and risk mitigation - to help customers improve how they plan, pursue, and win work.
Working closely with Autodesk account teams, you will support complex sales opportunities, connect customer challenges to measurable business outcomes, and help organizations modernize preconstruction processes using Autodesk Forma solutions. Your ability to align technology investments with operational efficiency, risk reduction, and business growth will help customers drive meaningful transformation across their preconstruction organizations.
The majority of this role's time will be spent supporting strategic customer opportunities, executive engagements, and field-facing sales activities. As an overlay SME, you will partner closely with sales teams to accelerate opportunities, strengthen customer relationships, and position Autodesk as a strategic technology partner throughout the preconstruction lifecycle. This role will also help drive Autodesk's preconstruction strategy in the market by serving as an industry advocate, supporting go-to-market initiatives, and helping customers modernize their preconstruction organizations.
Responsibilities
Strategic Sales Support:
Act as a SME supporting Autodesk's most complex sales opportunities involving preconstruction workflows and Autodesk Forma solutions
Partner with Account Executives, Technical Specialists, Customer Success teams, and channel partners to advance opportunities through industry expertise and workflow consulting
Conduct discovery sessions to understand customer business processes, organizational goals, operational challenges, and technology ecosystems
Translate customer pain points into measurable business outcomes and solution strategies
Provide competitive positioning and industry perspective throughout the sales cycle
Support technical evaluations, executive presentations, workshops, and proposal development efforts
Help customers connect workflow improvements to measurable business outcomes
Preconstruction Workflow Expertise:
Serve as a subject matter expert across the preconstruction lifecycle, including takeoff, estimating, bidding, procurement, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management
Advise customers on preconstruction best practices, workflow optimization, and digital transformation initiatives
Help customers evaluate and modernize preconstruction processes using Autodesk Forma for Preconstruction solutions
Executive Advisory and Customer Engagement:
Build trusted relationships with customer stakeholders ranging from estimators and preconstruction managers to executives and business leaders
Advise construction executives on preconstruction strategy, workflow modernization, operational efficiency, and risk reduction initiatives
Help customers build business cases for change and establish measurable success metrics tied to technology investments
Serve as a trusted advisor throughout the customer lifecycle
Industry Leadership:
Represent Autodesk at customer events, conferences, webinars, industry associations, and executive briefings
Deliver presentations, workshops, demonstrations, and thought leadership content focused on preconstruction best practices and emerging industry trends
Maintain awareness of market trends, competitive solutions, and evolving preconstruction practices
Serve as the voice of the customer by providing feedback to Autodesk Product, Marketing, and Enablement teams
Internal Enablement and Collaboration:
Support sales enablement initiatives through training, coaching, and knowledge sharing
Collaborate with Product Marketing to develop preconstruction-specific messaging, content, and sales resources
Partner with Customer Success teams to support successful adoption and expansion of preconstruction workflows
Contribute to scalable best practices, playbooks, and repeatable sales motions that improve field effectiveness
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