Mgr, Solution Engineering

Position Overview

Solution Engineering is the technical engine within Technical Advisory that transforms field-proven consulting intellectual property (IP) into scalable, hardened digital solutions delivered through the Tools & IP Registry and Workflow Advisory platform.

The Manager – Solution Engineering leads a critical engineering function responsible for productizing consulting IP, scaling digital advisory capabilities, and enabling Technical Advisory’s transition from bespoke services to platform-driven, repeatable solutions.

This role operates at an organizational leadership level, driving multi-year strategy, managing multiple workstreams and senior engineers/architects, and delivering measurable business impact through an OKR-based operating model.

The M3 leader is accountable for execution excellence, technical direction, organizational health, and cross-functional alignment across Consulting, Sales, Product, Enterprise Customer Success, and Platform teams.

Scope & Impact

• Leads a team of Solution Architects, Platform Developers, and DevOps engineers
• Owns the Solution Engineering roadmap and delivery outcomes
• Drives measurable business impact across adoption, scalability, quality, and operational efficiency
• Accountable for quarterly and annual OKRs at team and organizational level
• Influences cross-functional strategy beyond immediate team
• Responsible for workforce planning, organizational design, and capability development

Key Responsibilities

1. Organizational & People Leadership

• Build, lead, and evolve a high-performing engineering organization
• Establish clear team structure, roles, and growth paths
• Lead performance management, succession planning, and talent development
• Create an inclusive, accountable, and high-ownership culture
• Coach leaders and senior SAs on outcome-driven execution

2. OKR & Execution Excellence

• Define and operationalize quarterly and annual OKRs aligned to Technical Advisory strategy
• Translate strategic priorities into measurable engineering outcomes
• Implement structured review cadences and progress tracking
• Drive alignment between individual, team, and organizational OKRs
• Use metrics and data to continuously improve delivery predictability and business impact

3. Strategic & Business Leadership

• Own and drive the multi-quarter Solution Engineering roadmap
• Scale the Tools Program lifecycle from submission through standardization, hardening, validation, and publication
• Improve time-to-productization and operational maturity
• Define and track KPIs such as:
  • Tool adoption and activation rates
  • Platform scalability
  • Reliability and incident reduction
  • Engineering throughput and cycle time
• Partner with Consulting, Sales, and Product leadership to align investment with business value

4. Technical Leadership

• Provide architectural oversight across advisory tools and platform capabilities
• Ensure compliance with Autodesk technical, security, privacy, and operational standards
• Champion modern cloud-native, API-first, and scalable design principles
• Drive DevOps maturity, automation, CI/CD, and observability practices
• Lead modernization efforts to convert bespoke engagement artifacts into production-ready services
• Guide build vs. buy decisions and promote reuse of inner-source components
• Lead team members to adopt AI tools responsibly in their job functions

5. Operational & Delivery Governance

• Establish strong SDLC governance and quality frameworks
• Ensure clear ownership models, SLAs, and lifecycle management
• Oversee risk management, root cause analysis, and mitigation planning
• Drive predictability across multiple concurrent initiatives
• Manage resource planning aligned to capacity and strategic priorities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or technical consulting
• 7+ years of progressive people leadership experience
• Proven experience operating at organizational leadership level (managing senior engineers and/or managers)
• Demonstrated success implementing and scaling OKR-based execution frameworks
• Strong background in:
  • Full-stack engineering and API-driven architecture
  • Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and observability
  • Distributed systems and scalable service design
• Experience leading multiple concurrent, cross-functional initiatives
• Strong executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience productizing consulting IP into scalable SaaS or platform solutions
• Experience within Professional Services, Technical Advisory, or Enterprise SaaS environments
• Strong understanding of adoption, retention, and recurring revenue drivers
• Experience leading cloud modernization or platform transformation initiatives
• Financial acumen and experience managing budget or investment trade-offs
• Exposure to AI/ML-enabled solution development

Leadership Attributes

• Strategic systems thinker with strong operational discipline
• Outcome-oriented and data-driven decision maker
• High ownership mindset with bias for action
• Strong coach and organizational builder
• Able to balance long-term strategy with near-term execution
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and leading change
• Influential collaborator across technical and business stakeholders

Why This Role Matters

This role is central to scaling Technical Advisory’s digital transformation. By combining strong organizational leadership, disciplined OKR execution, and technical excellence, the Manager – Solution Engineering will directly shape how consulting IP becomes scalable platform-delivered value—driving customer impact, adoption, and long-term growth.

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