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Position Overview
Reporting to the CIO and Senior Vice President of Go to Market Strategy & Operations, the Vice President of Enterprise Systems and Experiences oversees a global workforce of 550+ IT professionals with locations in San Francisco, Novi, Singapore, Dublin, and Bengaluru. As part of the CIO’s leadership team, they will directly contribute to the overall IT strategy that supports and delivers best-in-class services and outcomes to our employees and business groups.
This role leads both the strategic and tactical support of Autodesk’s global enterprise infrastructure and operations, including the following IT groups:
Cloud Infrastructure Engineering
Manage cloud infrastructure, networking, servers, storage, and data centers with a focus on automation, scalability, and reliability.
Employee Experiences
Define and oversee the employee experience, integrating major vendor platforms for productivity, and building a collaborative tech stack.
Security, Resiliency, and Trust
Manage security projects, deploying and maintaining identity solutions and securing enterprise devices and applications.
Enterprise Data
Develop a scalable data strategy and architecture that enables insights and growth while efficiently managing data tagging, classification, retention, and security compliance.
Vendor Management
Monitor vendor performance, maintain strong relationships, and optimize costs to ensure high service quality and value from IT investments.
Responsibilities
- Ensure Autodesk enterprise infrastructure, systems, and applications are resilient, highly available, and scale to Autodesk’s growth
- Responsible for enterprise infrastructure vision and strategy - working with multiple SVP and other VP level stakeholders in creating a clear, convincing technical strategy that aligns to business priorities and objectives
- Manage IT infrastructure and operations budget, review and approve group’s contracts for computing and other information technology services
- Analyze business results, providing deep insight into on-going trends and performance
- Evaluate current technology resources, risks and roadmap against various department and company goals; facilitate conversations across business units to drive agreement
- Mentor and develop strong employee engagement with direct and extended staff
Minimum Qualifications
- IT executive with over 15 years of proven leadership in public software companies, experienced in employee helpdesk, site support, cloud and data center management, enterprise applications, M&A IT integrations, and security.
- Energetic, forward thinking, and creative—with the highest ethical standards
- Excellent communications skills—written, verbal and interpersonal—and an ability to tailor communication style to diverse audiences globally
- Strong record of accomplishments
- Focus on process improvement/automation
- Strong people leader who manages with empathy, passion for people development across the team
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field required; an MBA or Master’s degree is preferred
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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!
Benefits
From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/
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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
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging
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