Director, Experience Design, PDMS, Canada

We’rehiring a Director ofExperience Designwithin ourProduct Design and Manufacturing Solutions(PDMS)organization. This person will lead experience design across Autodesk’s coremanufacturing,design,and data managementtools,supportingengineers and othermanufacturing professionalsacross design, manufacturing, and operations workflows.  Thisrolewill focus primarily oncontinuously shippedcloudandSaaS-basedsolutions,and it will focus on the convergence of solutions in the Autodesk Fusion Platform.
 

This is a critical leadershiprole reporting to theSenior Directorof ExperienceDesignfocusing on Data and Process Manufacturing, PDMS.  Youwill leadand grow a high-performingteam of designerswithina100+globalExperience Design organizationdrivingtransformation towardmodern, future-shaping,AI-first experiencesthatadvance bothcustomer productivity andusability. Youwillpartnercloselywith Product Engineeringand Development, AIand Machine Learning, and Business leaders to shape thestrategy andfuture of Autodesk’sManufacturingplatformand experiences.

This leader will beplay a key role in evolvingourproducts and servicesfrom best-in-class applications into AI-first, agentic, and deeply integrated experiencesaligned with Autodesk’sManufacturingIndustry Cloud vision-both elevating the tools millions relyupontoday and re-imagining howmanufacturing companiesevolve over time.

The ideal candidate will be a true agent of change,thrives in fast-paced environments, inspires cross-functional teams, and excels at translating complex technical challenges into actionablevalue for our customers.  Youwillchampioninnovation,rapid prototyping,continuous improvement,andquality of outcomes, while helpingdevelopand executethe experience vision, strategy, and operating modelacrossthe fullproduct developmentlifecycle-from concept throughdesign and makeandoperations.
 

This role issupportingour R&D center-of-excellence in Toronto,ON,Canada.We support a hybridworkenvironment,with flexibleworking hours,andthe role can be basedwithin anhourdrive to Toronto.Travel requirements are approximately10%.
 

Responsibilities

Vision & Strategy

• Execute andchampion a multi-year user experience design vision for Autodesk’smanufacturingsolutions, grounded in real customer workflows and outcomes

• Shape how AI-first and agentic experiences fundamentally changehow customers treat manufacturing processes—moving from feature-centric software to intelligent, proactive, and integrated systems

• Establish a clear north-star for unification, modernization, and experience cohesion across products,solutionsand platforms

• Partner with executive leadership to align experience strategy with Autodesk’sManufacturingIndustry Cloud and broader business strategy
   

AI-First & Agentic Experiences

• Shape and drive the adoption ofagentic-AI, generative-AI, and AIcapabilities withAutodesk’smanufacturingsolutions

• Lead the evolution ofmanufacturingdesignand make solutionsinto agent-powered experiences, including copilots, assistants, automation, and proactive workflows

• Partner with AI/ML teams to integrate emerging agentic frameworks (reasoning, tool use, memory, orchestration) into real-worldmanufacturingworkflows

• Ensure experiencesremaincohesive,trustworthy, transparent, and human-centered, even as autonomy increases

• Coachteams on AI-augmented workflows bothfor Autodesk and our customers; AIisn’tjust what teams build –it’show they work
   

Design Systems, Platforms & Foundation

• Drive experience consistency and scalability through design systems, shared patterns,critical user journeys,and foundational UX capabilities

• Ensuremanufacturingdesign tools work as part of a cohesive ecosystem, not isolated products—across desktop, cloud, and connected services

• Balance innovation with craft, usability, perf