Principal Product Manager – PPL Technology

About the role

Autodesk’s People Insights & Solution Design (PI‑SD) team is modernising the People & Places (PPL) technology stack that supports nearly 15,000 employees worldwide. As a Principal Product Manager you will own the shift from a fragmented ecosystem to a seamless experience and intelligence layer for an assigned domain such as Talent Acquisition, Compensation, or AI‑enabled products.

Key responsibilities

• Define product strategy and roadmap for the chosen PPL domain, applying build‑vs‑buy principles and a six‑dimension evaluation framework.
• Maintain visibility across all tools, vendors, and contracts in the domain and drive renewal, divestment, and consolidation decisions.
• Translate ambiguous employee and business problems into clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Partner daily with engineering and experience design teams, acting as the accountable product voice from concept through launch.
• Apply the vendor capture test to every AI capability, ensuring data and logic remain owned by Autodesk.

Required profile

• Senior product management experience with a track record of owning end‑to‑end product lifecycles.
• Strong learning agility and ability to navigate ambiguous problems.
• Proactive risk identification and decision‑making with minimal oversight.
• Comfort working in fast‑changing environments where AI reshapes product ownership.

Required skills

• AI technologies and concepts
• Workday platform knowledge