Principal Product Manager, PPL Technology

About the role

The People Insights & Solution Design (PI‑SD) team at Autodesk is modernising the People & Places technology portfolio for roughly 15,000 employees. As a Principal Product Manager you will own the product strategy and delivery for an assigned domain, driving the shift from fragmented tools to a seamless experience and intelligence layer.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute product strategy and roadmap for domains such as Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Workplace Experience or AI‑enabled products.
• 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.
• Drive vendor and contract decisions, including renewals, divestments and consolidations, backed by business cases.
• Establish and own KPIs, dashboards and leading indicators to monitor product performance and pre‑empt issues.

Required profile

• 8+ years of product management experience delivering end‑to‑end platforms.
• Proven ability to operate with minimal oversight, influence senior stakeholders and make autonomous decisions.
• Demonstrated agility in learning new domains, tools or technical skills quickly under tight deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for both technical and business audiences.

Required skills

• Workday (HRIS) and related people technology platforms.
• Experience with AI/Generative AI tools and AI‑enabled product capabilities.
• Product management tools for defining requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.