Sustainability Solutions Technical Advisor
Job Requisition ID #
25WD94345
Position Overview
Autodesk’s Sustainability Solutions Team accelerates theideation,development,and supportsadoption of sustainability-focused technologies across Autodesk’s product portfolio. We partner closely with industry strategy, product, research, and customer-facing organizations to align Autodesk’s sustainability vision with actionable product strategies, customer value creation, and measurable environmental outcomes.
We are seeking aSustainabilitySolutions TechnicalAdvisorwho willdrive the exploration, definition, and acceleration of sustainability solutionsdevelopmentacross Autodesk’s emerging business areas.Supporting both AECO Strategy and Cross-Industry Innovation, this rolefocuses on developing sustainable solutions in emerging markets and strategic business growth areas, including Autodesk Forma, Water, Operations and Infrastructure.The SustainabilitySolutionsTechnicalAdvisoroperates at the intersection of customer demand, technical feasibility, and scalable product development, ensuring Autodesk’s sustainability solutions meet real-world needswhile aligningwith Autodesk’s platform and next-generation technology vision.
Building uponatechnicalknow-how ofAutodesk’sin-market carbon solutions,you willunlock new solutions to drive sustainability in emerging business areas. In this role, you will translate customer workflows, sustainability requirements, and industry trends into actionable product insights and solution prototypes that directly inform core product strategy as well as early-stage developments.This role requires a strong technical foundation, a hands-on prototyping mindset, and an eagerness to “roll up your sleeves” to explore concepts, test viability/feasibility, and iterate quickly with product teams.You will identifyand shapesustainability solutions with a focus on emerging business priority areas, exploring agentic workflows and automation capabilities that can scale, while supporting core capabilities in embodied & operational carbon, biodiversity, circularity and resilience in the AECO portfolio.
With a customer-facing mindsetand asa strong user of Autodesk’s AECOsoftwaresolutions, the ideal candidateblends customer empathy with systems thinkingto drive novel solutions development—byunderstandinghow sustainability challenges manifest in AECO and adjacent industries, and how emerging Autodesk technologies can unlock meaningful impact. Through deep collaboration with product, engineering, research, customer-facing teams, and strategy stakeholders, this role ensures that sustainability opportunities are grounded in customer value,aretechnicallyviable, and positioned to scale across sustainability solutions.
Responsibilities
Lead new Sustainability Solutions ideation for Emerging Business priorities
Evaluate opportunities in emerging business areas and identify novel sustainability solutions.
Conduct technicaldiscoveryto understand customer goals, workflows, and challenges and synthesize insights to articulate sustainability-driven requirements.
Translate customer needs, workflows and sustainability requirements into actionable proof of concepts and prototypes.
Lead hands-on prototyping and iterative concept exploration to validate and refine workflows based on real customer engagements.
Translate sustainability use cases into reusable components, patterns, and workflows that integrate with Autodesk’s evolving platform architecture - especially those leveraging next-generation platform capabilities.
Collaborate closely with engineers, designers, product teams, and researchers to iterate quickly and validate early concepts.
Serve as a Technical Advisor for Sustainability Solutions to Key Customer Engagements
Showcasein-marketsustainable solutions, deliverdemonstrations and solicit technical feedbackwith customers to inform and influenceongoingcore product developmentwith customer insights.
Partnerwith customers tolead technicalengagementsof sustainability solutions, in collaborationwith the AECO Sustainability Strategy ManagerandImpactGrowth Enablement teams.
Develop and deliver technical enablement plans forkeycustomers on priority sustainability solutions(e.g. Total Carbon).
Synthesizeproduct feedback and technicalinsights toinfluenceproduct teams’development roadmaps.
Shape strategicAECO &cross-industrysolutions
Supportstrategic projects and initiatives to gather and synthesize customer insights that will shape the team’s long-term strategy.
Partner withthe AECOSustainabilityStrategy Managertoinformstrategic, scalablesustainabilitysolutions.
Partner with the Sustainability InnovationsStrategy Manager todevelopnovel,sustainability solutionsin support of priorityinnovation themes and emerging tech initiatives.
Support the development of agentic, automation-driven, and AI-enabled workflows that can scale across the Autodesk portfolio.
Ensure visibility, coordination, and shared understanding across platform, product, and strategy teams.
Required Qualifications
7-10+ years in technical enablement, product strategy, solution engineering,technical consulting,sustainability innovation, or related AECO domains.Knowledge of PDMS & M&E industries a plus.
Proven expertise in Autodesk’s solution portfolio and familiarity showcasing Autodesk’s core technologies alongside new capabilities.
Strong understanding of sustainability drivers such as carbon, energy, water systems, resilience, materials, and circularity.
Strong presentation delivery skills and comfort presenting toboth technical/end-useranddecision-makeraudiences
Experience translating customer requirements into product concepts, prototypes, or workflows.
Proven ability to work with engineers and product teams on early-stageandemerging technology concepts.
Comfort working with APIs, data schemas,andearly-stage technical exploration.
Hands-on prototyping experience—workflow mockups, technical demos, simulation models, or proof-of-concept tools.
Excellent synthesis, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
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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!
Salary transparency
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
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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Sustainability Solutions Technical Advisor
Job Requisition ID #
25WD94345
Position Overview
Autodesk’s Sustainability Solutions Team accelerates theideation,development,and supportsadoption of sustainability-focused technologies across Autodesk’s product portfolio. We partner closely with industry strategy, product, research, and customer-facing organizations to align Autodesk’s sustainability vision with actionable product strategies, customer value creation, and measurable environmental outcomes.
We are seeking aSustainabilitySolutions TechnicalAdvisorwho willdrive the exploration, definition, and acceleration of sustainability solutionsdevelopmentacross Autodesk’s emerging business areas.Supporting both AECO Strategy and Cross-Industry Innovation, this rolefocuses on developing sustainable solutions in emerging markets and strategic business growth areas, including Autodesk Forma, Water, Operations and Infrastructure.The SustainabilitySolutionsTechnicalAdvisoroperates at the intersection of customer demand, technical feasibility, and scalable product development, ensuring Autodesk’s sustainability solutions meet real-world needswhile aligningwith Autodesk’s platform and next-generation technology vision.
Building uponatechnicalknow-how ofAutodesk’sin-market carbon solutions,you willunlock new solutions to drive sustainability in emerging business areas. In this role, you will translate customer workflows, sustainability requirements, and industry trends into actionable product insights and solution prototypes that directly inform core product strategy as well as early-stage developments.This role requires a strong technical foundation, a hands-on prototyping mindset, and an eagerness to “roll up your sleeves” to explore concepts, test viability/feasibility, and iterate quickly with product teams.You will identifyand shapesustainability solutions with a focus on emerging business priority areas, exploring agentic workflows and automation capabilities that can scale, while supporting core capabilities in embodied & operational carbon, biodiversity, circularity and resilience in the AECO portfolio.
With a customer-facing mindsetand asa strong user of Autodesk’s AECOsoftwaresolutions, the ideal candidateblends customer empathy with systems thinkingto drive novel solutions development—byunderstandinghow sustainability challenges manifest in AECO and adjacent industries, and how emerging Autodesk technologies can unlock meaningful impact. Through deep collaboration with product, engineering, research, customer-facing teams, and strategy stakeholders, this role ensures that sustainability opportunities are grounded in customer value,aretechnicallyviable, and positioned to scale across sustainability solutions.
Responsibilities
Lead new Sustainability Solutions ideation for Emerging Business priorities
Evaluate opportunities in emerging business areas and identify novel sustainability solutions.
Conduct technicaldiscoveryto understand customer goals, workflows, and challenges and synthesize insights to articulate sustainability-driven requirements.
Translate customer needs, workflows and sustainability requirements into actionable proof of concepts and prototypes.
Lead hands-on prototyping and iterative concept exploration to validate and refine workflows based on real customer engagements.
Translate sustainability use cases into reusable components, patterns, and workflows that integrate with Autodesk’s evolving platform architecture - especially those leveraging next-generation platform capabilities.
Collaborate closely with engineers, designers, product teams, and researchers to iterate quickly and validate early concepts.
Serve as a Technical Advisor for Sustainability Solutions to Key Customer Engagements
Showcasein-marketsustainable solutions, deliverdemonstrations and solicit technical feedbackwith customers to inform and influenceongoingcore product developmentwith customer insights.
Partnerwith customers tolead technicalengagementsof sustainability solutions, in collaborationwith the AECO Sustainability Strategy ManagerandImpactGrowth Enablement teams.
Develop and deliver technical enablement plans forkeycustomers on priority sustainability solutions(e.g. Total Carbon).
Synthesizeproduct feedback and technicalinsights toinfluenceproduct teams’development roadmaps.
Shape strategicAECO &cross-industrysolutions
Supportstrategic projects and initiatives to gather and synthesize customer insights that will shape the team’s long-term strategy.
Partner withthe AECOSustainabilityStrategy Managertoinformstrategic, scalablesustainabilitysolutions.
Partner with the Sustainability InnovationsStrategy Manager todevelopnovel,sustainability solutionsin support of priorityinnovation themes and emerging tech initiatives.
Support the development of agentic, automation-driven, and AI-enabled workflows that can scale across the Autodesk portfolio.
Ensure visibility, coordination, and shared understanding across platform, product, and strategy teams.
Required Qualifications
7-10+ years in technical enablement, product strategy, solution engineering,technical consulting,sustainability innovation, or related AECO domains.Knowledge of PDMS & M&E industries a plus.
Proven expertise in Autodesk’s solution portfolio and familiarity showcasing Autodesk’s core technologies alongside new capabilities.
Strong understanding of sustainability drivers such as carbon, energy, water systems, resilience, materials, and circularity.
Strong presentation delivery skills and comfort presenting toboth technical/end-useranddecision-makeraudiences
Experience translating customer requirements into product concepts, prototypes, or workflows.
Proven ability to work with engineers and product teams on early-stageandemerging technology concepts.
Comfort working with APIs, data schemas,andearly-stage technical exploration.
Hands-on prototyping experience—workflow mockups, technical demos, simulation models, or proof-of-concept tools.
Excellent synthesis, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
#LI-SK1
Learn More
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!
Salary transparency
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
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
Are you an existing contractor or consultant with Autodesk?
Please search for open jobs and apply internally (not on this external site).