Director, Experience Design, PDMS - Canada

Job Requisition ID # 26WD96145 Position Overview We’re hiring a Director of Experience Design within our Product Design and Manufacturing Solutions ( PDMS ) organization . This person will lead experience design across Autodesk’s core manufacturing, design , and data management tools, supporting engineers and other manufacturing professionals across design, manufacturing, and operations workflows . This role will focus primarily on continuously shipped cloud and SaaS -based solutions , and it will focus on the convergence of solutions in the Autodesk Fusion Platform. This is a critic al leadership role reporting to the Senior Director of Experience Design focusing on Data and Process Manufacturing , PDMS . You wil l lead and grow a high - performing team of designers within a 100 global Experience Design organization driving transformation toward modern, future-shaping , AI-first experiences that advance both customer productivity and usability . You wi ll partner closely with Product Engineering and Development , AI and Machine Learning , and Business leaders to shape the strategy and future of Autodesk’s Manufacturing platform and experiences . This leader will be play a key role in evolving our products and services from best-in-class applications into AI-first, agentic, and deeply integrated experiences aligned with Autodesk’s Manufacturing Industry Cloud vision - both elevating the tools millions rely upon today and re-imagining how manufacturing companies evolv e 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 actionable value for our customers . You will champion innovation , rapid prototyping, continuous improvement , and quality of outcomes , while helping develop and execute the experience vision, strategy, and operating model across the full product development lifecycle - from concept through design and make and o perations . This role is supporting our R&D center - of - excellence in Toronto , ON, Canada . We support a hybrid work environment , with flexible working hours, and the role can be based within an hour drive to T oronto. Travel requirements are approximately 10 % . Responsibilities Vision & Strategy Execute and champion a multi-year user experience design vision for Autodesk’s manufacturing solutions , grounded in real customer workflows and outcomes Shape how AI-first and agentic experiences fundamentally change how 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 , solutions and platforms Partner with executive leadership to align experience strategy with Autodesk’s Manufacturing Industry Cloud and broader business strategy AI-First & Agentic Experiences Shape and drive the adoption of agentic-AI, generative-AI, and AI capabilities with Autodesk’s manufacturing solutions Lead the evolution of manufacturing design and make solutions into 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-world manufacturing workflows Ensure experiences remain cohesive, trustworthy, transparent, and human-centered, even as autonomy increases Coach teams on AI-augmented workflows both for Autodesk and our customers ; AI isn’t just what teams build – it’s how they work Design Systems, Platforms & Foundation Drive experience consistency and scalability through design systems, shared patterns, critical user journeys, and foundational UX capabilities Ensure manufacturing design tools wo ... (truncated, view full listing at source)