AECO Sustainability Solutions Specialist

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Position Overview

In this role, you will advance next-generation solutions for the building & infrastructure design, construction, and operations sectors’ impact on embodied and operational energy & carbon, as well as water, health, and resilience. Leveraging your industry expertise, you will be accountable for identifying and prioritizing opportunities to advance sustainable design outcomes through technology developments. To influence and drive strategic development of our technology, you will play an active role in prioritizing and leading the incubation, development and productization of innovative sustainability solutions with partners and customers. This position will interface with and support teams across the company including product & development, strategy, research, and marketing teams to enable strategic integration of sustainability solutions as well as research initiatives to accelerate that work.

Join Autodesk’s Impact Team to support the development of Autodesk’s Design & Make platform with novel sustainability technology for building and infrastructure industries. Help drive sustainability solutions to the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) industry’s biggest environmental challenges.

This role can be based remotely anywhere in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, or Spain

Responsibilities

Develop, incubate and implement sustainable solutions in Autodesk’s AECO offerings, informed by sustainability and product strategy: 

• Define, prioritize, lead, and develop proof of concept projects and prototypes in collaboration with Autodesk’s technology teams, external partners, and customers

• Bring industry expertise to inform research into current capabilities, metrics, and methods for achieving sustainable outcomes (e.g. mitigating embodied and operational carbon, designing resilient infrastructure, etc.) 

• Scope and define both existing and potential industry workflows to drive development of impactful sustainability solutions

Develop and implement programs to influence Autodesk technology to enable sustainability outcomes by AECO customers:  

• Manage programs and partnerships to support the creation and validation of the proof of concepts projects with customers to demonstrate market viability 

• Lead and coordinate user discovery and influence Research, Product, and XD teams, to integrate new technology or further the development of existing technology

• Define, prioritize, lead, and develop proof of concept projects in collaboration with Autodesk’s technology teams and customers

• Synthesize insights from customer testing to drive further solution development and prioritization 

• Provide subject matter expertise and technical knowledge to support enablement and go to market efforts

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field e.g. Architecture, Civil Engineering, or Construction Management

• 5+ years professional experience in one or more AEC discipline(s), ideally with experience in the infrastructure industry including general civil engineering or transportation or construction

• Skilled user of Autodesk BIM technology: AEC Collection, Forma, and/or Infraworks, Civil3D, Revit and familiarization with existing technology landscape

• Maintains a technical mindset, with ability to quickly become comfortable with new technologies 

• Relevant expertise in sustainability: plan, design, build, and operate (e.g. high-performance buildings, smart & resilient cities, green construction and infrastructure)

• Demonstrated knowledge of issues relating to energy, water, materials, and resilience in the built environment

• Strong collaborator with ability to influence others

• Experience in research, trends and data analysis and presenting findings

• Excellent written and verbal communicator and collaborator, with experience translating complex technical concepts for non-technical teams and audiences 

• Flexibility in meeting with people in different time zones

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with third-party AEC sustainability technology solutions 

• Experience performing and summarizing market research, customer interviews, and analyses of trends, foresight, and competition

The Ideal Candidate

• Bringing real-world industry knowledge to the team, the ideal candidate will apply their professional experience and understanding of how architects, engineers, contractors, and owners design and deliver sustainable high-performing, future-proof buildings and infrastructure

• They will be detail-oriented yet also a systems thinker who can relate individual sustainability solutions to a broader strategy and emerging industry trends

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 – our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $89,500 and $154,330. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

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