Principal Business Consultant, Buildings & Data / AI Strategy and Readiness

Job title: Principal Business Consultant, Buildings & Data / AI Strategy and Readiness

About the Role The Autodesk Global Consulting Delivery team seeks a Principal Consultant to define and deploy innovative strategies and solutions that leverage digital design, delivery, management data, and AI as competitive advantages. You will work with Autodesk’s largest customers to drive enterprise-level transformational change and help shape the Consulting portfolio and offerings.

What You'll Do

• Work with Autodesk’s largest customers to define innovative Building design, engineering, and management strategies and solutions to maximize value from their Autodesk investment
• Collaborate with Autodesk account teams to define Customer Success Plans and engagements
• Partner with the Consulting Project Management team to ensure delivery against the Customer Success Plan
• Shape the Autodesk Consulting service offering and how it is delivered
• Interface with thought leaders within Autodesk, and beyond, to support and shape the Autodesk product offering
• Be a trusted business partner to customers and internal Autodesk teams
• Develop and deliver innovative business and technology solutions with strategic impact
• Help Autodesk customers drive transformational change by leveraging proven change management methodologies
• Lead facilitated workshops with Autodesk customers to identify solution opportunities and align on solution paths
• Lead or assist in the creation of high-quality design, engineering, and operational management deliverables for customers
• Define and track the value of solutions delivered to customers, and help document the impact of customer investment in Autodesk Consulting
• Lead and/or participate in the development around new and expanded offerings as part of a comprehensive consulting delivery portfolio
• Build the Autodesk Consulting brand by demonstrating thought leadership within the industry
• Lead project delivery efforts, ensuring team members perform to the highest level of quality and professionalism
• Mentor junior staff in successful customer engagement techniques, including change management, strategic and critical thinking, workshop facilitation, and effective communication
• Advise on project estimation and participate in business development activities

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering or related field
• Minimum of seven years of hands-on experience in the Buildings industry, with a focus on developing, managing and/or delivering digital design, engineering, and management solutions across a business enterprise
• Demonstrated excellence in strategic thinking, innovation, program management, change management, business process optimization, and communications
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate customer workshops leveraging a variety of techniques
• Initiative and ability to drive decisions and closure on issues
• Proven ability to work with diverse technical, sales, and project management teams
• Ability to work independently to meet deadlines
• Solid working knowledge of software development lifecycle processes and how to operate under structured project management
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience conducting workshops, facilitating meetings, and delivering effective presentations to teams and customers
• Ability to break down complex topics into a common language understandable by non-technical/business-oriented audiences
• Ability to travel 50% of the time, including international travel

Nice to Have

• Strong knowledge of Building design, engineering, construction, and management industry practices; key focus areas include Architecture, BIM for Industrial Uses, Facility Ownership & Management, Data Management/Readiness Strategy, Data Science & Advanced Analytics, Generative Design, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
• Advanced experience developing and enabling workflow processes between architects, designers, engineers, contractors, and owners
• Advanced experience leveraging Autodesk products such as Autodesk Construction Cloud / BIM 360, Revit, Navisworks, Civil3D, InfraWorks, etc.
• Experience in developing and sustaining a digital design and delivery solution portfolio