Principal Product Manager, Applied AI & Data Science

Job Requisition ID # 26WD100239 Position Overview We are seeking a Principal Product Manager for the Applied AI, Data Science, and Data Engineering team within the Enterprise Systems and Experience (ESE) organization. This team owns and operates the enterprise data foundation that ESE builds on — semantic data models, AI-ready data products, and the agents and automations that reason across that data to drive workforce productivity. This team’s mandate is to build scalable, reusable products that deliver lasting value. This Principal PM will bring product discipline to a fast-growing portfolio: clear roadmaps, sharp prioritization, and consistent delivery of measurable, visible outcomes to stakeholders across the company. Responsibilities Translate strategy into detailed product roadmaps, execution plans, milestones, and measurable outcomes Own roadmap development and prioritization across the enterprise data hub, AI-ready data products, self-service conversational analytics, data-as-a-service capabilities, bring-your-own-data capabilities, semantic data models, and AI value realization initiatives Bring strong fluency in data, analytics, and AI, and apply it to help define dashboards and reporting as data and AI products Make and defend prioritization decisions and communicate those decisions clearly to engineering and stakeholder teams Lead intake, discovery, and backlog refinement across a high volume of stakeholder requests, with a consistent lens on what delivers the most value to the broadest set of users Convert business needs into clear product requirements documents, user stories, acceptance criteria, business value statements, and delivery milestones Partner with engineering, data science, applied AI, architecture, governance, and business stakeholders to ensure roadmap items are clearly scoped, sequenced, and delivered Track roadmap progress, risks, dependencies, blockers, decisions, and stakeholder commitments to maintain delivery alignment Drive adoption and product health measurement, including usage, reuse, data quality, freshness, stakeholder satisfaction, and realized business value Support executive communication through concise roadmap updates, delivery status, trade-off decisions, and business impact summaries Maintain alignment across Airtable, Jira, Wiki, and related planning and documentation systems Shift the team’s delivery model from reactive, request-by-request execution to a scalable portfolio of reusable, governed AI and data products that Autodesk owns outright Minimum Qualifications 8+ years of product management experience, including experience owning roadmaps for data, analytics, or AI/ML platform products Strong fluency in data and AI concepts — semantic data models, data pipelines, and machine learning / generative AI applications — sufficient to partner credibly with engineering and data science Proven experience partnering with engineering, data science, architecture, and governance teams to scope and deliver complex, cross-functional initiatives Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting roadmaps, trade-offs, and business impact to executive stakeholders Hands-on experience with product and delivery tooling such as Jira, Airtable, and Confluence/Wiki Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience 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! 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 transparency Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $123,900 and $222,129. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include 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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