Full-Time
Business Strategist
AI Foundation Models
Autodesk
10,001+ employees
Design software, engineering, and entertainment solutions
Compensation Overview
CA$78k - CA$114.4k/yr
Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship
Remote in USA + 1 more
More locations: Remote in Canada
Remote
Remote role; candidates across Canada and United States.
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People at Autodesk who can refer or advise you
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years in business strategy, analytics, strategic finance, business operations, product strategy, product analytics, management consulting, or a similarly analytical role
- Experience building financial, operating, or business models across adoption, usage, revenue, COGS, margin, and ROI
- Strong financial modeling and analytical skills; Excel required, SQL/Python familiarity preferred
- Experience with cloud, GPU, and inference cost structures, or demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on AI infrastructure economics
- Ability to create structured, executive-ready presentations and strategic narratives, including management consulting-style PowerPoint decks
- Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguous environments and build frameworks from scratch
- Strong communication skills with the ability to distill complexity into clarity
- Build analytical and financial models that quantify the business impact of AI capabilities across Autodesk’s platform and industry groups, including Architecture, Engineering & Construction, Product Design & Manufacturing, and Media & Entertainment
- Develop forecasts for AI adoption, usage, revenue influence, inference costs, margin implications, and long-term planning
- Construct business cases and decision-ready analysis to guide investment, prioritization, monetization, pricing, packaging, and leadership reviews
- Model and optimize cloud, GPU, and inference cost economics, including utilization, scaling behavior, cost efficiency, COGS, cost-to-serve dynamics, and margin implications
- Translate product telemetry into insights supporting monetization, pricing, packaging, and cross-industry growth opportunities
- Create executive- and Board-ready presentations, narratives, and slide materials that communicate strategic recommendations, investment plans, tradeoffs, and business priorities with clarity and impact
- Contribute to building repeatable dashboards, reporting frameworks, and tools to enable data-driven execution across Product, Finance, and Engineering teams
- MBA or relevant graduate degree
- Management consulting experience combined with hands-on operating experience in a technology company
- Experience with AI infrastructure, usage-based monetization models, model serving, inference costs, GPU economics, cloud economics, or compute cost optimization
- Experience in SaaS economics, cloud cost analysis, or AI/ML-driven products
- Background in subscription analytics, pricing, packaging, or monetization strategy
- Experience with AI agents and API-driven business models
Autodesk produces software for design, engineering, and entertainment work. Its products help professionals create, plan, simulate, and manage projects—from buildings and manufactured parts to films and games—using licenses, subscriptions, and cloud-based tools. Users interact with Autodesk software by running design and modeling tools, collaborating online, and leveraging cloud services for storage, rendering, and project management. What sets Autodesk apart is its broad, integrated product ecosystem across architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and media, along with ongoing cloud-based features, strategic acquisitions, and professional services that extend its capabilities. The company also pursues social impact and sustainability programs. The overall goal is to help customers design and deliver better projects more efficiently and creatively while expanding access to cloud-enabled workflows and sustainable practices.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
1982
People at Autodesk
People at Autodesk who can refer or advise you
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- AI features can raise productivity and support premium pricing across product tiers.
- Flex and small-business programs expand access to freelancers and variable-workload teams.
- MaintainX can extend Autodesk into operations, creating cross-sell across the lifecycle.
What critics are saying
- Usage-based Flex pricing trains small customers to expect cheaper access and easier switching.
- AI-native competitors can commoditize drafting assistance before Autodesk fully monetizes features.
- MaintainX integration distracts management and risks expensive expansion without meaningful moat gains.
What makes Autodesk unique
- Autodesk embeds AI natively across AutoCAD, Fusion, Maya, and Construction Cloud.
- Its proprietary design data and industry workflows create hard-to-replicate context.
- Drawing automation and markup import reduce repetitive work inside core products.
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Paid Vacation
Flexible Work Hours
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Growth & Insights and Company News
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↑ 0%Wix.com and Autodesk are trading at significant discounts as software stocks face pressure from fears of AI disruption, despite limited evidence in their financial results. Wix has fallen over 80% from its highs amid concerns that AI tools will replace website-building platforms. However, the company has developed its own AI website-building capabilities and acquired Base44, an AI mobile application builder that reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue in under a year. Revenue grew 14% year over year last quarter whilst maintaining healthy free cash flow margins. The stock trades at just six times trailing free cash flow. Autodesk, a leader in engineering and design software, has also experienced a sharp drawdown despite staying out of AI headlines. Both companies appear oversold relative to their actual business performance.
Autodesk has attracted investor attention following technical indicators suggesting a potential trend reversal, whilst Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating citing stable billings and demand visibility. The software company's improving chart momentum and analyst confidence come against a backdrop of recent financial guidance. Management projected fiscal 2027 revenue of $8.1 billion to $8.17 billion with GAAP operating margins of 26% to 28%. The company's narrative anticipates $10 billion in revenue and $2.4 billion in earnings by 2029, requiring 11.4% annual revenue growth. However, investors face risks from AI-enabled competitors advancing in generative design. The most optimistic analysts project $10.3 billion in revenue and $2.6 billion in earnings by 2029, above consensus estimates, as markets reassess Autodesk's AI monetisation potential.
Autodesk has completed its acquisition of Rhumbix, a construction technology company that captures real-time jobsite data to improve cost visibility and project decision-making. Financial terms were not disclosed. Autodesk said many construction teams lose cost control not from poor estimates, but from delayed visibility into field activity. Traditional financial systems are backward-looking, with labor and materials data appearing in reports only after work is completed. Rhumbix's platform enables field teams to capture data once and use it across multiple processes, supporting labor tracking, production monitoring, time-and-materials documentation and daily reporting. The integration aims to connect real-time field data with downstream systems, reducing fragmentation and enabling proactive rather than reactive project management. The acquisition strengthens Autodesk's effort to connect workflows across the construction lifecycle.
Autodesk shares closed at $247.44 following mixed recent performance, with a 9% gain over 30 days but a 17% decline over 90 days. The software company generates $7.2 billion in annual revenue and $1.1 billion in net income. The most popular valuation narrative suggests Autodesk is 25% undervalued, with a fair value of $331.75 per share. This view relies on accelerating adoption of cloud-based platforms like Autodesk Construction Cloud and Fusion 360, alongside the shift to subscription and SaaS models driving recurring revenue and margin improvements. However, the company trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.5 times, significantly above the US software industry average of 29.9 times, suggesting potential valuation risk if growth expectations moderate.
Bay Area tech companies including Meta, Autodesk, Salesforce, Workday, Google, Pinterest and Block have announced layoffs since early 2026. Industry experts attribute the cuts to overhiring in recent years, economic uncertainty, high interest rates and reduced foreign investment, rather than solely AI-driven efficiencies. Ryan Miller from Employment Boost says most laid-off workers find new roles within three to six months, though some searches extend to a year. Companies are also offering less generous severance packages. The job market has become more selective, with firms no longer hiring at previous rates. The financial impact can be severe for Bay Area residents, where California's maximum weekly unemployment benefit of $450 represents a significant drop from typical tech salaries. With benefits lasting only 26 weeks, workers should monitor company earnings reports and internal communications for warning signs.