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Senior Research Program Manager, Construction
Toronto, ON, CAN · Senior · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 15 days ago
Machine LearningData EngineeringLLMsA/B TestingProduct StrategyProject ManagementJiraConfluenceProcurementResearchLeadershipCommunicationRevitBIMConstruction Management
About the role
- Autodesk Research explores advances that may shape products and customer workflows five to ten years out, investigating how intelligent, agentic, and AI-driven systems can transform how ideas move from concept to reality.
- This is not a traditional Technical Program Manager role.
- Amazing things are created every day with our software - from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies.
Responsibilities
- Lead program management for construction research initiative
- Manage a program spanning multiple related projects, experiments, prototypes, and partnerships across complex, extended timelines.
- Build and maintain integrated program plans across workstreams, defining scope, objectives, milestones, dependencies, and owners
- Coordinate across researchers, engineers, designers, product teams, external partners, and leadership
- Manage the research lifecycle
- Support transition planning when research is ready to inform product strategy, incubation, or future investment
- Partner with other Research Program Managers to improve shared practices, tools, and operating rhythms
- You don't need to be the deepest expert in the room, but you must understand construction well enough to ask informed questions, confidently engage with partners and connect research to real industry needs. Relevant areas:
- You don't need to be the deepest expert in the room, but you must understand construction well enough to ask informed questions, confidently engage with partners and connect research to real industry needs.
- Reality capture, digital twins, construction analytics, and AI-enabled decision support
Requirements
- 8+ years in program management, project management, research operations, construction technology, or a related field
- Experience managing complex, multi-workstream programs with diverse stakeholders, dependencies, and deliverables
- Working knowledge of construction workflows: preconstruction, BIM/VDC, scheduling, field execution, or construction data management
- Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, Slack, or equivalents
- Ability to work effectively across global teams and time zones
Nice to have
- Experience in construction technology, AEC, digital twins, BIM/VDC, reality capture, or AI-enabled construction workflows
- Familiarity with Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, Navisworks, Forma, Tandem, or related platforms
- Background in applied research, innovation programs, incubation, or early-stage product exploration
- Familiarity with AI/ML, generative AI, intelligent agents, or data-driven product development
- Experience coordinating programs involving data integration, connected workflows, or scalable data pipelines
- Experience managing research collaborations, customer advisory engagements, or academic/industry partnerships
- Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Computer Science, HCI, Business, or related field
- equivalent experience welcome
Skills
- BIM/VDC workflows, model coordination, construction documentation, site data, and connected data environments
- Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, Navisworks, Forma, Tandem, or adjacent AEC platforms
- Help researchers structure AI-enabled workstreams with clear milestones, experiments, and evaluation plans
- Coordinate research integrating BIM, schedules, reality capture, field data, and other construction information sources
- Translate emerging technical work into clear narratives, decision briefs, and next-step recommendations
- Identify blockers, ambiguous ownership, unresolved decisions, and priority conflicts
- Facilitate planning sessions, research reviews, workshops, and decision forums
- Prepare crisp executive summaries, narratives, and briefing materials for senior leaders
- Track program budgets, planned expenditures, and resource needs in partnership with leadership and finance
- Coordinate external collaborations, customer engagements, and academic or industry partnerships
Compensation
- Support annual and quarterly planning, goal-setting, and resource prioritization
Benefits
- Align the portfolio with Research priorities, Autodesk's long-term construction vision, available capacity, and strategic outcomes
Company info
- https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging
- Are you an existing contractor or consultant with Autodesk?
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