Autodesk

Autodesk

Business Strategist, AI Foundation Models. US or Canada

AMER - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - University Ave, CA · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 15 days ago
PythonSQLMachine LearningData ScienceAgentic AIStatisticsProduct StrategyFinancial ModelingExcelLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingPublic SpeakingMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • This role provides the analytical foundation needed to guide adoption, monetization, cost modeling, and strategic planning for these AI investments.
  • You will apply structured problem-solving, financial modeling, usage analytics, and cost analysis, including inference COGS and GPU economics, to inform business decisions.
  • This role requires fluency, or the ability to ramp quickly, in cloud, GPU, and inference cost dynamics as they relate to AI product economics, COGS, scaling, and margin.

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • Model and optimize cloud, GPU, and inference cost economics, including utilization, scaling behavior, cost efficiency, COGS, cost-to-serve dynamics, and margin implications
  • 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

Requirements

  • 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 with cloud, GPU, and inference cost structures, or demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on AI infrastructure economics
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to distill complexity into clarity

Nice to have

  • 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
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  • Amazing things are created every day with our software - from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies.

Compensation

  • Salary transparency

Company info

  • We are open to candidates in Canada and US Remote
  • https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging
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