# Senior Research Program Manager **Company**: Autodesk **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Research **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://autodesk.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Ext/job/London-GBR/Senior-Research-Program-Manager_26WD101762-2?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_9dedad93-fc1 ## Description Autodesk Research is seeking a Senior Research Program Manager to oversee a portfolio of forward-thinking construction research programs. In this role, you will operate at the intersection of research strategy, construction domain expertise, AI-enabled workflows, and cross-functional program execution. Your primary objective will be to assist teams in progressing from ambiguous opportunity areas to structured plans, measurable progress, and strategic impact. Autodesk Research focuses on advancements that could shape products and customer workflows five to ten years into the future. The goal is to investigate how intelligent, agentic, and AI-driven systems can revolutionize the process of bringing ideas from concept to reality. This position is not a traditional Technical Program Manager role. Instead, Research Program Managers act as horizontally focused connectors who organise programs, manage ambiguity, coordinate stakeholders, and link research work to Autodesk's broader business outcomes. ### Lead Construction Research Programs - Manage a program consisting of multiple related projects, experiments, prototypes, and partnerships across complex, extended timelines. - Develop and maintain integrated program plans across workstreams, defining scope, objectives, milestones, dependencies, and owners. - Align the portfolio with Research priorities, Autodesk's long-term construction vision, available capacity, and strategic outcomes. - Assist teams in prioritising opportunities competing for attention, staffing, or funding. - Coordinate across researchers, engineers, designers, product teams, external partners, and leadership. ### Bring Construction Domain Fluency - Demonstrate expertise in construction project delivery, preconstruction, planning, estimating, scheduling, procurement, field execution, and handover. - Familiarity with BIM/VDC workflows, model coordination, construction documentation, site data, and connected data environments. - Knowledge of emerging technologies, including reality capture, digital twins, construction analytics, and AI-enabled decision support. - Experience with AEC platforms, such as Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, Navisworks, Forma, Tandem, or adjacent platforms. ### Coordinate AI and Emerging Technology Research - Support programs exploring the transformative potential of AI, generative AI, intelligent agents, simulation, and connected workflows in construction. - 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. - Utilise AI tools in your own practice to enhance planning, synthesis, documentation, and follow-through. ### Manage Resources and External Engagements - Track program budgets, planned expenditures, and resource needs in partnership with leadership and finance. - Support annual and quarterly planning, goal-setting, and resource prioritisation. - Coordinate external collaborations, customer engagements, and academic or industry partnerships. ### Minimum Qualifications - 8+ years of experience 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, including preconstruction, BIM/VDC, scheduling, field execution, or construction data management. - Demonstrated ability to create structure in ambiguous, newly forming areas. - Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including executive-ready summaries and dashboards. - Strong facilitation and influencing skills across multidisciplinary teams. - Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, Slack, or equivalent platforms. - Ability to work effectively across global teams and time zones. ### Preferred Qualifications - 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 and industry partnerships. - Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Computer Science, HCI, Business, or a related field. Equivalent experience is welcome. ### What Success Looks Like (6–12 Months) Within the first 6–12 months, success means delivering: - A clear operating rhythm: A trusted and consistent approach to managing the construction research program. - Portfolio visibility: An integrated view of priorities, workstreams, milestones, risks, and decisions. - Strong stakeholder relationships: Effective partnerships with researchers, engineers, product stakeholders, and Research leadership. - Improved accountability: Greater visibility and ownership without reducing research velocity. - Strategic alignment: A clearer connection between construction research and Autodesk's strategic outcomes. - Knowledge reuse: Better documentation and reuse of research artifacts, insights, and decisions. - AI-enabled operations: Active, demonstrable use of AI tools to improve program operations. ## Skills ### Required - Program Management - Construction Technology - AI-enabled Workflows - BIM/VDC - Project Delivery - Emerging Technologies - Construction Analytics - Digital Twins - Reality Capture - Connected Data Environments - Jira - Confluence - Miro - Slack ### Nice to have - Autodesk Construction Cloud - Revit - Navisworks - Forma - Tandem - AI/ML - Generative AI - Intelligent Agents - Data-driven Product Development --- Source: [Apply at autodesk.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com](https://autodesk.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Ext/job/London-GBR/Senior-Research-Program-Manager_26WD101762-2?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)