Director, Brand Management

About the role

Autodesk is looking for a Director of Brand Management to help steward and evolve one of the world's most influential design and technology brands. This role sits at the center of our brand ecosystem-guiding our largest integrated advertising campaigns, leading agency partnerships, and acting as a center of excellence for brand management across the company.This is a highly visible role for a strategic brand leader who pairs sharp creative instincts with operational excellence, and who thrives at the intersection of agencies, internal stakeholders, and ambitious business goals.You will be a key partner in shaping how Autodesk shows up in the world-ensuring our brand is not only consistent and coherent, but emotionally resonant, creatively bold, and built to scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead Brand Stewardship & Campaign Excellence
• Serve as a senior brand leader responsible for guiding Autodesk's largest integrated advertising campaigns with the focus being on shepherding the creative concepts and ideas.
• Ensure all brand expressions align to Autodesk's brand platform, narrative, and creative standards across channels and regions.
• Act as a trusted creative partner, with a keen eye for strong ideas and the ability to elevate work without stifling creativity.
• Own Agency Management & Center of Excellence
• Lead and manage Autodesk's brand agency ecosystem, ensuring clear scopes, strong collaboration, and consistently high-quality output.
• Establish best practices for agency engagement, briefing, feedback, and performance management.
• Act as a center of excellence for brand management across Autodesk, advising teams on brand strategy, positioning, and execution.
• Drive Cross-Functional Alignment
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders across marketing, product, communications, events, and regional teams to ensure brand cohesion and impact.
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments with clarity, diplomacy, and confidence-bringing people along while maintaining high standards.
• Translate business objectives into clear brand and creative direction that teams and agencies can rally around.
• Build for Scale
• Help evolve Autodesk's brand management model to support a high-growth, global SaaS organization.
• Balance long-term brand building with near-term business needs, ensuring speed without sacrificing quality.
• Contribute to the broader leadership and culture of the Brand & Creative organization.
• What Success Looks Like
• Autodesk's biggest campaigns are creatively strong, strategically sound, and flawlessly executed.
• Agency partners feel challenged, inspired, and crystal-clear on expectations.
• Internal teams trust brand management as a strategic partner-not a gatekeeper.
• The Autodesk brand shows up with confidence, consistency, and emotional resonance at global scale.
• What You Bring

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in brand management at a high-growth product or SaaS technology company.
• Proven experience leading large, integrated brand campaigns across multiple channels.
• Deep experience managing external agencies and complex internal stakeholder relationships.
• Skills & Mindset
• A sharp eye for creative excellence and the judgment to know what great looks like.
• Exceptional agency leadership skills-able to push, partner, and elevate work simultaneously.
• Strong strategic thinking paired with operational rigor.
• Clear, confident communicator who can bring structure to ambiguity.
• Calm, thoughtful leadership style with the ability to influence at senior levels.
• Experience helping evolve or scale a brand in a rapidly growing organization.
• Comfort operating in a global, matrixed environment.
• Why Autodesk
• 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!

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Additional Information

Job Requisition ID # 26WD94680 Director of Brand Management Location: United States (Hybrid / Remote) Reports to: Global VP, Brand & Creative

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