Sr. Manager, PPL Strategic Initiatives & OpEx

Position Overview

This individual plays a critical role in enhancing the effectiveness of People & Places (PPL) by empowering our PPL teams with the tools, processes, and capabilities to execute on its short and long-term vision. This role is instrumental in aligning functional strategies to our organizational portfolio of work, as well as improving operational excellence by designing and delivering the necessary strategies, mechanisms and training to ensure a consistent approach to program design, delivery and execution across PPL. 

Reporting into the Senior Director, PPL Chief of Staff, this individual will serve as a trusted partner to the Senior Manager of PPL Portfolio Planning & Program Partnership, PPL Leadership Team, and other key stakeholders to align strategic and functional priorities, improve the employee and leader experience, and make PPL a cohesive, high-impact function that delivers measurable value to Autodesk.

Responsibilities:

PPL Leadership Team Support and Alignment (25%):

• Manage agendas for the PPL Leadership Team (LT) to ensure key initiatives stay aligned and visible

• Partner with the PPL Chief of Staff (CoS) by contributing to strategic planning and facilitates LT offsites, ensuring clear outcomes and follow-up actions

Functional Governance (40%):

• Collaborate with the Senior Manager of PPL Portfolio Planning & Program Partnership to launch strategic functional planning processes, ensuring line of sight into run-of-business work and their alignment with PPL’s strategic priorities and portfolio of work

• Partner with LT Sponsors/COE leads and Strategic Program Managers on the transition of strategic priorities to "run of business" operations when applicable

• Partner with stakeholders (e.g., functional leaders, XLT, and LT) to define and track functional strategic roadmaps, consult on annual large-scale program rollouts, ensuring proper stakeholder and change management strategies are considered and in place

PPL OpEx & Capability Building (35%)

• Build and govern a COE Area Delegates community to implement and uphold standard PPL operating practices, driving operational consistency, improving intra-team collaboration, streamlining communication, and fostering proactive knowledge sharing across the organization

• Create and maintain a repository of best practices, tools, and resources to create consistent “program launch” practices across PPL teams

• Drive PPL-specific employee programming in partnership with the PPL People Business Partner (PBP), including Employee Insight survey action plans, employee onboarding, and leadership onboarding.

• Provide resources and tools to internal stakeholders (e.g., people business partners, people consultants, people services) to effectively support the launch of new or revamped PPL initiatives

• Partner with the PPL Chief of Staff and PPL People Business Partner to design and execute initiatives that enhance the skills and capabilities of PPL’s employees, with a focus on next-level leaders (PPL extended leadership team [XLT])

• Lead efforts aimed at strengthening change management, process improvement and governance mechanisms to enhance PPL’s ways of workings/effectiveness.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: 7–10 years of experience in program management, operations, enablement, or related fields, preferably in HR, organizational development, or consulting

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Organizational Development, Human Resources, or a related field; advanced degree preferred

• Skills:

  • A natural connector, able to work seamlessly across diverse stakeholder groups to foster collaboration, drive shared outcomes, and identify synergies in strategies, programs, and workstreams

  • Proven ability to build and sustain strong partnerships while cultivating cross-team collaboration and alignment on shared priorities

  • Strong ability to navigate a wide range of responsibilities, seamlessly switching between detailed tactical work and highly strategic initiatives with a high degree of autonomy

  • Proven ability to drive alignment across complex organizations and manage competing priorities

  • Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills, with experience working with senior leaders

  • Excellent communicator with the ability to effectively manage stakeholders, influence senior leaders, and offer solutions that drive alignment and decision-making

  • Expertise in building governance processes, implementing standard operating procedures, and managing cross-functional initiatives

  • Excellent knowledge of tools and methodologies for enablement, knowledge management, and organizational development

  • Analytical mindset with the ability to measure impact and drive continuous improvement

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