Account Manager - Autodesk Construction Cloud Education

**Job Requisition ID #**

24WD80983

**Autodesk Education Experiences (AEX) @ Autodesk**

Autodesk is on a multi-year journey to converge the worlds of design and make through powerful automations that help anyone, anywhere, to turn their ideas into products, buildings, infrastructure, and media. To get there we are deploying the most advanced capabilities available for design and make, cloud computing, and generative design to solve the worlds most perplexing design, manufacturing, construction, and entertainment challenges.

Ensuring the next generation of professionals are prepared to use new manufacturing and construction techniques is a top priority for Autodesk and its customers. To help ensure this happens, Autodesk provides open access to its professional tools and supporting content and certifications for students, educators, and academic institutions around the world. We want to prepare the next generation for jobs of the future and shape the future of how the world is designed and made.

**Position Overview**

Are you enthused by the Design & Make trend? Do you want to enable educators and students to teach and learn the newest BIM tools around cloud-based design and collaboration in Architecture, Engineering and Construction? If so, we want to hear from you.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving awareness and adoption of our newest Autodesk technologies at educational accounts throughout the US, with a focus on universities and community colleges. You will develop effective working relationships with Deans, Department Chairs, educators and administrators within the education sector, and with student organizations and teams. These relationships will serve to build trusted partner status in education networks and communities and help make our solutions visible to decision makers. Ultimately you will be responsible for driving the adoption of our AEC technology solutions in the classroom, ensuring that students are equipped with the requisite skills to succeed in industry today and for jobs of the future.

We work in a hybrid work environment.

**Responsibilities**

+ Evaluate and prepare business plans for priority accounts. This involves evaluating the customer profile, creating value messaging, and targeting key steps needed to execute the account plans

+ Demonstrate ability to earn customer respect as a trusted advisor and thought leader

+ Support Education team efforts in the development and delivery of special events, training and on-campus activities, involving Autodesk Learning Partners

+ Work with marketing and product management divisions to understand technical trends, thought leadership messaging and ongoing product updates

+ Initiate and maintain collaborative relationships with key education partners and professional organizations

+ Leverage team and Autodesk Learning Partners; technical expertise in appropriate software workflows

+ Provide monthly reports on progress toward goals

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ BS degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture or Business. MS or MBA helpful

+ 4+ years of account management or business development experience

+ Knowledge of 3D Design software: Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, ArchiCAD, Bentley or other competitive products

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ Confident at presenting and discussing industry workflows and practices as well as their application in the academic environment

+ Ability to build rapport with a wide variety of internal and external constituents

+ Ability to use multiple presentation tools and techniques, adapting/fitting them to audience and topic

+ Outstanding communication skills, including the ability to explain issues in a clear, concise, and logical manner

+ Capacity to work independently and as part of a geographically distributed group Understanding of the US post-secondary education system

+ Proven ability to influence others and drive results in a highly matrixed organization

+ Ability to travel 40% of time to educational institutions, conferences and other education-related events

+ Experience working within a channel ecosystem

+ A proven track-record in managing and expanding key accounts

+ Strong influencing skills to start conversations and relationships

+ Previous experience using Salesforce or other CRM tool?

**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 our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

When youre an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

**Benefits**

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

**Salary transparency**

Salary is one part of Autodesks competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $118,800 and $192,170. Offers are based on the candidates experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

**Equal Employment Opportunity**

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

**Diversity & Belonging**

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging and an equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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