Senior Manager, AI Operations & Platform Engineering

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Position Overview

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Senior Manager, Intelligent Operations & Platform Engineering to lead the transformation of our global infrastructure operations organization.

This leader will drive operational excellence across multi-cloud infrastructure, data centers, networking, developer platforms, and enterprise engineering services while accelerating automation, AI-assisted operations, observability, and platform modernization initiatives.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong operational leadership experience managing large-scale infrastructure and platform environments. This role requires a leader who can modernize operations, improve reliability and scalability, enhance developer productivity, and build a highly automated, intelligent operational model.

Responsibilities

• Lead global infrastructure operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments

• Drive operational excellence, resiliency, scalability, observability, and automation

• Lead modernization initiatives across cloud, virtualization, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and developer platforms

• Improve incident management, operational governance, reliability engineering, and service management practices

• Build intelligent operations capabilities including AI-assisted support, predictive insights, automation, and self-healing workflows

• Partner with platform engineering, security, developer enablement, and product teams

• Drive platform adoption, operational alignment, and engineering productivity

• Support enterprise security, governance, compliance, and FedRAMP-related initiatives

• Lead follow-the-sun operations and global operational readiness

• Lead and mentor global teams across India and the United States

• Build a culture of accountability, innovation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement

• Balance strategic leadership with hands-on operational execution

• Partner with vendors and service providers to improve scalability and operational efficiency

Minimum Qualifications

• 8–12+ years in infrastructure engineering, cloud operations, platform engineering, SRE, or enterprise infrastructure

• 5-8 + years managing engineering or infrastructure operations teams

• Strong experience with AWS (preferred), Azure, and/or GCP

• Deep understanding of data centers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, automation, and developer platforms

• Experience driving operational transformation, automation, and AI-assisted operations initiatives

• Strong communication, organizational, and cross-functional leadership skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale enterprise infrastructure and platform environments

• Experience managing global teams and offshore operations

• Background in AI-driven operations, intelligent automation, observability, and reliability engineering

• Proven ability to modernize legacy operational models into scalable cloud-first platforms

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!

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 is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $151,300 and $271,150. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include 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 where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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