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About this Senior Program Manager, Operational Workforce Planning role at Autodesk

Autodesk · Onsite · Portland, OR, USA

Job Requisition ID #

26WD101507

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26WD101507, Senior Program Manager, Operational Workforce Planning


Position Overview

As a Senior Program Manager focused on the Operational Workforce Planning Capability, you will play a critical role in enabling Autodesk to effectively operationalize its workforce plans and ensure the right people are in the right roles at the right time. You will be responsible for driving process excellence, coordinating cross-functional execution, and ensuring consistent, data-driven workforce planning practices across the organization. This role emphasizes translating strategy into action, optimizing mid-term workforce capacity, managing headcount planning cycles, and ensuring alignment between business demand and talent supply.


You will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners including Workday Adaptive Planning Product Management, Finance, People Insights & Solution Design (PISD), Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, and People Business Partners to deliver scalable operational planning solutions.



Responsibilities

  • Establish and manage operational Workforce Planning frameworks, guidelines, and playbooks to enable efficient workforce execution aligned with Autodesk’s business objectives
  • Lead the annual planning cycles, ensuring coordination across business units, Finance, and HR teams
  • Own program governance for operational workforce planning processes, ensuring consistency, transparency, and accountability across the organization
  • Design and optimize workflows for headcount planning and reporting in partnership with IT, Finance, and PISD
  • Manage Roadmap to enhance the Workday Adaptive Planning model and related tools to support accurate, timely workforce and headcount planning
  • Develop and track metrics to measure planning accuracy, plan-to-actual variance, and stakeholder satisfaction
  • Partner with Finance and Talent Acquisition to ensure alignment between workforce demand, hiring plans, and financial constraints
  • Facilitate regular cross-functional meetings to align on priorities, identify bottlenecks, and drive execution improvements
  • Benchmark and analyze operational workforce planning practices to identify continuous improvement opportunities
  • Enable capability-building across People Business Partners and other PPL Centers of Excellence to strengthen workforce planning maturity
  • Manage relationships with external partners or consultants supporting workforce planning operations

Minimum Qualifications

  • Prior experience managing operational or headcount planning programs at scale
  • 10+ years in operations, planning, and programs, or combination of these skills
  • Deep expertise in program management, governance, and process optimization
  • Strong ability to translate strategic plans into executable operational processes and actionable insights
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Skilled in data-driven decision-making and reporting
  • Proficiency with Workday Adaptive Planning and/or other workforce planning tools
  • Experience using program and project management tools (e.g., Airtable, Miro, Smartsheet)
  • BA/BS in Business, Operations, Economics, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in Professional Services or Consulting
  • Prior experience in a global organization managing multi-region workforce planning
  • Master’s degree in a relevant field preferred but not required

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26WD101507, Chef de projet senior, Planification des effectifs opérationnels

Aperçu du poste

En tant que chef de projet senior spécialisé dans la planification opérationnelle des effectifs, vous jouerez un rôle essentiel pour permettre à Autodesk de mettre efficacement en œuvre ses plans de gestion des effectifs et de s’assurer que les bonnes personnes occupent les bons postes au bon moment. Vous serez chargé(e) de promouvoir l’excellence des processus, de coordonner la mise en œuvre transversale et de garantir des pratiques de planification des effectifs cohérentes et fondées sur les données à l’échelle de l’entreprise.

Ce poste met l’accent sur la mise en œuvre de la stratégie, l’optimisation des capacités en effectifs à moyen terme, la gestion des cycles de planification des effectifs et la garantie d’un alignement entre la demande métier et l’offre de talents.


Vous collaborerez étroitement avec des partenaires interfonctionnels, notamment l’équipe de gestion de produit Workday Adaptive Planning, la direction financière, l’équipe People Insights & Solution Design (PISD), le service de recrutement, le service de rémunération globale et les partenaires RH, afin de fournir des solutions de planification opérationnelle évolutives.


Responsabilités

  • Mettre en place et gérer les cadres, les directives et les guides opérationnels de planification des effectifs afin de permettre une exécution efficace, alignée sur les objectifs commerciaux d’Autodesk
  • Diriger les cycles de planification annuels, en assurant la coordination entre les unités opérationnelles, la direction financière et les équipes RH
  • Assurer la gouvernance des processus opérationnels de planification des effectifs, en garantissant la cohérence, la transparence et la responsabilité à l’échelle de l’organisation
  • Concevoir et optimiser les flux de travail pour la planification des effectifs et le reporting, en partenariat avec les services informatiques, la direction financière et le PISD
  • Gérer la feuille de route visant à améliorer le modèle « Workday Adaptive Planning » et les outils associés afin de favoriser une planification précise et en temps opportun des effectifs
  • Développer et suivre des indicateurs permettant de mesurer la précision de la planification, les écarts entre les prévisions et les résultats réels, ainsi que la satisfaction des parties prenantes
  • Collaborer avec les équipes des finances et du recrutement afin d’assurer l’alignement entre les besoins en effectifs, les plans de recrutement et les contraintes financières
  • Animer régulièrement des réunions interfonctionnelles afin d’aligner les priorités, d’identifier les goulots d’étranglement et de favoriser l’amélioration de l’exécution
  • Comparer et analyser les pratiques opérationnelles de planification des effectifs afin d’identifier des opportunités d’amélioration continue
  • Favoriser le renforcement des compétences chez les Partenaires RH et au sein des autres Centres d’excellence PPL afin de consolider la maturité de la planification des effectifs
  • Gérer les relations avec les partenaires externes ou les consultants soutenant les opérations de planification des effectifs

Qualifications minimales

  • Expérience préalable dans la gestion de programmes de planification opérationnelle ou des effectifs à grande échelle
  • Plus de 10 ans d’expérience dans les opérations, la planification et la gestion de programmes, ou une combinaison de ces compétences
  • Expertise approfondie en gestion de programmes, gouvernance et optimisation des processus
  • Solide capacité à traduire des plans stratégiques en processus opérationnels exécutables et en recommandations concrètes
  • Excellentes compétences analytiques, de résolution de problèmes et de communication
  • Maîtrise de la prise de décision et du reporting basés sur les données
  • Maîtrise de Workday Adaptive Planning et/ou d’autres outils de planification des effectifs
  • Expérience dans l’utilisation d’outils de gestion de programmes et de projets (par exemple, Airtable, Miro, Smartsheet)
  • Licence en commerce, opérations, économie ou dans un domaine connexe (ou expérience équivalente)

Qualifications souhaitées

  • Expérience dans les services professionnels ou le conseil
  • Expérience préalable au sein d’une organisation internationale dans la gestion de la planification des effectifs sur plusieurs régions
  • Maîtrise dans un domaine pertinent souhaitée mais non obligatoire

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!

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 Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $116,000 and $208,120. 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.


Belonging

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


In-Person Onboarding and Identity Verification

This role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.

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How this Program Manager salary compares

This role pays $162,060/yr — in line with the typical range for Program Manager roles.

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Typical range $126,750–$175,000/yr, from 187 comparable Program Manager listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Program Manager salary insights →

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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