Director, Talent Development

Autodesk•Vancouver, BC

About The Position

Autodesk is seeking an operationally focused Director of Talent Development to lead the execution and delivery of our global Talent Development function, ensuring effective program management, cross-functional coordination, operational consistency, and innovation while supporting Autodesk’s evolution as an AI-native organization grounded in our OneORBIT culture. Reporting to the Senior Director of Talent Development, this leader will oversee Onboarding, Learning Experience Design, Human-Centered Design & Facilitation, and Leadership Development. Serving an enterprise of 16,000 employees globally, the Director will ensure scalable programs are planned, coordinated, and delivered effectively to advance employee growth, leadership capabilities, talent readiness, organizational strategy, innovation, and the integration of AI into how individuals learn, lead, and work. This role is ideal for a leader who combines deep expertise in learning experience and systems with operational discipline, program management capabilities, and a focus on execution excellence. The successful candidate will have demonstrated success leading in highly matrixed global technology organizations, leveraging learning technologies, skills-based development practices, AI-enabled capabilities, and effective operating models.

Requirements

10–15 years of progressive experience in talent development, organizational development, leadership development, or related fields.
Demonstrated experience leading managers and multi-disciplinary teams.
Deep expertise in talent development with meaningful exposure to organizational development methodologies and practices.
Proven success leading operations, execution, and large-scale implementation efforts within complex, matrixed organizations.
Experience supporting enterprise-wide talent development programs for global populations.
Experience working across multiple learning disciplines, including onboarding, leadership development, facilitation, instructional design, learning technology, and AI-enabled skill development.

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing or managing modern learning ecosystems, including LMS and LXP platforms, content authoring tools, and digital learning technologies.
Experience leveraging AI-enabled learning solutions, generative AI tools, learning analytics, and skills intelligence platforms.
Experience supporting skills-based talent initiatives, organizational capability-building efforts, and enterprise adoption of AI-native ways of working.
Experience working within technology, software, engineering, or other large-scale global business environments.
Familiarity with human-centered design methodologies, facilitation practices, and group dynamics frameworks.
Experience embedding innovation practices, experimentation, and culture into talent development programs and team operating models.

Responsibilities

Lead Talent Development Operations and Integration: Translate enterprise talent development priorities into integrated execution plans across onboarding, leadership development, learning experience design, and facilitation capabilities. Establish and manage the operating rhythm, governance processes, prioritization frameworks, and resource allocation mechanisms for the Talent Development organization, including support for AI capability-building priorities. Drive alignment and integration across talent development teams and partner closely with adjacent People & Places functions, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to embed AI-enabled ways of working, innovation practices, and OneORBIT behaviors into talent development priorities. Collaborate closely with the Senior Director, Talent Development to define the strategic direction, enterprise stakeholder engagement, organizational alignment, and successful execution of talent development priorities.
Enable Enterprise Capability Building: Lead the delivery of scalable talent development solutions that support employee growth, leadership effectiveness, talent capability, AI fluency, and organizational performance. Ensure talent development offerings remain aligned with business priorities, talent needs, AI capability requirements, innovation goals, and evolving ways of working. Partner across the enterprise to support key talent development priorities, including: AI native literacy, adoption, and integration into everyday ways of working, Innovation mindsets and OneORBIT behaviors that enable collaboration, experimentation, and shared accountability, Skills-based talent practices, Leadership effectiveness, New hire productivity acceleration, Learning technology enablement.
Advance Learning Delivery and Capability Development: Drive the effective implementation and continuous improvement of learning infrastructure, systems, and skill development programs. Oversee the integration and adoption of innovative learning tools and technologies to improve personalization, scalability, engagement, and program effectiveness. Steward a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, operational discipline, and evidence-based decision-making. Research external trends and practices to evaluate opportunities to evolve Autodesk's learning ecosystem through practical and scalable enhancements.
Drive Operational Excellence: Establish performance metrics and measurement frameworks to assess learning effectiveness, business impact, operational efficiency, and learner outcomes. Implement processes and systems that improve execution quality, scalability, consistency, stakeholder experience, and responsible adoption of AI-enabled tools. Leverage data, analytics, and insights to continuously improve talent development outcomes and support informed decision-making.