Preconstruction Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Construction Technical Sales
About The Position
As a Preconstruction Subject Matter Expert (SME) within Autodesk's Construction Technical Sales organization, you will serve as a trusted advisor for Autodesk's most strategic construction customers and sales opportunities. You will bring deep expertise in preconstruction workflows - including estimating, quantity takeoff, bid management, subcontractor qualification, procurement planning, budgeting, and risk mitigation - to help customers improve how they plan, pursue, and win work. Working closely with Autodesk account teams, you will support complex sales opportunities, connect customer challenges to measurable business outcomes, and help organizations modernize preconstruction processes using Autodesk Forma solutions. Your ability to align technology investments with operational efficiency, risk reduction, and business growth will help customers drive meaningful transformation across their preconstruction organizations. The majority of this role's time will be spent supporting strategic customer opportunities, executive engagements, and field-facing sales activities. As an overlay SME, you will partner closely with sales teams to accelerate opportunities, strengthen customer relationships, and position Autodesk as a strategic technology partner throughout the preconstruction lifecycle. This role will also help drive Autodesk's preconstruction strategy in the market by serving as an industry advocate, supporting go-to-market initiatives, and helping customers modernize their preconstruction organizations.
Requirements
- 10+ years of construction industry experience, including significant leadership or practitioner experience in preconstruction, estimating, bidding, procurement, or related disciplines
- Experience serving in roles such as Estimator, Senior Estimator, Chief Estimator, Preconstruction Manager, Director of Preconstruction, or similar construction operations leadership positions
- Deep understanding of commercial construction preconstruction workflows, best practices, and industry standards
- Strong understanding of project delivery methods, contract structures, and construction business operations
- Proven ability to connect technology investments to measurable business outcomes
- Strong presentation, communication, facilitation, and executive engagement skills
- Experience leading customer-facing discussions with both technical and non-technical audiences
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Autodesk Forma, Forma Takeoff, Forma Estimate, BuildingConnected, TradeTapp, or comparable preconstruction technology platforms
- Experience supporting software sales, technology adoption, or digital transformation initiatives
- Experience speaking at industry conferences, user groups, or customer events
- Prior people leadership or team management experience is a plus
Responsibilities
- Act as a SME supporting Autodesk's most complex sales opportunities involving preconstruction workflows and Autodesk Forma solutions
- Partner with Account Executives, Technical Specialists, Customer Success teams, and channel partners to advance opportunities through industry expertise and workflow consulting
- Conduct discovery sessions to understand customer business processes, organizational goals, operational challenges, and technology ecosystems
- Translate customer pain points into measurable business outcomes and solution strategies
- Provide competitive positioning and industry perspective throughout the sales cycle
- Support technical evaluations, executive presentations, workshops, and proposal development efforts
- Help customers connect workflow improvements to measurable business outcomes
- Serve as a subject matter expert across the preconstruction lifecycle, including takeoff, estimating, bidding, procurement, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management
- Advise customers on preconstruction best practices, workflow optimization, and digital transformation initiatives
- Help customers evaluate and modernize preconstruction processes using Autodesk Forma for Preconstruction solutions
- Build trusted relationships with customer stakeholders ranging from estimators and preconstruction managers to executives and business leaders
- Advise construction executives on preconstruction strategy, workflow modernization, operational efficiency, and risk reduction initiatives
- Help customers build business cases for change and establish measurable success metrics tied to technology investments
- Serve as a trusted advisor throughout the customer lifecycle
- Represent Autodesk at customer events, conferences, webinars, industry associations, and executive briefings
- Deliver presentations, workshops, demonstrations, and thought leadership content focused on preconstruction best practices and emerging industry trends
- Maintain awareness of market trends, competitive solutions, and evolving preconstruction practices
- Serve as the voice of the customer by providing feedback to Autodesk Product, Marketing, and Enablement teams
- Support sales enablement initiatives through training, coaching, and knowledge sharing
- Collaborate with Product Marketing to develop preconstruction-specific messaging, content, and sales resources
- Partner with Customer Success teams to support successful adoption and expansion of preconstruction workflows
- Contribute to scalable best practices, playbooks, and repeatable sales motions that improve field effectiveness
- Influence Autodesk product strategy by sharing customer insights, industry trends, and workflow requirements
Benefits
- health and financial benefits
- time away
- everyday wellness
- annual cash bonuses
- commissions for sales roles
- stock grants
- comprehensive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
