Sr. Principal Experience Designer, AEC

Autodesk•Portland, OR

About The Position

Autodesk AEC helps teams meet the world’s rapidly expanding building and infrastructure needs while making design and construction more predictable, safe, and sustainable. The Construction Field Delivery team is transforming how projects are delivered through a connected productivity platform that is intuitive, scalable, AI-driven, and seamlessly accessible across mobile, and web. We are seeking a Senior Principal Designer to help shape the next generation of construction experiences within Autodesk Forma. This role requires balancing the competing needs and operational realities of multiple user groups working within highly complex construction workflows. As a senior design leader, you will establish scalable design frameworks and interaction models across a broad product ecosystem while leveraging emerging technologies (i.e. on mobile) to solve deeply complex customer problems. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and executive leadership to shape strategy, influence outcomes, and elevate experience quality across everything we deliver. Through strong systems thinking, storytelling, and design craft, you will inspire cross-functional teams and help define how technology improves the delivery of large commercial and civil projects in the real world.

Requirements

12+ years of professional experience as a UX design individual contributor and/or design leader
Experience designing SaaS products across multiple device types and software platforms
Strong communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence across UX, Product Management, Engineering, and Analytics
Proficiency with industry-standard design tools such as Figma and AI-enabled prototyping tools
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in larger, cross-team environments
Online portfolio showcasing relevant experience and impact

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated interest in mentoring and supporting the growth of other designers
Experience driving design vision involving innovative technologies (such as agentic experiences, mobile, or smart devices)

Responsibilities

Apply deep product, platform, user-centered design, and AEC industry expertise to influence product strategy, anticipate emerging customer needs, and identify opportunities where new technologies can deliver meaningful customer value
Create compelling design vision artifacts, including prototypes, diagrams, concepts, and visual frameworks, to inspire teams and drive alignment
Translate complex user needs and business priorities into clear, actionable experience direction and system frameworks
Communicate design vision and strategy with clarity and impact through effective storytelling, leading presentations and discussions that build trust, inform decisions, and engage diverse, cross-functional audiences
Support innovation and organizational learning by introducing new design practices, exploring emerging frameworks, and helping teams improve the pace, quality, and ambition of design outcomes
Partner with designers, researchers, product managers, and engineering leaders across multiple time zones to guide the translation of design vision into feasible, end-to-end experiences aligned with platform and technical constraints