Product Manager - Automation
Required skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in SaaS or design software, Strong understanding of design automation, parametric modeling, and workflow optimization, Experience leading product discovery and delivery in a fast-paced, agile environment, Excellent communication and collaboration skills, Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities simultaneously, Passion for solving complex design challenges through technology, Demonstrated ability to translate user needs into product features
Preferred skills
Familiarity with Revit and other design tools
Technologies
Revit, design automation, parametric modeling, workflow optimization
Responsibilities
Product Discovery: Lead discovery with a strong focus on automation workflows, Work directly with architects and other building professionals to understand how automations can be created, configured, and reused, Explore where current tools fall short and where cloud-native automation workflows can create new value, Validate problems and solutions through interviews, prototypes, experiments, and data, ensuring learning continuously informs what the team builds next; Product Delivery: Translate validated insights into clear priorities and actions, Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver automation features, Ensure alignment with product vision and business goals, Drive the development of a scalable, reusable automation framework, Monitor product performance and user feedback to guide continuous improvement
Seniority
Not specified
Domain
Design automation, parametric modeling, workflow optimization
Full job description
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Position Overview
Forma Design is evolving beyond interactive exploration toward a platform where knowledge, intent, and repeatable logic can be embedded directly into design workflows. As teams face increasing pressure to move faster, standardize outcomes, and reuse proven solutions, automation becomes a critical capability. Not as isolated scripts or one-off tools, but as a productized framework that allows design intelligence to scale across teams, projects, and organizations. We are looking for a Product Manager to lead Forma's automation capabilities. The core responsibility of this role is to define and evolve a geometric/parametric automation framework that makes it possible to build, reuse, customize, and distribute automation content. This includes first-party automations, reuse of existing assets such as Revit families, configurable automation content tailored to specific needs, and the foundations for a broader ecosystem where others can contribute and extend automation over time. You will work as part of a dedicated product team within Forma Design, partnering closely with Engineering and Design in an empowered product triad. Together, you will discover, validate, and deliver automation capabilities that reduce manual work, increase consistency, and allow best practices, standards, and domain knowledge to be embedded directly into design workflows. You will define and evolve Forma's design automation framework, with a clear focus on enabling customizable, reusable automation content to ensure that customers can explore building layouts faster and with higher precision. This role is about turning design automations into a first-class product capability. Automations are created as reusable, configurable building blocks that can be applied and adapted across different projects and contexts, without requiring users to write code or understand the underlying implementation. Your work will enable automations that generate, modify, or validate design elements, support reuse of existing assets such as Revit families, and allow manufacturing or system constraints to be embedded into automation content early. Over time, this framework should support an ecosystem where automation content can be created, customized, and extended by both Autodesk and third parties, enabling repetitive design and proven solutions to scale consistently across projects.
Responsibilities
Product Discovery
- Lead discovery with a strong focus on automation workflows
- Work directly with architects and other building professionals to understand how automations can be created, configured, and reused
- Explore where current tools fall short and where cloud-native automation workflows can create new value
- Validate problems and solutions through interviews, prototypes, experiments, and data, ensuring learning continuously informs what the team builds next
Product Delivery
- Translate validated insights into clear priorities and actions
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver automation features
- Ensure alignment with product vision and business goals
- Drive the development of a scalable, reusable automation framework
- Monitor product performance and user feedback to guide continuous improvement
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in SaaS or design software
- Strong understanding of design automation, parametric modeling, and workflow optimization
- Experience leading product discovery and delivery in a fast-paced, agile environment
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Passion for solving complex design challenges through technology
- Demonstrated ability to translate user needs into product features
- Familiarity with Revit and other design tools is a plus
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunity to shape the future of design automation
- Collaborative and innovative work environment
- Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies
- Professional growth and development opportunities
- Flexible work arrangements
- A chance to make an impact on the design industry through meaningful product innovation
