Director, Events Technology & Data

About the Role

• Define the multi-year event technology strategy and future-state architecture aligned to Autodesk’s Events & Experiences vision and broader marketing and digital transformation priorities • Translate business objectives and experience requirements into scalable, integrated, and secure technology solutions • Establish enterprise governance models for platform selection, integrations, standards, data flows, naming conventions, and technical approvals • Evaluate and guide adoption of emerging capabilities including AI-driven personalization, automation, analytics, and content intelligence • Own the multi-year event technology roadmap, including platform evolution, replacement cycles, consolidation opportunities, and capability expansion • Lead enterprise RFPs, capability assessments, and vendor evaluations • Negotiate and manage complex, multi-year vendor agreements including pricing models, usage structures, SLAs, rebates, and performance incentives • Oversee vendor delivery quality, upgrades, support models, and issue resolution • Partner with Procurement and Legal on contract architecture, risk language, privacy terms, and renewal strategies • Maintain architectural accountability for platforms and integrations while delegating onsite operational execution to event operations teams • Define governance for taxonomies, KPIs, dashboards, and executive reporting • Own Customer Data Platform (CDP) workflows, ensuring event data is properly integrated, governed, and used consistently across teams and systems • Define requirements for data ingestion pipelines, APIs, ETL workflows, and analytics integration to ensure data is unified, accurate, and actionable • Partner with Marketing Ops, Data, and Engineering to support reliable infrastructure for attendance, engagement, lead capture, journey mapping, hybrid analytics, and attribution • Govern executive-level reporting on pipeline influence, performance, and ROI • Ensure global privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA) and data retention standards • Serve as the primary event technology partner to IT, Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Legal • Own architectural approvals for APIs, SSO, identity, permissions, integrations, and data mapping standards • Oversee security posture including risk mitigation, redundancy, backup, disaster recovery, and platform hardening • Maintain enterprise documentation for technical operations, risk assessments, and compliance readiness • Define the global architecture for livestreaming, encoding, redundancy, and time‑shifted content delivery • Partner with Experience Design and Content teams to ensure technology enables creative vision • Own on‑demand publishing workflows, metadata standards, archive infrastructure, and global playback performance • Enable hybrid‑first content models, internal and regional watch parties, and employee access • Govern accessibility standards including captions, translations, transcripts, and ASL • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of full‑time and contingent event technology professionals • Define operating rhythms, escalation paths, documentation standards, and cross‑functional workflows • Establish QA and readiness frameworks for platform validation, data integrity, and performance testing • Build a culture of accountability, proactive risk management, and continuous improvement • Create long‑term resource planning, skills mapping, and talent development strategies • Lead executive briefings, investment proposals, and business cases for technology initiatives • Guide senior stakeholders through technical trade‑offs and decision‑making • Represent Event Technology & Data in enterprise governance forums and steering committees

Key Responsibilities

• ▸technology roadmap
• ▸vendor management
• ▸data integration
• ▸security architecture
• ▸live streaming
• ▸governance

What You Bring

The Director partners closely with Events & Experiences, IT, Security, Marketing Operations, Data, Legal, Procurement, Product, Finance, and executive leadership to align investments, mitigate risk, and evolve Autodesk’s event technology and data maturity. This highly visible enterprise leadership position requires strong architectural judgment, financial and vendor rigor, executive presence, and the ability to operate with clarity in complex environments. • Own Autodesk’s enterprise event technology architecture spanning registration and access systems, attendee experience platforms, digital and hybrid delivery infrastructure, CRM and MarTech integrations, analytics, identity, and security • Own Autodesk’s event data strategy and master data model across all flagship programs • 10–15+ years leading enterprise‑scale event technology, MarTech, or digital experience ecosystems • Deep experience with APIs, SSO, cloud platforms, identity systems, data flows, and analytics • Proven partnership with IT, Security, Legal, and Data organizations • Experience managing large vendor portfolios and negotiating complex, multi‑year contracts • Strong executive presence with the ability to distill technical complexity into business insights • Experience supporting high‑stakes global events (20,000+ attendees, hybrid delivery, multimillion‑dollar programs) • Demonstrated people leadership and ability to scale teams in complex environments • Strategic leader who thrives in complexity and brings clarity, structure, and calm • Clear communicator who simplifies complexity and drives alignment at all levels • Steady presence under pressure who anticipates risk and makes thoughtful decisions

Requirements

• ▸apis
• ▸sso
• ▸cloud
• ▸analytics
• ▸vendor management
• ▸10‑15 yrs

Benefits

Autodesk offers a competitive compensation package that includes a starting base salary between $156,200 and $252,670 for U.S.-based roles, with the potential for bonuses, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits suite covering health, financial, and wellness needs. The company’s transparent salary approach reflects experience, geographic location, and overall compensation components designed to attract top talent.

Work Environment

Hybrid