Account Manager, Design & Manufacturing Education

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Autodesk Education Experiences (AEX) @ Autodesk
Autodesk is on a multi-year journey to converge the worlds of design and make through powerful automations that help anyone, anywhere, to turn their ideas into products, buildings, infrastructure, and media. To get there we are deploying the most advanced capabilities available for design and make, cloud computing, and generative design to solve the world’s most perplexing design, manufacturing, construction, and entertainment challenges.   

Ensuring the next generation of professionals are prepared to use new manufacturing and construction techniques is a top priority for Autodesk and its customers. To help ensure this happens, Autodesk provides open access to its professional tools and supporting content and certifications for students, educators, and academic institutions around the world. We want to prepare the next generation for jobs of the future and shape the future of how the world is designed and made. 

Position Overview
Are you enthused by everything mechanical and the ‘Design & Make’ trend? Do you want to enable educators and students to teach and learn the newest tools around cloud-based design and collaboration, additive/subtractive manufacturing and generative design? If so, we want to hear from you.

This role is responsible for driving awareness and adoption of our newest Autodesk technologies at educational accounts throughout the US, with a focus on Universities and Community Colleges. You will develop effective working relationships with Deans, Department Chairs, educators and administrators within the education sector, and with student organizations and teams. These relationships will serve to build trusted partner status in education networks and communities and help make our solutions visible to decision makers. Ultimately you will be responsible for driving the adoption of our D&M technology solutions in the classroom, ensuring that students are equipped with the requisite skills to succeed in industry today and for jobs of the future.

We work in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and prepare business plans for priority accounts. This involves evaluating the customer profile, creating value messaging, and targeting key steps needed to execute the account plans

• Demonstrate ability to earn customer respect as a trusted advisor and thought leader

• Support overall Education team efforts in the development and delivery of special events, training and on-campus activities, involving Autodesk Learning Partners

• Work with marketing and product management divisions to understand technical trends, thought leadership messaging and ongoing product updates

• Initiate and maintain collaborative relationships with …