Job Requisition ID

26WD99035

Position Overview

The Technical Specialist, Emerging Technologies is a technical sales professional responsible for introducing, validating, and scaling Autodesk’s Emerging Technologies across Large, Midmarket, and Territory customers. Operating in a hybrid Autodesk led and partner led engagement model, this role focuses on pipeline creation, opportunity qualification, adoption readiness, and partner enablement.

The role sits at the intersection of innovation and scale, where success is defined by the ability to responsibly position new technologies, qualify opportunities effectively, enable sellers and partners, and reduce technical and adoption risk through disciplined validation. The Senior Associate independently executes defined emerging solution engagements across multiple accounts, leads standard discovery and demonstrations, supports pilots, and contributes to opportunity qualification.

Responsibilities

Customer Advising & Qualification

Independently lead standard discovery and qualification conversations

Translate customer needs into validation assumptions, technical requirements, and next steps

Demonstrations & Technical Storytelling

Deliver tailored demonstrations aligned to customer readiness and defined value hypotheses

Address basic objections related to solution fit, capability, and readiness.

Solution Design, Validation & Risk Mitigation

Support pilot engagements with clearly defined success criteria and documented outcomes

Identify, document, and escalate technical, adoption, or readiness risks as appropriate

Commercial & Enablement Support

Contribute technical inputs to business cases, proposals, and opportunity documentation

Support onboarding and enablement of partners and SP1 level peers

Skills & Capabilities

Technical & Domain Expertise: Working knowledge of Emerging Technologies and early stage workflows

Demonstration & Storytelling: Independent execution of discovery, demos, and qualification activities

Customer Discovery & Qualification: Ability to prioritize and manage multiple opportunities simultaneously

Collaboration & Influence: Effective engagement with sales, partners, and internal technical stakeholders

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

Partner closely with Sales teams (AEs, ARs, Sales Specialists) and Customer Success Managers

Align with Account Technical Leads (ATLs) through preparation, documentation, and follow up

Coordinate with Partners to support hybrid execution models

Engage Product or Engineering teams as needed to support validation and feedback loops

Minimum Qualification

5+ years of experience in technical sales, sales engineering, solutions consulting, customer success, or a related technical customer facing role

Experience leading customer discovery conversations and delivering technical demonstrations

Ability to support pilots, proof points, or validation activities for new or emerging solutions

Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into customer value

Experience collaborating with sales teams and partners in a hybrid go to market model

Ability to manage multiple opportunities and priorities with minimal supervision

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with Emerging Technologies, early stage products, or innovation focused solutions

und in SaaS, cloud, platform, or subscription based technology environments

Familiarity with technical validation frameworks, adoption readiness assessments, or pilot success criteria

Experience supporting partner enablement or partner led technical engagements

Exposure to contributing technical inputs into commercial proposals or business cases

Prior experience working cross functionally with Product or Engineering teams

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