Principal Platform Product Owner

Autodesk Autodesk · Enterprise · Ontario, CAN -, AMER - Canada - Quebec - Offsite +2 · Remote

Autodesk is seeking a Principal Platform Product Owner to translate strategic product vision into executable user stories for scrum teams building a new SaaS platform. This role requires deep understanding of product strategy, strong collaboration with product management, UX/UI designers, and engineering teams, and the ability to manage a product backlog in a fast-moving, early-stage environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Break down high-level epics and product requirements into clearly defined, sprint-ready user stories with well-articulated acceptance criteria
  2. Develop a deep understanding of the platform product vision and serve as its guardian at the execution layer, ensuring that detail-level decisions remain true to strategic intent
  3. Work closely with the Platform Product Manager to clarify priorities and translate roadmap direction into actionable work for scrum teams
  4. Collaborate with the UI/UX designer to ensure wireframes and prototypes accurately reflect detailed requirements before development begins
  5. Partner with globally distributed scrum teams in India and Poland to answer questions, resolve ambiguity, and maintain development momentum

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of experience in a product ownership or equivalent role
  • Demonstrated ability to break down complex, ambiguous product requirements into well-defined, executable user stories
  • Strong capacity to internalize and represent a product vision, maintaining its integrity through detailed execution without requiring constant direction
  • Experience working directly with engineering teams, including clarifying requirements and supporting development through delivery
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, early-stage product environment where priorities shift and the operating model continues to evolve
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across globally distributed teams and time zones
  • Experience collaborating with UI/UX designers to align detailed requirements with high-fidelity design artifacts

Nice to have

  • Figma
  • Productboard

What the JD emphasized

  • details matter enormously
  • breaking complex problems into clear, executable work
  • maintaining the integrity of the product vision through the details of execution
  • strong Product Owner is what stands between a well-articulated vision and a product that drifts from it in the details