Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Factory Operations

Autodesk Autodesk · Enterprise · Kraków, Poland

Senior Manager, Software Engineering for Factory Operations at Autodesk, leading a team focused on building next-generation cloud solutions. This is a people leadership role requiring strong collaboration across global, distributed teams and technical influence in modern cloud-based architectures within a B2B SaaS environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers, with a strong focus on performance management, career growth, and engagement
  2. Drive hiring and team scaling, ensuring a strong and sustainable team structure
  3. Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
  4. Partner with global teams across time zones to deliver high-quality solutions
  5. Connect team objectives to broader organizational goals and strategy

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering
  • 4+ years in a people management role
  • leading teams, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and conflict resolution
  • collaboration skills with experience working across distributed, international teams
  • technical background in modern cloud-based architectures
  • delivering scalable software in a B2B SaaS environment
  • Agile methodologies

Nice to have

  • cloud platforms and modern web technologies
  • multi-tenant systems or platform development
  • digital twin, AEC, or industrial/manufacturing domains
  • leading teams working on complex, distributed systems

What the JD emphasized

  • people leadership role first
  • globally distributed organization
  • strong cross-cultural collaboration
  • comfort working across time zones
  • flexibility when needed
  • strategic engineering team in Krakow
  • cloud-first, modern platforms
  • global teams across US, India, and Europe
  • people leadership, delivery ownership, and technical influence
  • performance management, career growth, and engagement
  • hiring and team scaling
  • collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
  • multiple time zones (US and India)
  • flexibility to adjust schedule when needed for global collaboration
  • B2B SaaS environment