Director and Senior Corporate Counsel, AMER Commerical

Position Overview

Autodesk is seeking a senior leader to serve as Director and Senior Corporate Counsel, AMER Commercial Legal. This is a key leadership role within our global legal team, with responsibility for all commercial legal support across the AMER region (U.S., Canada, and Latin America). As the principal legal advisor to our AMER Sales and Procurement organizations, you will lead a team of nine legal professionals, sit on the AMER Sales Leadership Team, and drive business outcomes in one of Autodesk’s most strategic and complex markets.

This is a high-impact, visible role that combines legal leadership, team management, and business partnership. You will work closely with senior cross-functional stakeholders in our Sales and Procurement organizations to manage risk, support complex commercial negotiations, and improve deal velocity.

This position reports to the Vice President, Commercial Legal. This position will be hybrid and based out of our San Francisco Bay Area or Denver offices. 

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary legal partner to AMER Sales and Procurement leadership

• Lead and develop a high-performing legal team, fostering a culture of performance, growth, and engagement

• Provide strategic legal counsel for complex, high-value negotiations with enterprise customers, direct and channel sales

• Support Autodesk’s growing public sector business across federal, state, and municipal levels

• Oversee legal matters related to partner/channel agreements, go-to-market programs, and operational processes

• Lead legal support for procurement initiatives, including vendor contracts and purchasing operations

• Serve as global subject-matter expert for Autodesk’s new buying experience developing scalable legal processes, templates, and resources

• Collaborate across the global Legal function and broader company to drive consistency, compliance, and operational efficiency

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited U.S. institution and active bar membership in good standing.

• 12+ years of combined legal experience in-house and at a law firm, with a strong focus on enterprise technology

• Experience supporting direct and channel sales models, with ability to manage legal issues across diverse GTM motions; experience supporting U.S. public sector sales is preferred

• Knowledge and experience with commercial law, software licensing, IP, data privacy/security, competition law, employment, and regulatory compliance

• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and developing legal teams

• Executive presence and strong business acumen; ability to influence at the leadership level and guide strategic decisions

• Excellent judgment, communication skills, and ability to operate effectively in an agile, matrixed environment

• Willingness to travel as needed

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Autodesk has always valued flexibility in how we work. We continue to provide employees flexibility to support their work preferences wherever possible and nearly all roles are hybrid or remote, unless otherwise indicated.