Principal Designer, Preconstruction; Remote
Ontario, Canada
Listed on 2026-03-01
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IT/Tech
Product Designer, UI/UX Design, Digital Media / Production
Job Requisition #
26WD95023Overview
On the Forma Preconstruction team at Autodesk, our mission is to help teams meet the world’s rapidly expanding building and infrastructure needs, while making construction more predictable, safe and sustainable. Over $100 billion in new construction is managed on our platform every month. From major stadiums to local schools and hospitals, our tools are helping cities grow and communities come together.
As a Principal UX Designer on the Preconstruction team, you will be responsible for design strategy to implementation for the Takeoff product and quantification workflows targeting a range of preconstruction personas. To be successful, you should be comfortable working through ambiguity, driving simplicity out of complexity, and collaborating with a globally distributed team of product managers, engineers, designers & researchers. This role requires a diverse skill set including conceptual UX, systems thinking, prototyping, storytelling, and user research.
We’re looking for someone who is a champion for human-centered design, a relentless advocate for user needs, and has a track record of driving design in complex problem spaces to deliver compelling user experiences.
This position can be based anywhere in Canada. Please include resume, portfolio and password when applying. This is a remote-friendly role.
Responsibilities
Partner with product managers, engineering, and research to define great experiences for complex, multi-workflow initiatives that scale across the Forma platform
Independently frame ambiguous problems, define opportunity spaces, and drive cross-team initiatives from discovery through delivery, navigating incomplete information and competing priorities.
Visualize and prototype solutions at various levels of fidelity including conceptual diagrams, wireframes, end-to-end workflows and detailed specifications
Present design work clearly to stakeholders and leadership, articulating platform tradeoffs, impact, and vision
Collaborate closely with one or more remote teams, working iteratively to deliver customer value
Plan, conduct and synthesize user research for complex initiatives, selecting appropriate methodologies and ensuring insights directly shape business outcomes and future roadmap evolution
Participate in and lead design-thinking exercises to break through organizational silos and collaboratively solve complex design challenges
Work within an evolving design system, while contributing improvements to evolve and expand standards and processes across platform teams
Contribute to team culture through critique, mentorship, and collaboration
Minimum Qualifications
8+ years of UX or product design experience, including delivering complex, multi-product ecosystems
Strong portfolio demonstrating recent user-centered design work
Proven ability to lead end-to-end design processes, from discovery and ideation through delivery
Demonstrable experience utilizing a variety of human-centered design methods and best practices. And you know how to choose the right tool at the right time to drive results
Strong proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools
Experience planning, conducting, and applying both qualitative and quantitative user research
Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to distill complex ideas to their essence
Comfortable working in a cross-functionally collaborative, fast-paced environment
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity or interest in AI-assisted workflows, agentic interfaces, or emerging interaction models.
BA/BS or graduate degree in HCI, interaction design, or equivalent experience
Experience with agile software design methods
Experience designing for enterprise-scale or complex ecosystem with multiple products
Experience contributing to or evolving design systems within a platform context
Familiarity or interest in construction, architecture, engineering or the built environment
Comfortable working on a distributed team and collaborating remotely
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