Expansion & Strategic Accounts, Senior Sales Manager, ASEAN at Autodesk

Job description

Job Requisition ID # 26WD98545 Position Overview The Senior Sales Manager, ASEAN Expansion & Strategic Accounts is responsible for leading Autodesk’s expansion sales motion across the ASEAN region. This role leads a team of Account Executives (AE) and Business Development Representatives (BDR) focused on driving new business acquisition, customer expansion, and Autodesk platform standardization across assigned account portfolios. A key focus of this role is to build and drive a strong hunter mindset and sales excellence culture across the organization. The successful candidate will transform the team toward proactive pipeline generation, strategic customer engagement, and disciplined sales execution. While partners remain a critical scaling mechanism for market coverage, this leader is expected to ensure Autodesk leads the sales motion, customer strategy, and expansion engagement directly. This role requires a strategic sales leader with strong commercial acumen, executive engagement capability, operational discipline, and proven experience leading high-performing sales teams across diverse and complex markets. The successful candidate will drive predictable revenue growth through disciplined pipeline generation, account portfolio management, partner-led scaling motions, and cross-functional collaboration across the Account Team Unit (ATU). Responsibilities Sales Leadership & Business Growth Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing ASEAN expansion sales organization consisting of AE and BDR teams Build and reinforce a proactive hunter culture focused on pipeline generation, whitespace identification, competitive displacement, and strategic account expansion Drive consistent achievement of regional sales targets through strategic account portfolio management, disciplined pipeline generation, forecasting rigor, and execution excellence Increase direct customer engagement and sales ownership across the team while leveraging partners strategically for market scale and coverage Coach teams in navigating complex sales cycles including executive engagement, business case development, procurement processes, negotiation, and competitive positioning Build a strong performance culture focused on accountability, customer outcomes, operational discipline, and continuous improvement Strategic Planning & Market Execution Define and execute regional growth strategies aligned with Autodesk’s global go-to-market priorities and ASEAN market opportunities Develop scalable account portfolio and territory strategies balancing short-term revenue objectives with long-term customer expansion and platform adoption Monitor market dynamics, customer priorities, competitive activity, and industry trends to inform strategic planning and execution Drive scalable market coverage through effective partner and ecosystem engagement while maintaining Autodesk-led customer relationships and sales strategy ownership Forecasting, Pipeline & Operational Excellence Own the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of regional forecasting and pipeline management Lead regular forecast, pipeline, and deal inspection reviews to ensure strong execution discipline and predictable business performance Drive adoption of consistent sales methodologies, CRM hygiene, account planning frameworks, and sales excellence practices Ensure effective resource prioritization and alignment across strategic opportunities and growth initiatives Executive Customer & Partner Engagement Build trusted executive-level relationships with customers, partners, and strategic stakeholders across the ASEAN region Lead customer engagements focused on business transformation, operational outcomes, and Autodesk platform standardization Support teams in articulating compelling value propositions aligned to customer business challenges and industry priorities Identify partner capability or capacity gaps and collaborate with ecosystem teams to strengthen regional execution Cross-Functional Leadership & ATU Orche