Community Manager Lead
Job Requisition ID #
26WD95133
Community Lead - Forma
Location: London or Remote, UK
Type: Full-time
Team: Forma Marketing
This is your chance to join an awesome and empowered team who is passionate about creating impact and has a lot of fun doing it together! With the Forma industry cloud, Autodesk is reimagining how the AECO industry designs and builds. We're building a community-powered movement that amplifies authentic voices, drives product innovation, and makes Forma the center of the design conversation. This is your chance to create that movement.
Position overview
We're looking for a strategic and hands-on Community Lead, with a deep connection to the architecture community, who will spearhead our community marketing efforts across the UK and US. You'll lead a growing team of Community Managers and Program Managers, while also directly engaging with the architecture community to spark and amplify conversations about Forma Site Design, Forma Building Design and future offerings.
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You'll be responsible for building a community engine that drives awareness, credibility, and adoption - both online and at key industry events. You'll work closely with Product, Growth, and Content teams to ensure community insights shape our roadmap and messaging.
You'll nurture a team that thrives on ownership - people who want to stretch across the entire role of community marketing: from shaping narratives and engaging users to driving strategy and measuring impact.
Role description
- Lead and mentor a distributed Community team, fostering a supportive and high-performing culture
- Develop and execute a growth-led community strategy grounded in data, experimentation, and user insights
- Build and scale the Forma content creatorsprogram, empowering users to become advocates and content creators
- Spark, participate in, and amplify discussions across LinkedIn, Reddit, Archinect, and associated forums - with a focus on the UK market
- Represent Forma at key architecture events and conferences, building relationships and driving engagement
- Ensure cross organization alignment so that feedback from the community influences product roadmap decisions
- Stay ahead of trends in community marketing, architecture, and AI to inform strategy and innovation
- Present community impact and strategy to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
What We're Looking For
- Deep network and credibility within the architecture community
- Proven experience leading teams, ideally across multiple geographies
- Comfortable with ownership - taking ideas from concept to execution, and thriving when you're trusted to drive outcomes across the full community marketing toolkit
- Someone who sees blockers as easily overcome. Comfortable working internally to remove blockers and improve team velocity
- Strong strategic thinking and executional rigor - you know how to build and scale programs that deliver measurable impact. Be able to demonstrate that you can build a strategy focused around building online communities
- Experience applying AI tools in marketing or community workflows
- Excellent communication skills - you're a natural storyteller and connector. Comfortable presenting to leaders internally, and peers in the industry externally
- Adept at social media and creating engaging content
- Technically proficient with a range of Architecture software, Microsoft Office Suite, and, ideally Copilot, Slack, Teams, Zoom. Quick to learn new tools
- Ideally have basic video editing skills
- Ideally have experience applying AI tools in marketing or community workflows
- Ideally comfortable with experimentation and learning fast from data
- Familiarity with Autodesk Forma (especially Forma Site Design) is a plus
- Willingness to travel for events and team offsites
Why join us?
Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software - from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made. We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk - our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers. When you're an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us
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About Autodesk
Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software - from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.
We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk - it's at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.
When you're an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!
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Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate's experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA With Employer Contribution
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Fitness Subsidies
- FSA
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Health Reimbursement Account
- On-Site Gym
- Pet Insurance
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Adoption Leave
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
- Work-From-Home Stipend
Office Life and Perks
- Some Meals Provided
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Casual Dress
- Pet-friendly Office
- Happy Hours
- Snacks
- Company Outings
Vacation and Time Off
- Personal/Sick Days
- Paid Holidays
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Leave of Absence
- Paid Vacation
- Sabbatical
- Volunteer Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- Relocation Assistance
- Performance Bonus
- Stock Purchase Program
- Company Equity
- 401(K) With Company Matching
Professional Development
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Access to Online Courses
- Promote From Within
- Learning and Development Stipend
- Lunch and Learns
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Mentor Program
- Internship Program
- Leadership Training Program
- Professional Coaching
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Woman founded/led
- Black founded/led
- BIPOC founded/led
- Latinx founded/led
- Asian founded/led
- LGBTQ+ founded/led
- Veteran founded/led