Lead Product Engineer, AI Ventures

Own the design direction for early-stage AI product opportunities within Thomson Reuters’ AI Ventures incubation team. Use user research, rapid prototyping, experimentation, and strong product judgment to validate ideas and reduce product uncertainty. Partner closely with Product and Engineering to turn ambiguous customer and workflow problems into clear, testable concepts and determine which opportunities should progress toward production.

Responsibilities

• Lead product discovery and concept validation through user research, rapid prototyping, and business context.
• Turn ambiguous customer problems and workflows into clear, testable product concepts.
• Rapidly prototype different product directions to evaluate workflow, product value, and user experience.
• Use evidence from users, Product, and Engineering to recommend whether ideas should be built, changed, paused, or stopped.
• Own the end-to-end product experience, including workflows, screens, key states, and interaction details.
• Design AI-powered professional experiences that go beyond simple chat interfaces and static screens.
• Help users understand AI-generated outputs, their limitations, and the choices available to them.
• Create reusable patterns for AI-assisted workflows with an emphasis on transparency, accessibility, user control, and trust.
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering from discovery through delivery.
• Translate prototypes into feasible product direction and remain involved as successful concepts move toward production.
• Help establish a high bar for product and experience quality across early AI Ventures products.
• Balance rapid experimentation with enterprise expectations around quality, accessibility, trust, and compliance.

Requirements

• Significant experience designing digital products, ideally including new products or early-stage concepts.
• A strong portfolio or work examples demonstrating product thinking, interaction design, visual design quality, and shipped product experiences.
• Experience designing AI-powered products, complex decision-support tools, or professional workflow products.
• Strong experience with user discovery, customer conversations, rapid prototyping, and concept testing.
• Ability to move quickly from an idea to a testable prototype using modern design and prototyping tools, including AI-assisted tools where appropriate.
• Experience partnering closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly explain design rationale, customer insights, and product evidence.
• Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments where accessibility, trust, transparency, or compliance are important.
• A strong customer mindset and the ability to design experiences that help professional users understand, trust, and confidently use AI-powered products.

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Model: Flexible hybrid working environment for office-based roles.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way policies, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, and two company-wide Mental Health Days off.
• Career Development and Growth: Culture of continuous learning, skills-first approach, and Grow My Way programming.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: Comprehensive benefit plans including flexible vacation, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing (e.g., Headspace app).
• Social Impact: Two paid volunteer days off annually, opportunities for pro-bono consulting, and involvement in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Additional Benefits (U.S.):
  • Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs.
  • Competitive 401k plan with company match.
  • Paid holidays, parental leave, and sabbatical leave.
  • Optional hospital, accident, sickness, life, and AD&D insurance.
  • Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
  • Fitness reimbursement and Employee Assistance Program.
  • Group Legal and Identity Theft Protection benefit.
  • Access to 529 Plan, commuter benefits, Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance, Tuition Reimbursement, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Pay

The base compensation range for this role varies by location:

• New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Irvine (CA), McLean (VA), Washington (DC): $136,000 USD - $253,000 USD
• Other eligible U.S. locations: $118,400 USD - $219,800 USD
• Ontario, Canada: $140,600 CAD - $190,600 CAD

Base pay is positioned within the range based on knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.