Manager of Research Engineering, TR Labs

About the role

Thomson Reuters Labs experiments, builds, and delivers applied research in information retrieval and natural language processing. The team works closely with product and domain experts to identify compelling solutions at the intersection of user need and technical feasibility, and is responsible for AI innovation across Thomson Reuters' Legal solutions including Westlaw and CoCounsel. As Manager of Research Engineering, you are both a technical leader and a people manager. You will help shape the technical direction for production services, build deep partnerships across the enterprise, and take ownership of recruiting, career growth, and mentorship for Labs engineers. You will provide technical guidance on complex, high-impact projects in close collaboration with the research arm of Labs, and champion the adoption of industry best practices around well-managed software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Foster a culture of innovation, growth, and continuous improvement
• Own the delivery of business-critical features for high-value, customer-facing applications
• Promote efficient collaboration between scientists and engineers on a project basis
• Operate with urgency and manage change at a rapid pace
• Mentor and develop team members, helping build a pipeline of future leaders and prepare the team for organizational scaling
• Drive the technical roadmap of the team, in partnership with product, science, and the technical lead, prioritizing initiatives that enhance product value while managing technical debt effectively
• Contribute to the long-term technology strategy aligned with organizational goals, preparing the team for scalable growth

Leadership

• Help champion a bold vision for your customers and products
• Help align cross-functional stakeholders to strategy, vision, and roadmap
• Work through influence toward results across cross-functional teams
• Promote the adoption of advanced engineering practices within your team to foster innovation and efficiency, and contribute to broader adoption across research and product development teams

People Management

• Demonstrate strong people leadership, helping build a pipeline of future leaders
• Ensure the team delivers on expectations, communicating clear goals that support impactful work against team OKRs
• Mentor, coach, and develop team members, helping prepare the team for organizational scaling
• Set goals around talent development, diversity and inclusion, and demonstrate progress

Sphere of Influence

• Lead a cross-functional project team spanning research and engineering
• Maintain a balanced strategic and tactical focus
• Operate as an excellent cross-functional influencer, bridging the gap between applied science and production engineering

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or equivalent; Master's or PhD in a relevant specialization preferred
• Minimum of 7 years' software development experience, with demonstrated ability to successfully manage software development teams in an agile environment
• 1+ years in a people leadership and product development leadership role
• Experience spearheading technical development in a cross-functional setting, with responsibility for ML applications; close partnership with Applied Scientists, R&D groups, or similar
• A portfolio showcasing significant contributions to technology innovation
• Excellent project management, organization, and communication skills
• Experience contributing to and overseeing large-scale rollouts and infrastructure initiatives
• Expertise in several of the following areas: robust Python development, MLOps, containerization, cloud infrastructure (AWS and Azure)

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in strategic planning, organizational development, and team scaling
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: advanced search and recommendation technology, orchestration of ML pipelines for real-time inference, microservices architecture, model monitoring and governance
• Experience performing software development with frontend technologies including React, TypeScript, Tailwind

Benefits

• Hybrid work model with flexible working environment
• Flex My Way policies: work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, flexible work arrangements
• Career development and growth through Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach
• Comprehensive benefit plans: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
• Culture recognized for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance
• Social Impact: two paid volunteer days off annually, pro-bono consulting projects, ESG initiatives
• Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
• Competitive 401k plan with company match
• Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave
• Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance (employee-paid); optional life and AD&D insurance (employee-paid)
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; Employee Assistance Program
• Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit (employee-paid); access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits
• Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Pay

Base compensation range for eligible US locations: $158,900 – $295,100 USD. 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. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.