Technical Product Manager (ML, NLP) Full-time

Thomson Reuters Labs is the dedicated applied research division of Thomson Reuters. We are focused on the research, development, and application of AI and emerging trends in technologies. Working collaboratively with our stakeholders, we experiment, prototype, test, and deliver solutions in the pursuit of creating smarter and more valuable tools for our customers. We aim to drive innovation across the fields of legal, tax, and regulation, harnessing the power of proprietary big data and emerging technologies to solve complex real-world challenges. We are looking for individuals to join our team who are curious about solving big problems, passionate about continuous innovation and experienced with the end-to-end model development lifecycle.

About the role:

In this opportunity as Technical Product Manager (ML/NLP), you will:

• Create product vision and associated research roadmaps that aim to investigate and deliver AI solutions to our customer’s most valuable problems.

• Work closely with product, design, UXR, and engineering teams to iteratively collect and review user feedback, refine user requirements, and stay relevant on the latest research tools and techniques.
• Define, socialize, drive and report on product Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and their corresponding Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Define work items, prioritize, drive execution, and adjust delivery schedules as needed to drive progress towards OKRs.

• Partner with leadership and management to plan for adequate team resourcing, effective team collaboration, and to properly estimate and communicate delivery timelines.

• Ensure your team is aligned with partnering product, engineering, content, design, and subject matter expert teams.

• Identify and implement communication patterns that facilitate collaboration while protecting team focus.

• Provide technical guidance to partner product teams during all phases of development including but not limited to solution brainstorming, prioritization, technical feasibility scoping, and UX research/design.

• Balance factors such as cost, time to market and resourcing to optimize iterative value delivery for customers.

About you:

You are a fit for the role, Technical Product Manager (ML, NLP), if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, machine learning or related field
• At least 3 years of experience as a member of a technical product development team working on applied AI research, including contributing to and driving end-to-end delivery of technical AI research products.
• Ability to work in the U.S. Central or Eastern Standard Time zones.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting complex information clearly to diverse audiences and articulating a compelling strategic vision.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence within a matrix organization.
• Experience with agile project management and scrum methodologies.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, utilizing data and metrics to inform decisions.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (technology, design, marketing) to balance trade-offs in technologies and execution strategies.
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously with minimal supervision.
• Experience balancing short-term tactical execution with strategic long-term vision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Technical Product Manager for an AI/NLP based product or product feature.
• At least 3 years of experience building ML, NLP or Computer Vision systems from ideation to production.
• At least 1 year of experience owning a Software as a Service, Machine Learning Platform, Human in the Loop or AI as a Service products.
• Experience coaching and developing cross functional research teams.
• Experience with a culture of data-driven decision making.
• Experience writing and publishing research papers at conferences and workshops.
• Ideally, previous experience as a technical product manager of AI research products with a preference for candidates with 3+ years of prior experience as a data scientist or research engineer contributing to and leading end-to-end development of AI products. Alternatively, 3+ years of experience as a product manager with demonstrated understanding and working knowledge of foundational AI/ML principles and technical product management mindsets.
• Experience managing technology roadmaps and product portfolios.
• Experience developing and managing NLP-based products, particularly in contract drafting, review, or document analytics.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proven track record in a high-growth environment.
• Experience aligning leadership stakeholders from separate organizations within the business.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies, especially AWS and Azure, as well as modern software architectures such as microservices.

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What’s in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
• Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations.For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $88,200 – $163,800.This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.

This job posting will close 03/31/2025.

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