VP of AI Model Research & Development

Refinitiv; Lavamünd; Hybrid; EUR 304.000 - 452.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid Work Model

Flex My Way / Work-Life Balance

Career Development and Growth

Industry Competitive Benefits

Zusammenfassung

Thomson Reuters Labs is seeking a Vice President to lead model research and development across fiduciary-grade AI platforms. The role oversees data strategy, training, evaluation, and release decisions for models powering CoCounsel, Westlaw, and Practical Law.

You will build a senior bench of scientists, align product and editorial priorities, and drive cost-efficient, high-quality AI solutions. The position is hybrid, based in Zug, Switzerland or London, UK, and focuses on setting the strategic

Qualifikationen

• Led a production LLM program end to end (data strategy through training, evaluation, and release decisions) for models shipped to real users.
• Strong command of post-training methods (SFT, preference optimization, RL), distributed training, and evaluation infra.
• Shipped models, widely-used open-source contributions, or peer-reviewed publications at top venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, EMNLP).
• Experience leading an organization of comparable size and shape, attracting and retaining senior ICs, with cross-team collaboration.
• Delegation with accountability: able to delegate hands-on work while owning outcomes.

Aufgaben

• Own the model-development roadmap end to end (data strategy, training, evaluation, and release decisions) for models used by real users across CoCounsel, Westlaw, and Practical Law.
• Set the target for an online, agentic reinforcement-learning pipeline, training with subject-matter experts in the loop.
• Ensure data strategy and evaluation approach are rigorous and tied to measurable outcomes.
• Enable new product capabilities to be built directly on Thomson LLMs, with demonstrated cost and/or quality advantages over third-party options.
• Build and retain a senior bench of scientists and engineers, including hiring the next wave of senior IC and leadership talent.
• Partner across product, infrastructure, and editorial/SME teams to align model priorities with customer needs.
• Make the model-quality, safety, and cost tradeoffs the role is accountable for, and present that judgment to executive stakeholders.

Kenntnisse

Program ownership

Technical fluency

Track record

Leadership

Delegation with accountability

Jobbeschreibung

Thomson Reuters Labs is seeking a Vice President to lead model research and development across fiduciary-grade AI platforms. The role oversees data strategy, training, evaluation, and release decisions for models powering CoCounsel, Westlaw, and Practical Law.

You will build a senior bench of scientists, align product and editorial priorities, and drive cost-efficient, high-quality AI solutions. The position is hybrid, based in Zug, Switzerland or London, UK, and focuses on setting the strategic