Director, Applied Research – Corporates Tax & Trade

Overview

Thomson Reuters Labs Tax & Corporates team seeks a Director to lead applied research and discovery within the Corporates Tax & Trade product segment. The ONESOURCE suite provides direct tax, indirect tax and trade management solutions for corporations across industries. The role will advance AI capabilities in Tax & Trade, deliver customer-focused solutions today, and explore the art of the possible for AI in Tax & Trade.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high‑performing team of 20+ applied scientists and research engineers, setting clear expectations, modeling desired behaviors, and actively coaching.
• Be a proactive communicator who shares work and highlights the accomplishments of the team.
• Enable the team to solve complex business problems and build solutions with clearly defined outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• Drive the end-to-end model development lifecycle in partnership with a collaborative cross‑functional team.
• Deliver novel features and experiences in the ONESOURCE AI Assistant and other AI product experiences in ONESOURCE.
• Innovate by trying new approaches, learning new technologies, and taking informed risks with good judgement; encourage your team to do the same.
• Foster innovative ideas to solve real‑world challenges and help grow understanding and adoption of AI, NLP and IR across the enterprise.
• Oversee multiple large projects and initiatives across multiple key Thomson Reuters product lines in Corporates Tax & Trade.
• Collaborate with leaders in product management, product marketing, engineering, editorial and UX to prioritize and deliver on key initiatives and continuously improve ways of working.
• Manage the project portfolio, budget, and staff allocation.
• Represent our work to customers and external venues.
• Coach and mentor team members and managers to function as a highly effective team.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

• PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus a comparable level of experience.
• 10+ years hands-on experience building AI / NLP systems for commercial applications in a cross-functional setting.
• 5+ years of management experience – coaching and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience delivering minimum viable products in a large enterprise environment.
• Experience with building and maintaining production ML systems on AWS.
• Ability to work directly with customers and TR product/technology leaders to define and deliver the Corporates Tax & Trade AI vision.
• Experience designing and implementing solutions with large language models, including RAG and agentic frameworks.
• Outstanding communication and data‑driven decision‑making.

Preferred qualifications

• 8+ years of management experience – coaching and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience innovating state-of-the-art research to solve applied, real-world problems.
• Publications at relevant venues (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, ICML, KDD) or similar.

What’s in it for you?

• Hybrid Work Model: flexible hybrid environment (2–3 days a week in the office, depending on role).
• Flexibility and Work‑Life Balance: policies to manage personal and professional responsibilities, including up to 8 weeks of work-from-anywhere per year.
• Career Development and Growth: Grow My Way and skills-first approach to help you lead and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: comprehensive plans, flexible vacation, mental health days, Headspace access, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, incentive programs, and wellbeing resources.
• Culture: inclusive, award‑winning culture focused on customer obsession, competitive spirit, curiosity, speed, and collaboration.
• Social Impact: two paid volunteer days per year and opportunities for pro‑bono and ESG initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact: contribute to delivering trusted, unbiased information to professionals worldwide and upholding the rule of law and transparency.

About Thomson Reuters and Equal Opportunity

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together trusted content and technology to help professionals make informed decisions. We serve legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media professionals. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and provide accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation is available.

Position details

• Seniority level: Director
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Accounting/Auditing and Finance
• Industries: Financial Services, Legal Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting