Director, AI Product Ops

Thomson Reuters; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Flexible Work Arrangements

Job summary

Thomson Reuters seeks a Director, AI Product Ops to lead the operational and cultural evolution of the TAAP product org. You will drive near-zero-overhead coordination and an AI maturity program to move from basic productivity to agent-driven workflows.

You'll build and lead a lean, senior product-ops team, unify operations across Bedrock and Catalyst, and partner with product, engineering and design to accelerate execution and deliver stronger customer value.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in program management, product operations, or technical operations leadership.
• Deep familiarity with modern PM practices and agile SDLC.
• Experience in regulated or professional software industries is a plus.
• Proven change-management and team-upskilling capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI-first product operations across Bedrock and Catalyst portfolios.
• Automate coordination tasks to reduce overhead and accelerate delivery.
• Drive TAAP-wide change management and communications.
• Build and mentor a lean, high-impact team.

Skills

AI strategy

Product Ops

Leadership

Change management

SDLC

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/MIS

Tools

Linear

Slack

GitHub

Claude

Job description

Director, AI Product Ops - TAAP Product

Job Description:

We are seeking an exceptional, transformative Director of AI Product Opsto lead the operational and cultural evolution of Thomson Reuters' Tax, Audit, Accounting & Practice (TAAP) product organization.

In this exciting opportunity as Director, AI Product Ops, you will evolve our traditional program and operations function into a lean, AI-first Product Ops office. Your mission is two-fold: drive operational excellence across our entire software portfolio with "near-zero-overhead," and spearhead our AI maturity program, moving our teams from basic personal productivity to advanced, agent-driven workflows.

This is a hands-on, builder's seat designed to modernize how our teams work.You will serve as a critical catalyst for product innovation and foster faster, more effective ways of working across the team. By automating coordination and program management tasks, you will not only liberate our product teams from administrative overhead, but enable them to focus on deep customer discovery, modern product craft, and high-velocity execution-ultimately delivering superior customer experiences, higher-quality products, and stronger commercial value for Thomson Reuters.You will lead a small, senior team of product ops experts and carry a TAAP-wide change-management mandate.

Scope of the Estate

Your operational mandate spans the entire TAAP product landscape:

• The Core Portfolio ("Bedrock"):Our market-leading, established suite of tax and accounting products.
• The Agentic Stack ("Catalyst"):Our cutting-edge, agent-first platform powering experiences like CoCounsel and Ready to Review.

Key Responsibilities:

1. AI-First Product Operations

• Drive a Near-Zero-Overhead Model:Architect and run product operations where AI agents automate traditional coordination tasks-such as status reporting, dependency tracking, and cross-functional communications-allowing humans to focus on product judgment and execution.
• Streamline the Product Estate:Own product operations across both the Core ("Bedrock") and Agentic ("Catalyst") portfolios, unifying them under a single, highly efficient, and modern operating rhythm.
• Bridge Multi-Product Dependencies:Own the dependency seam where product commitments break. Build automated tooling and visibility systems to expose cross-team dependencies, GTM milestones, and timelines across Catalyst and Bedrock applications.
• Support Modern SDLC Workflows:Ensure that all operational processes and visibility tools integrate seamlessly with our suite of modern agile and AI tools (e.g., Linear, Slack, GitHub, Claude) so that the operational backbone supports, rather than slows down, rapid engineering sprint cycles.
• Partner on Migrations:Collaborate with Customer Success to integrate large-scale customer migrations smoothly into the product-ops framework without interrupting core product execution.
• Define & Execute against Metrics that Matter:Move the organization away from vanity metrics toward metrics that drive the business forward. Execute a regular cadence that moves the metrics and the business.

2. AI Transformation across TAAP

• Drive the AI-Maturity Roadmap:Lead TAAP's evolution from Level 1 AI usage (individual productivity tools) to Level 2 (shared team infrastructure: e.g., shared prompts, MCP integrations, shared skills) and toward Level 3 (agents acting on systems of record) and beyond.
• Enable Modern PM Ways of Working:Use the AI-maturity transformation as the vehicle to elevate the PM craft. Lead enablement of PMs on using modern AI tools (e.g., Cursor, v0, Claude Code) and AI-first product development.
• Build Shared Capability Playbooks:Establish and scale the internal playbooks (covering shared context, agentic workflows, model evaluations, and prompt libraries) that teams adopt as standard, reusable infrastructure.

3. Leadership, Change Management & Team Evolution

• Build and Lead a High Impact Team:Recruit, mentor, and manage a high-performing, lean team of senior program-ops experts, establishing a strong operational cadence and a high bar for talent & execution.
• Execute a TAAP-wide Mandate:Act as an influential change agent across TAAP, brokering alignment and operational commitments with product, engineering, and design teams outside your direct reporting line.
• Drive the Transformation Drumbeat & Communications: In close partnership with the Head of TAAP Product and the TAAP Product Leadership Team, design and lead a comprehensive change-management communications strategy. Establish a regular, engaging organizational 'drumbeat' to share wins, spotlight successful AI-enabled behaviors, reinforce new ways of working, and maintain high transformation momentum across the division.

You're a fit for this role, if your background includes:

• AI-Native:You have successfully driven a real organization or department up the AI maturity curve (L1 to L2/L3). You think in terms of systemic capability and shipped outcomes, and you are highly fluent in modern AI tooling (agents, prompt engineering, MCP, evals, and prototyping).
• Modern Product-Ops & SDLC Advocate:You value lean, automated systems and shared team infrastructure over traditional, heavy PMO ceremony. You understand modern software development lifecycles (SDLC) and how to design operational systems that help modern PMs, Engineers, and Designers build software faster.
• Ambidextrous Operator:Equally credible and comfortable operating across complex, high-transaction legacy architectures (Bedrock) and fast-moving, agent-first modern stacks (Catalyst).
• Transformational Change Leader: You are an inspiring evangelist who drives cultural and behavioral shifts by building excitement, capturing buy-in, and bringing teams along on the journey. Rather than relying on top-down mandates, you lead with influence, empathy, and positive reinforcement to align cross-functional partners around a shared vision.
• Hands-on AI Fluency:You are a daily, active user of agentsand LLMs. You possess intuitive, practical knowledge of how generative AI tools can optimize a product team's day-to-day work.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experiencein program management, product operations, or technical operations leadership at scale.
• Deep familiarity with modern product management practices(ideally within modern tech, high-growth startups, or progressive B2B SaaS), with a clear understanding of how modern PM, Engineering, and Design squads collaborate.
• Proven experience implementing modern agile SDLC structuresand automating project-tracking workflows.
• Experience in regulated or professional software industries (e.g., tax, legal, audit, finance, or compliance) where data security, accuracy, and AI governance are critical is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated track record of leading change-management and communication initiatives, upskilling teams, and inspiring cultural transformations to adopt modern, technical capabilities.
• Demonstrated track record of leading change management initiatives, upskilling teams, and transitioning legacy roles into modern, technical capabilities.
• Bachelor's degreein Computer Science, Business, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degreein Computer Science, Business, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or a related field.

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This posting is for proactive recruitment purposes and may be used to fill current openings or future vacancies within our organization.

What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace