Director Partnerships and Alliances

USA013 Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc; Eagan (MN); On-site; USD 200,000 - 371,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Career development & training

Comprehensive benefits & 401k

Mental health & wellness programs

Job summary

Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc is seeking a Partner Development Manager to lead the lifecycle of strategic partnerships, from sourcing to go-to-market and ongoing governance. You will negotiate agreements, align product and sales, build market motion, and sustain partnerships for long-term value.

The role spans cross-functional collaboration with Legal, Product, Sales, Finance, and Marketing, acting as hunter, builder, and operator to drive revenue and market impact.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in partnerships, alliances or business development in tech or professional services.
• Experience negotiating and managing complex commercial agreements with enterprise partners.
• Proven track record building partner-sourced pipeline and executing co-sell motions with direct sales.
• Strong executive presence; experience with C-level partner relationships.
• Experience with revenue forecasting, pipeline reporting and financial accountability.

Responsibilities

• Strategic partnership sourcing and opportunity identification; assess fit and build a partner portfolio.
• Negotiate and manage commercial agreements; define GTM priorities and resource commitments.
• Design and execute joint GTM strategies; drive partner-driven pipeline and revenue targets.
• Track performance; conduct quarterly reviews; address gaps with action plans.
• Coordinate with Product, Sales, Finance and Solutions Architecture for alignment.
• Provide revenue attribution, ROIs, and governance for multi-partner deals.

Skills

Partner experience

Enterprise negotiations

Partner-sourced pipeline

Executive presence

Forecasting & reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MBA or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

What if your next role put you at the center of Thomson Reuters' partnerships with the world's most influential technology, consulting, and AI organizations - and you were accountable for whether those partnerships succeeded or failed? As a Partner Development Manager on our Partnerships & Alliances team, you are responsible for the full lifecycle and success of our most strategic partnerships: from identifying and prospecting high-potential partners, to negotiating strategic agreements, to driving go-to-market execution and holding partners accountable to delivering committed outcomes. You're responsible for partnership success. You'll close strategic agreements with high-potential partners. Then you'll cultivate those partnerships: align with Product on roadmap, align Sales on theaters and targets, build offerings and enablement, and drive to market traction. Then you'll stay in the relationship—monitoring performance, holding partners accountable, evolving the partnership as markets change, and scaling what works. You work across Legal Transformation, Tax & Audit Transformation, and Embedded Partnerships theaters, partnering closely with Product, Sales, and Finance Marketing throughout the partnership lifecycle. This is a hunter role, a builder role, and an operator role all in one. You close deals, you build market motion, and you sustain partnerships over years.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Partnership Sourcing & Opportunity Identification

Actively source, identify, and evaluate new strategic partnership opportunities aligned to TR's growth strategy and segment focus; build the partnership portfolio through continuous market intelligence and relationship development. Assess partner capabilities, market reach, and revenue potential; conduct capability assessments and competitive overlap analysis to determine strategic fit; make recommendations on which partners warrant investment vs. lighter-touch approaches. Build and maintain strategic executive relationships with current and prospective strategic partners; establish credibility as a trusted advisor; position TR as partner of choice in key markets.

Partnership Agreement Negotiation & Strategy

Negotiate and manage commercial agreements; establish clear terms around capabilities, product roadmap integration, sales targets, and performance metrics. Create Partner Business Plans that establish alignment on how partner capabilities address theater-specific customer needs; define joint go-to-market priorities and resource commitments. Define partner commercial models (revenue-share, licensing, implementation fees, etc.) and ensure both organizations are aligned on monetization; work with Finance on complex deal structures.

Go-to-Market Execution & Pipeline Development

Design and execute joint go-to-market strategies with partners, including demand generation campaigns, vertical-specific plays, and account-based engagement tied to partner strengths. Responsible for partner-driven pipeline creation and revenue targets within assigned theater; drive partner relationships and customer engagement to hit revenue goals however best serves the market. Build initial traction and proof points; work with early customers to demonstrate offering value; create case studies and customer success stories that enable Sales to scale the motion.

Partnership Performance & Accountability

Track partnership performance against commitments; conduct quarterly business reviews; identify gaps and drive corrective action plans with partner and TR leadership. Monitor revenue, pipeline, customer success, and adoption metrics; report progress to leadership; elevate risks and opportunities. Lead partner progression through lifecycle; determine which partnerships are scaled, held, or exited based on performance and strategic fit.

Cross-Functional Alignment & Resource Management

Become an expert in how your strategic partners operate — their business model, go-to-market priorities, internal incentive structures, and what they're actually incentivized to sell. Work with Product to ensure partner offerings are technically scoped and architecturally sound before committing to delivery; resolve misalignments between partner commitments and product capacity. Coordinate with sales leadership on theater coverage and resource allocation; prevent channel conflict; ensure coordinated customer engagement across multiple TR touchpoints.

Financial Accountability & Reporting

Responsible for revenue forecasting and pipeline reporting for partner-sourced business; provide regular updates to leadership and Finance on progress against partner targets and partnership health. Ensure accurate deal attribution; track partner-sourced revenue vs. direct sales; manage complex revenue recognition and royalty calculations for multi-partner deals. Drive ROI analysis on partner investments; make business cases for co-development resource allocation, co-marketing spend, and incentive structures based on revenue impact and strategic value.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in partnerships, alliances, or business development, ideally with technology, consulting, or professional services partners.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating and managing complex commercial agreements (e.g., strategic collaboration, co-development, or reseller agreements) with enterprise partners.
• Proven track record building partner-sourced pipeline and executing co-sell motions in close collaboration with direct sales teams.
• Strong executive presence, with experience building and maintaining C-level relationships at partner organizations.
• Experience with revenue forecasting, pipeline reporting, and financial accountability for partner or channel-sourced business.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and negotiation skills, with the ability to align Product, Sales, Finance, and Solutions Architecture stakeholders around shared goals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in legal, tax, audit, or professional services technology markets.
• Familiarity with cloud and AI ecosystem partner programs (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Anthropic).
• Experience designing or operating partner tiering and governance frameworks.
• MBA or equivalent experience in strategy, business development, or management consulting.

What’s in it For You?

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge Your Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally 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.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news. We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace. We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here.

This job posting will close 11/28/2026.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The target total cash compensation range varies across locations. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the target total cash compensation range for this role is $199,500 USD - $370,500 USD. 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 and any target sales incentive are part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. Target total cash compensation ranges are inclusive of both base pay and any target sales incentive.