Legal Innovation Advisor- Corporates

Thomson Reuters; New York (NY); On-site; USD 137,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work policies

Mental health days

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is building a new senior advisory function to serve our most strategic corporate accounts. The Strategic Innovation Partner engages senior leadership to craft AI strategy and transformation roadmaps across legal, tax, and compliance functions, guiding pre-sale through post-sale to position TR as a strategic partner.

Preferred candidates include senior roles in corporate legal or tax, law firms with corporate practices, or advisory organizations.

Qualifications

• Background in senior technology, legal operations, innovation, or transformation leadership inside a major corporation, law firm, or professional services organization.
• 12+ years of career experience in relevant environments.
• Clear understanding of how corporate decision-making works across legal, finance, IT, and leadership.
• Experience shaping AI strategy and operating models for in-house functions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior executive advisor for strategic corporate accounts on AI strategy, transformation roadmap, and operating model design.
• Build trusted peer-level relationships with corporate leadership to secure strategic partnerships.
• Collaborate with Account Executive across the sales and relationship lifecycle to enable broader account teams.
• Develop an informed point of view on how AI reshapes in-house legal and tax functions for executives.

Skills

Senior leadership engagement

Executive advisory

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Job Description

Thomson Reuters is building a new senior advisory function to serve our most strategic corporate accounts. The Strategic Innovation Partner is a client-facing role operating at the intersection of AI strategy, technology transformation, and in-house professional services. This person engages senior department leadership to help them think through how AI changes the way their legal, tax, and compliance functions operate - and works across the full client lifecycle from pre-sale through post-sale to ensure Thomson Reuters is positioned as an indispensable strategic partner.

Strong candidates may come from senior roles inside corporate legal or tax departments, law firms with substantial corporate practices, or accounting and advisory organizations. The role is not about product demos or adoption metrics - it is about executive relationships and strategic counsel at the department leadership level.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior executive advisor for a portfolio of strategic corporate accounts, engaging department leadership - General Counsel, VP of Legal Operations, Chief Tax Officer, or equivalent - on AI strategy, transformation roadmap, and operating model design.
• Build trusted, peer-level relationships with corporate leadership that give Thomson Reuters a seat at the table when strategic technology decisions are being made.
• Partner with the Account Executive across the full sales and relationship lifecycle - from pre-sale and close through post-sale - providing the executive credibility and strategic altitude that enables the broader account team to operate more effectively.
• Develop and deliver a clear, informed point of view on how AI is reshaping in-house legal and tax functions - specific enough for a GC staff meeting, grounded enough for a skeptical CFO.
• Partner and maintain dotted line relationships to Product Organization to deeply understand our product roadmap, feature development and upcoming launches to best articulate back to customers.
• Surface executive-level insight back to TR product and business leadership on where corporate departments are investing, what is blocking AI adoption, and what senior leaders need from their technology partners.
• Represent Thomson Reuters at senior corporate legal, legal ops, and tax industry forums, client roundtables, and executive events.

Required Qualifications

• A background as a senior technology, legal operations, innovation, or transformation leader inside a major corporation, law firm, or professional services organization
• 10-20 years of career experience, with meaningful time inside an organization that mirrors the clients you will serve.
• Practical understanding of how corporate decision-making works - how to build buy-in across legal, finance, IT, and business leadership, and where technology transformation stalls.
• A grounded point of view on how AI changes in-house legal and tax staffing, vendor strategy, compliance obligations, and service delivery - developed through direct experience.
• Familiarity with relevant Thomson Reuters products - CoCounsel, Practical Law, Westlaw, HighQ - and how they fit into a broader enterprise technology environment.
• Ability to operate credibly with department leadership without a commercial agenda - you will not carry a quota, but your relationships will directly influence retention and growth.
• Executive communication skills: effective one-on-one with a skeptical General Counsel and equally effective in a governance or technology committee setting.
• Collaborative by nature - you will work alongside CSMs, Solutions Consultants, AI Solutions Architects, Forward Deployed Engineers, and Professional Services, each owning a distinct part of the client relationship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors or advanced degree

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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 (Y)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.

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 $137,200 USD - $254,800 USD. 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 role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance. This job posting will close .

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.

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