Manager of Research Engineering, TR Labs

Thomson Reuters; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 295,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Flex My Way

Career Development and Growth

Competitive Benefits

Volunteer days and ESG initiatives

Job summary

Thomson Reuters Labs is seeking a hands-on Manager of Research Engineering to guide the delivery of cutting-edge AI solutions from concept to production. You’ll lead a cross-functional team blending research and engineering, shape technical roadmaps, and mentor engineers while partnering with product, science, and enterprise leaders.

This role emphasizes scalable growth, industry best practices, and strategic significance across legal AI solutions like Westlaw and CoCounsel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or the equivalent. Master's or PhD in a relevant specialization preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years' software development experience, with demonstrated ability to successfully manage software development teams in an agile environment
• 1+ years in a people leadership and product development leadership role
• Experience spearheading technical development in a cross‑functional setting, with responsibility for ML applications; close partnership with Applied Scientists, R&D groups, or similar
• A portfolio showcasing significant contributions to technology innovation
• Excellent project management, organization, and communication skills
• Experience contributing to and overseeing large‑scale rollouts and infrastructure initiatives
• Expertise in several of the following areas: robust Python development, MLOps, containerization, cloud infrastructure (AWS and Azure)

Responsibilities

• Foster a culture of innovation, growth, and continuous improvement
• Own the delivery of business-critical features for high-value, customer-facing applications
• Promote efficient collaboration between scientists and engineers on a project basis
• Operate with urgency and manage change at a rapid pace
• Mentor and develop team members, helping build a pipeline of future leaders
• Drive the technical roadmap of the team, prioritizing initiatives that enhance product value while managing technical debt
• Contribute to the long-term technology strategy aligned with organizational goals, preparing the team for scalable growth
• Help champion a bold vision for your customers and products
• Align cross-functional stakeholders to strategy, vision, and roadmap
• Influence across cross-functional teams to drive results
• Promote advanced engineering practices to foster innovation and efficiency across teams
• Demonstrate strong people leadership, helping build a pipeline of future leaders
• Ensure the team delivers on expectations with clear goals that support impactful work against OKRs
• Mentor, coach, and develop team members for scaling
• Set goals around talent development, diversity and inclusion
• Lead a cross-functional project team spanning research and engineering
• Maintain a balanced strategic and tactical focus
• Bridge applied science and production engineering through cross-functional influence

Skills

Python development

MLOps

Cloud infrastructure

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

ML applications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Master's or PhD preferred

Job description

Manager of Research Engineering, TR Labs

Are you excited about the future of AI technology? Are you passionate about delivering value and maximizing the impact of R&D investment? Thomson Reuters Labs is seeking a hands‑on engineering manager to guide the delivery of cutting‑edge AI solutions from concept to production.

At Thomson Reuters Labs, we experiment, we build, we deliver. We support the organization and our customers through applied research in information retrieval and natural language processing. We work closely with product and domain experts to identify compelling solutions at the intersection of user need and technical feasibility. Our team is responsible for AI innovation across Thomson Reuters' Legal solutions including Westlaw and CoCounsel.

As Manager of Research Engineering, you are both a technical leader and a people manager. You will help shape the technical direction for production services, build deep partnerships across the enterprise, and take ownership of recruiting, career growth, and mentorship for Labs engineers. You will provide technical guidance on complex, high‑impact projects in close collaboration with the research arm of Labs, and champion the adoption of industry best practices around well‑managed software delivery.

About the Role

In this opportunity as Manager of Research Engineering, you will:

• Foster a culture of innovation, growth, and continuous improvement

• Own the delivery of business‑critical features for high‑value, customer‑facing applications

• Promote efficient collaboration between scientists and engineers on a project basis

• Operate with urgency and manage change at a rapid pace

• Mentor and develop team members, helping build a pipeline of future leaders and prepare the team for organizational scaling.

• Drive the technical roadmap of the team, in partnership with product, science, and the technical lead, prioritizing initiatives that enhance product value while managing technical debt effectively

• Contribute to the long‑term technology strategy aligned with organizational goals, preparing the team for scalable growth

Other responsibilities include:

Leadership

• Help champion a bold vision for your customers and products

• Help align cross‑functional stakeholders to strategy, vision, and roadmap

• Work through influence toward results across cross‑functional teams

• Promote the adoption of advanced engineering practices within your team to foster innovation and efficiency, and contribute to broader adoption across research and product development teams

People Management

• Demonstrate strong people leadership, helping build a pipeline of future leaders

• Ensure the team delivers on expectations, communicating clear goals that support impactful work against team OKRs

• Mentor, coach, and develop team members, helping prepare the team for organizational scaling

• Set goals around talent development, diversity and inclusion, and demonstrate progress

Sphere of Influence

• Lead a cross‑functional project team spanning research and engineering

• Maintain a balanced strategic and tactical focus

• Operate as an excellent cross‑functional influencer, bridging the gap between applied science and production engineering

About You

You're a fit for the role of Manager of Research Engineering if your background includes:

Required:

• A bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or the equivalent. Master's or PhD in a relevant specialization preferred.

• Minimum of 7 years' software development experience, with demonstrated ability to successfully manage software development teams in an agile environment

• 1+ years in a people leadership and product development leadership role

• Experience spearheading technical development in a cross‑functional setting, with responsibility for ML applications; close partnership with Applied Scientists, R&D groups, or similar

• A portfolio showcasing significant contributions to technology innovation

• Excellent project management, organization, and communication skills

• Experience contributing to and overseeing large‑scale rollouts and infrastructure initiatives

• Expertise in several of the following areas: robust Python development, MLOps, containerization, cloud infrastructure (AWS and Azure)

Preferred:

• Experience in strategic planning, organizational development, and team scaling

• Experience in one or more of the following areas: advanced search and recommendation technology, orchestration of ML pipelines for real‑time inference, microservices architecture, model monitoring and governance

• Experience preforming software development with any of the following frontend technologies including React / Typescript / Tailwind.

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 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)our 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.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 $158,900 USD - $295,100 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.

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. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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