Sr. Partnerships Manager, Legal Professionals

Thomson Reuters; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 119,700 - 222,300; Full time

Job summary

Thomson Reuters' CoCounsel seeks a Partnerships Manager to run day‑to‑day partner programs across an AI ecosystem for legal professionals, coordinating with product, engineering, sales, and strategy to drive adoption and revenue.

You will manage a portfolio of partners, lead negotiations, and develop account plans while collaborating across the sales motions and field teams. A hybrid or remote arrangement is available for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4+ years in partnerships, alliances, channel, BD, sales, or strategy roles.
• Experience in tech, legal tech, or professional services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Run day to day execution across a portfolio of partners, from planning through launch through scale
• Drive cross‑functional work with product, engineering, sales, marketing, and customer success to keep partner programs moving
• Support enablement and certification programs so our partners are fully integrated into Thomson Reuters sales motions
• Track partner performance against key metrics, from pipeline and revenue to adoption velocity
• Build trusted working relationships with partner counterparts and become a go‑to point of contact for the field
• Develop comprehensive account plans and coordinate regular partner reviews, executive updates, and internal stakeholder meetings
• Lead negotiations and commercial discussions to expand and renew partnerships

Skills

Partnerships

Alliances

Channel sales

BD

Strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Partnerships Manager, Legal Professionals

CoCounsel is the leading AI platform for legal professionals. Partnerships are a core part of that strategy, including the AI companies whose capabilities we integrate into CoCounsel and the consulting, advisory, and implementation partners who drive adoption at scale inside law firms.

We're hiring a Partner Manager to support our growing portfolio of partners. In this role, you will have the opportunity to manage a set of AI partners and the integrations that bring their capabilities into CoCounsel, as well as our network of consulting and implementation partners who drive adoption, deployment, and expansion across our customer base.

This is a high visibility role, reporting directly to the VP of Legal Professionals Partnerships at Thomson Reuters. You will sit at the intersection of partnerships, product, sales, and strategy, and help shape how a category defining product transforms an industry.

Location

The successful candidates will ideally be based in New York and work in a hybrid environment, spending a minimum of 3 days per week in office. We are open to a remote work arrangement for the right candidate.

About the Role

In this role as a Partnerships Manager, you will:

• Run day to day execution across a portfolio of partners, from planning through launch through scale
• Drive cross‑functional work with product, engineering, sales, marketing, and customer success to keep partner programs moving
• Support enablement and certification programs so our partners are fully integrated into Thomson Reuters sales motions
• Track partner performance against key metrics, from pipeline and revenue to adoption velocity
• Build trusted working relationships with partner counterparts and become a go‑to point of contact for the field
• Develop comprehensive account plans and coordinate regular partner reviews, executive updates, and internal stakeholder meetings
• Lead negotiations and commercial discussions to expand and renew partnerships

About You

You may be a fit for the role of Partnerships Manager if your background includes:

• Bachelor's degree
• 4+ years in partnerships, alliances, channel, BD, sales, or strategy roles, ideally in tech, legal tech, or professional services
• Strong commercial instincts and a track record of driving outcomes that show up in pipeline, deals, or adoption, not just activity
• Excellent project management skills and the ability to keep multiple workstreams moving without dropping things
• Clear communicator who can move easily between partner counterparts, internal sellers and product leads, and executives
• Comfortable working in a complex organization with a range of senior cross‑functional stakeholders
• Genuine interest in AI and legal tech, and the ability to develop and communicate a strong point of view
• Self‑starter who can operate with limited direction once goals are set
• Willingness to travel as needed to meet partners and attend industry events

#LI-TK1

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)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 $119,700 USD - $222,300 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 09/05/2026.

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.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is 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. Learn more on how to protect yourself from fraudulent job postings here. More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com