Sr Program Manager - Government Transformation

Thomson Reuters; Eagan (MN); On-site; USD 100,100 - 185,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance

Career Development

Industry Competitive Benefits

Culture of inclusion

Social Impact

Job summary

Thomson Reuters in the United States is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead the Government segment's Transformation and Strategic Initiatives. You will own the transformation tracking, governance, and reporting infrastructure, and partner with Commercial Excellence, Legal, Finance, and HR to drive strategic initiatives.

You will translate priorities into structured plans with clear milestones, manage high-stakes programs end-to-end, and provide executive-ready status updates while

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive program or portfolio management experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience building governance mechanisms, such as risk and issue logs, steering structures, and escalation frameworks, from the ground up.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills, with credibility to operate confidently with senior leadership.
• Ability to work with minimal oversight and escalate when needed.

Responsibilities

• Own the segment's transformation tracking infrastructure end to end, including initiative and status tracking, recurring operating cadences, and event planning, serving as the source of truth on program status for segment leadership.
• Lead cross-functional programs from charter through stabilization, translating strategic priorities into structured plans with clear scope, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Design and run governance structures, including decision forums, escalation paths, and risk/issue tracking, driving issues to resolution.
• Lead delivery of high-stakes initiatives spanning commercial operations, compliance, and organisational transitions, partnering with Commercial Excellence, Legal, Finance, and HR.
• Manage the day-to-day mechanics of complex transitions, keeping work moving and surfacing decisions that need leadership judgment.
• Monitor program health using status, risk, and delivery metrics, providing executive-ready reporting for senior stakeholders.
• Act as a proxy for the Chief of Staff on delegated workstreams, making independent calls on prioritisation and escalation.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Governance design

Executive communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Hands-on execution

Job description

Sr. Program Manager

Are you ready to bring order and momentum to the transformation of how Thomson Reuters serves government?

At Thomson Reuters, we inform the way forward, delivering trusted content and technology that government agencies, courts, and public sector institutions rely on to make critical decisions. Our Government segment supports Risk & Fraud, Legal, and Court Management Solutions, across federal, state, and local government, helping public sector institutions navigate complex regulatory requirements, modernise legacy systems, and serve their constituents more effectively. It's a business built on trust, precision, and an understanding that our customers operate under constraints most commercial industries never face, from procurement rules to security clearances to public accountability

We are looking for a Senior Program Manager to join the Government segment's Transformation and Strategic Initiatives function, reporting to the Chief of Staff and Director of Transformation. This is a senior individual contributor role with full ownership of the delivery infrastructure behind the segment's transformation agenda: the tracking systems, governance, and reporting discipline that turn strategic commitments into completed work. You'll operate with a high degree of independence, engaging directly with senior stakeholders across Commercial Excellence, Marketing, Legal, Finance, and HR, exercising judgment on prioritization and escalation without close oversight.

About the Role:

In this opportunity as a Sr. Program Manager, you will:

• Own the segment's transformation tracking infrastructure end to end, including initiative and status tracking, recurring operating cadences, and event planning, serving as the source of truth on program status for segment leadership.
• Lead cross-functional programs from charter through stabilization, translating strategic priorities into structured plans with clear scope, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Design and run governance structures, including decision forums, escalation paths, and risk/issue tracking, driving issues to resolution rather than simply surfacing them.
• Lead delivery of high-stakes initiatives spanning commercial operations, compliance, and organisational transitions, partnering closely with Commercial Excellence, Legal, Finance, and HR to keep work on track and hold partners to shared commitments.
• Manage the day-to-day mechanics of complex transitions involving financial, operational, or personnel considerations, keeping work moving and surfacing decisions that need leadership judgement.
• Monitor program health using status, risk, and delivery metrics, providing executive-ready reporting for senior stakeholders and proactively flagging risks before they surface elsewhere.
• Act as a proxy for the Chief of Staff on delegated workstreams, making independent calls on prioritisation and escalation.

About You:

You're a fit for the role of Sr. Program Manager if you have:

• 8+ years of progressive program or portfolio management experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives in matrixed organisations, with demonstrated ownership of outcomes.
• A track record of building governance mechanisms, such as risk and issue logs, steering structures, and escalation frameworks, from the ground up.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills, with credibility to operate confidently with senior leadership, holding cross-functional partners accountable without formal authority.
• Comfort operating with minimal oversight, navigating ambiguity and knowing when to escalation versus resolve independently.
• A bias toward hands-on execution: as comfortable designing the operating model as personally driving delivery, without a team to delegate to.
• Legal, government contracting, or compliance-industry experience is a plus, as is exposure to FedRAMP, procurement, or public sector sales cycles.

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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 programmes, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognised, 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 programmes, 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 exceed 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 $100,100 USD - $185,900 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 programme which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programmes. 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 organisations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialised 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.

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