Director, Product Portfolio Management

Thomson Reuters•Frisco, TX

2d•$157,500 - $337,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Portfolio Management team ensures product investments and resources are directed toward the most strategic, high-priority opportunities. Working across the product organization, it partners with product leaders and informs enterprise investment decisions. The Director, Product Portfolio Management brings an objective, portfolio-wide perspective to product planning, funding, and rationalization. The role works across Product Management, Product Operations, Product Engineering, Finance, and Strategy, leading core processes that connect strategy to investment decisions and financial outcomes. It requires moving between individual business cases and the overall portfolio. AI is central to the team’s analysis and decision-making, and the Director is expected to expand its use. The Director leads the annual capital planning cycle, analyzes product performance and profitability, maintains the master product list and portfolio taxonomy, tracks business cases and investment decisions, and applies AI tools to portfolio work. The role partners with Finance on capital allocation and profitability, provides insights for resource and people planning, translates product roadmaps and financial information into insights for leadership and investors, and aligns stakeholders across the organization. This is a proactive recruitment posting that may be used to fill current openings or future vacancies. The role uses a hybrid work model for office-based employees.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in portfolio management, product management, product strategy, or product operations, ideally in a product, technology, or software organization.
A strong track record of managing processes and building relationships with cross-functional partners.
Outstanding organizational and communication skills, including the ability to synthesize and simplify complex ideas.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
Understanding of how product, engineering, and design work together, sufficient to contextualize portfolio and investment decisions.
A solid grasp of the Thomson Reuters product portfolio, product strategy, the legal, tax, corporate, and risk and fraud markets, and their dynamics.
Financial acumen and comfort analyzing profitability and business cases, including ROI, IRR, and NPV.
Fluency with and enthusiasm for AI tools, with active use of AI to accelerate analysis, synthesis, and decision-making.
Ability to communicate and collaborate with stakeholders, including senior leadership, to support clear and timely communication.
Strong execution orientation and ability to lead cross-functional teams and external partners to timely decisions and follow-through.
Critical thinking and sound judgment, including making trade-offs, challenging assumptions, and asking provocative questions.
Comfort with ambiguity and ability to adapt and help others navigate complex situations.
Data-driven approach, strong attention to detail, and comfort using analytics and business intelligence tools.

Nice To Haves

MBA, particularly one providing strong financial and commercial grounding.
Product management experience and familiarity with the software development lifecycle and product team operations.
Hands-on financial modeling experience, including building or stress-testing investment and profitability models.

Responsibilities

Lead the annual capital planning cycle, including developing and evolving guidance and templates, running kick-off sessions, managing stakeholder reviews and funding decisions, and handling in-year funding requests.
Analyze product performance and profitability with Corporate Finance to inform recommendations on coverage levels, product sunsets, and the divestiture pipeline.
Own and maintain the master product list and portfolio taxonomy, ensuring accuracy, consistency, connected reporting and systems, and timely communication of changes.
Track business cases throughout investment and delivery lifecycles, ensuring decisions are informed, documented, and followed through.
Use AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesis, decision support, and portfolio reporting, and continually improve how the team applies AI.
Partner with Finance on capital allocation, profitability, and the financial analysis underlying portfolio decisions.
Provide insights to help direct resources to priority products and execute agreed strategies and plans.
Evaluate product roadmaps and translate complex product and financial information into clear insights for leadership and investor relations.
Align stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Strategy; influence portfolio trade-offs and ensure follow-through.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid work environment for office-based roles.
Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year.
Flexible vacation and supportive work-life policies.
Two company-wide Mental Health Days off and access to the Headspace app.
Retirement savings plan, including a 401(k) plan with company match in the United States.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee incentive programs and potential annual bonus based on enterprise and individual performance.
Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs in the United States.
Paid holidays, sick and safe paid time off, parental leave, and sabbatical leave.
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
Fitness reimbursement and access to an Employee Assistance Program.
Commuter benefits.
Adoption and surrogacy assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to participate in pro-bono consulting projects and ESG initiatives.
Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance, optional life and AD&D insurance, and group legal and identity theft protection benefits, paid fully by the employee.