Director, Technology Partner Architecture Solutions – Legal

Thomson Reuters • Eagan, MN

3d • $157,500 - $292,500

About The Position

The Director, Partner Solutions Architect (PSA) for Legal leads the technical design of solutions combining Thomson Reuters legal content and technology with strategic partners’ platforms. The role establishes architecture standards for partner offerings and ensures solutions are properly scoped, secure, and ready to sell before customer commitments are made. It works across Product, Engineering, Sales, Partnerships, and Legal theater leaders to turn partner opportunities into adoptable customer solutions.

The director leads and develops a team of solutions architects, conducts technical due diligence on partners, and represents the technical perspective in discussions with partner executives. The position combines technical judgment, customer engagement, and accountability for partner commitments and solution performance.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in solutions architecture, software engineering, or technical consulting, including at least five years leading architecture for enterprise software or platform partnerships.
• Hands-on experience designing integrations with partner APIs, cloud platforms, and enterprise data systems.
• Experience designing AI- or machine-learning-enabled solutions, including retrieval, model integration, and evaluation approaches.
• Track record of translating technical designs into commercial offerings with Product, Sales, and Partnerships teams.
• Experience leading and developing a team of technical professionals, including setting goals, managing performance, and coaching.
• Strong knowledge of security, privacy, and compliance requirements for handling confidential client and legal information.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in legal technology, legal publishing, or professional services software.
• Presales experience.
• Familiarity with legal workflows such as legal research, contract review, litigation support, or legal operations.
• Experience with cloud and AI ecosystem partner programs, such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Anthropic.
• A law degree or equivalent legal industry experience, or an advanced degree in computer science or engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define reference architectures for partner-delivered legal solutions, including integration patterns, data flows, and security and privacy controls.
• Translate partner capabilities and legal-practice customer workflows into scoped, buildable solution designs.
• Review and approve technical designs for partner offerings before commitments are made to customers or Sales.
• Assess partner platforms, APIs, and AI models for technical fit, scalability, reliability, and compliance with legal industry requirements.
• Evaluate partner security, data residency, and model governance practices, and document risks requiring mitigation.
• Advise Partnerships on which technical capabilities warrant investment and which should be limited in scope.
• Lead technical discovery and solution workshops with prospective customers, including law firms and corporate legal departments.
• Design proofs of concept and pilots demonstrating partner-integrated offerings with early customers.
• Support Sales with technical positioning, objection handling, and solution proposals in complex deals.
• Work with Product to shape the partner roadmap, prioritize integration work, and resolve gaps between partner commitments and product capacity.
• Partner with Engineering on integration delivery, release readiness, and technical support models for partner solutions.
• Bring customer and partner feedback into product planning to improve solutions with each deployment.
• Establish technical success criteria and health metrics for each partner solution, and monitor them after launch.
• Lead technical reviews and escalation response when partner-delivered solutions fall short of commitments.
• Recommend whether partner solutions should be scaled, fixed, or retired based on technical performance and customer outcomes.
• Set goals and direction for the solutions architecture team, and manage performance and development for each team member.
• Build architecture standards, reusable reference assets, and a shared knowledge base across the Legal theater.
• Coach and mentor solutions architects, and develop the team's technical depth in AI, integration, and legal domain workflows.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year.
• Flexible vacation and paid time off.
• Two company-wide Mental Health Days off annually.
• Access to the Headspace app.
• Retirement savings plan, including a 401(k) plan with company match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee incentive programs and potential annual bonus based on enterprise and individual performance.
• Resources and programs supporting mental, physical, and financial wellbeing, including fitness reimbursement and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Paid holidays.
• Parental leave.
• Sabbatical leave.
• Two paid volunteer days off annually.
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
• Adoption and surrogacy assistance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Commuter benefits.
• Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance.
• Optional life and AD&D insurance.
• Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit.
• Access to a 529 Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed