Manager AI and Applied Research

Thomson Reuters•Frisco, TX

3d•$171,000 - $366,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Thomson Reuters Labs in Toronto is seeking scientists with a passion for solving problems using state-of-the-art information retrieval, natural language processing and generative AI, to lead a team of high performing ML scientists and research engineers. Thomson Reuters Labs experiments, builds, and delivers, supporting the organization and its customers through applied research in informational retrieval and natural language processing. The team works closely with product and domain experts to identify compelling solutions at the intersection of user need and technical feasibility. This team is responsible for designing the next generation of tax, accounting and audit compliance software for Tax Professionals and Corporates in the US, and across the global markets. They own AI innovation for Thomson Reuters’ core tax products, including UltraTax, Cloud Audit Suit, SurePrep and ONESOURCE, and work with the latest LLM prompting and agentic AI approaches to build cutting edge products.

Requirements

PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus a comparable level of experience
8+ years hands-on experience building IR / NLP systems for commercial applications
Strong experience in GenAI/Rag/LLM
Prior management experience – coaching & developing high-performing teams
Strong track record of delivering AI solutions at scale in enterprise environments.
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and align AI initiatives with business goals
Experience delivering minimum viable products in a large enterprise environment
Demonstrable experience translating complex problems into successful AI applications
Experience writing production code and ensuring well-managed software delivery
Expertise in several of the following areas: robust Python development, MLOps, containerization, cloud infrastructure (AWS and Azure), advanced search and recommendation technology, orchestration of ML pipelines for real-time inference, microservices architecture, model monitoring and governance.
Outstanding communication, problem solving, and analysis skills

Nice To Haves

Experience innovating state-of-the-art research to solve real-world problems.
Experience designing and implementing solutions with large language models
Relevant publications at ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, KDD, or similar.
Advanced proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala

Responsibilities

Direct the efforts of a team of Applied Scientists and Research Engineers, ensuring a high-performance culture.
Nurture your team’s career development and manage performance expectations through servant leadership and active coaching.
Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of applied scientists.
Translate state-of-the-art AI research into scalable, production-ready solutions.
Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to define and execute the AI-driven product roadmap.
Oversee scaling of experiment and LLMOps platforms, balancing reusability and innovation.
Explore emerging technologies, foster experimentation, and share impact and ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

Flexible vacation
Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
Access to the Headspace app
Retirement savings
Tuition reimbursement
Employee incentive programs
Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
Competitive 401k plan with company match
Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off
Paid holidays
Parental leave
Sabbatical leave
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
Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan