Senior Product Manager – U.S. Elections, Reuters

Thomson Reuters • United States of America, NY

1d • $181,400 - $337,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Reuters is seeking a highly-skilled, U.S. Election Expert to join our dynamic team ahead of the 2026 elections. As an Election Expert, you will play a crucial role in the understanding, processing and ingestion of election results from across the U.S. Applicants should have experience working on prior elections and understand the details of how elections work in the United States. Candidate should have a strong grasp of voting processes, collecting and publishing vote count, as well as familiarity with data feeds, delivery and file formats: XML, JSON, APIs and other current technologies. This position does not include news reporting on or a detailed knowledge of politics, but candidate should be familiar with key election concepts such as “swing states,” “opinion polling,” “voting patterns,” “expected vote,” the importance of vote types such as, “absentee, early-vote, mail-in” within a county or state. Successful candidates should be willing to dig in and do the work, not simply manage the work. They should work well under pressure and be able to meet hard deadlines. Candidate should be comfortable working across teams, including technical development, product designers, senior managers and editorial. The successful candidate has significant growth potential to expand into coverage of countries outside the U.S. and build an elections team. If you are passionate about American democracy, the electoral process and creating a modern vote count strategy, we invite you to join us on our exciting journey! At Reuters, our Trust Principles of integrity, independence, and unbiased reporting are integral to the core of our business. About the Role As a Senior Product Manager, US Elections , you will: Research voting processes in individual counties and all 50 states and turn those into actionable requirements for processing the Vote Count. Must learn and understand the differences in how each state and county report votes on election night. Turn customer requirements into actionable application development and be familiar with requirement-gathering tools, JIRA or similar. Assist our engineers in understanding the details around the electoral process. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement automated solutions for the ingestion of vote count. Work closely with editorial to build best-in-class graphics for vote count display. Design and/or provide input into testing and simulation procedures. Track project milestones against hard deadlines. Potential to manage 1-4 direct reports

Requirements

• 7+ years of product management experience.
• Hybrid role based in New York or Washington D.C. Fully remote will be considered for the right candidate with monthly or quarterly travel.
• Minimum B.S. or B.A. in related fields
• Championship-winning mindset: We’re here to build something incredible - and we do what it takes to achieve this.
• Tenacious: We’re willing to do hard, unglamorous tasks and stick through tough times.
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Responsibilities

• Research voting processes in individual counties and all 50 states and turn those into actionable requirements for processing the Vote Count.
• Must learn and understand the differences in how each state and county report votes on election night.
• Turn customer requirements into actionable application development and be familiar with requirement-gathering tools, JIRA or similar.
• Assist our engineers in understanding the details around the electoral process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement automated solutions for the ingestion of vote count.
• Work closely with editorial to build best-in-class graphics for vote count display.
• Design and/or provide input into testing and simulation procedures.
• Track project milestones against hard deadlines.
• Potential to manage 1-4 direct reports

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees