Vice President, AI Platform Engineering

Thomson Reuters•Eagan, MN

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Thomson Reuters is investing in AI as a core capability across Legal, Tax, Risk, News, and Corporates. We are seeking a senior Technology Leader to define and drive the technical direction for how enterprise AI systems—including multi‑agent architectures, fine‑tuned models, and retrieval‑augmented solutions—are designed, governed, and scaled across the platform organization, while ensuring product engineering teams can safely and efficiently consume these capabilities. This role leads a global AI Platform Engineering organization responsible for delivering AI Engineering Services. Positioned within Platform Engineering, it operates in close partnership with AI Labs, Product Engineering, Information Security, Legal, and Procurement to establish production-grade AI platforms and standards. You will serve as the technical authority across three integrated domains: Enterprise AI Engineering Services, AI‑Native Developer Enablement, and AI Platform Integration—ensuring cohesive, secure, and scalable adoption of AI capabilities across Thomson Reuters. This includes leading a diverse global team of 35+ engineers and driving engineering rigor, platform standardization, and responsible AI practices. As Vice President, AI Platform Engineering, you will report to the Head of Platform Engineering and be a key member of a high-performing organization at the center of Thomson Reuters’ technology and AI strategy.

Requirements

15+ years building and operating software at enterprise scale, with at least 5 years in AI/ML engineering with a focus on production deployment.
Proven track record building and shipping multi-agent AI systems at enterprise scale.
Deep expertise in LLM fine-tuning techniques (DPO, RAG, multi-turn prompting).
Experience designing and implementing agentic AI architectures: tool-use, orchestration, reasoning, evaluation.
Strong background in MLOps and ML data infrastructure (Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, model serving, feature stores).
Working fluency across the current AI-developer-tooling landscape: coding agents, MCP, evaluation frameworks, prompt and eval observability.
Experience with cloud AI services across AWS (Bedrock, SageMaker), Azure, GCP, or OCI.
Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, HuggingFace, LangChain, AutoGen, vLLM).
Deep engineering credibility with hands-on AI engineering experience.
Familiarity with engineering productivity frameworks (DORA, SPACE, DX).
Comfort operating across CTO and CIO governance, product engineering leaders, security, legal, and procurement.
Strong written communication.
Demonstrated ability to lead research teams and translate academic work into production systems.
Track record of organizational leadership and scaling cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or related field.
Active academic researcher or open-source contributor in agentic AI, LLM customisation, or related areas.
Experience with conversational AI, document intelligence (LayoutLM-style models), or domain-specific dialogue systems.
Prior experience in leading teams of engineers, AI researchers, and product development teams to translate AI capabilities into real-world applications, owning large projects or workstreams.
Experience in legal, tax, financial services, or other regulated information businesses.
Experience defining and shipping data catalogues and workflows at scale (Port, Backstage, or comparable).

Responsibilities

Define, publish, and evolve TR’s AI‑native engineering standards, including reference implementations; support adoption through office hours and direct engagement with product engineering teams.
Partner with InfoSec, Legal, Privacy, and the AI Council to ensure AI engineering practices are auditable, compliant, and production ready.
Lead architecture reviews for AI systems entering the production estate, driving standards compliance and shaping the Platform Engineering portfolio ahead of demand.
Lead technical evaluations and build‑vs‑buy decisions for AI infrastructure, model serving, evaluation platforms, and developer tooling.
Represent Platform Engineering in M&A technical due diligence, where AI, cloud, and modern engineering posture are in scope.
Drive broader engineering productivity and developer experience initiatives where AI intersects with IDP, DORA, API‑first delivery, and Consumer Success engagements.
Coach and mentor principal and staff engineers across the organisation, raising the bar for how TR designs, evaluates, and delivers production-grade AI systems.
Own the publication of TR’s AI-native reference implementations and drive adoption across product engineering teams.
Represent Thomson Reuters externally at AI engineering, platform, and architecture forums to both learn from and influence industry best practices.
Lead and grow teams of AI engineers building the services and platforms that translate AI capabilities into real-world product applications.
Foster a culture of experimentation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
Own hiring, performance, and mentorship across the organization.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working environment
Flex My Way policies
Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
Grow My Way programming
Skills-first approach
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
Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance
Two paid volunteer days off annually
Opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives
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 (including two company mental health days off)
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