Vice President, Product Engineering (TAAP)

Thomson Reuters•Eagan, MN

5d•$198,200 - $424,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Thomson Reuters is transforming the future of professional software. We are looking for a Vice President of Product Engineering to lead a strategically important organization within our Tax technology portfolio. This leader will have end-to-end engineering responsibility for our Tax and Compliance product lines while partnering closely with Product and other senior leaders to shape the next generation of AI-enabled platforms, workflow solutions, and customer experiences. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who wants to do more than run delivery. It is an opportunity to influence product strategy, envision new offerings, drive AI-led innovation, reimagine how we work, and build a world-class global engineering organization. This position is open to any of our hub locations across the US and CAN, including: Eagan MN, Frisco TX, Ann Arbor MI, New York NY, and Toronto ON. About the Role As Vice President of Product Engineering, Tax, Accounting, and Audit Professionals, you will: Lead engineering strategy, execution, and organizational performance for a globally used portfolio of tax and accounting products. Partner closely with Product leadership to shape roadmap, influence prioritization, and bring new ideas to market. Drive the portfolio's AI strategy, including practical applications of generative AI, intelligent automation, and agentic experiences. Lead major transformation initiatives including product convergence, platform modernization, API-led integration, and new product incubation. Build and inspire a high-performing global engineering team across India, the US, the UK, Canada, and Mexico. Establish strong operating rigor across delivery, architecture, quality, security, reliability, and engineering excellence. Serve as a senior technology voice with stakeholders across business, product, engineering, and customer-facing teams. Why this role is exciting: This is a rare opportunity to join at a pivotal moment and help shape what comes next. You will have the chance to: Influence product direction, not just engineering execution Build and scale AI-enabled products with real customer impact Envision new offerings for a large and evolving market Lead through a major portfolio transformation Operate with global scope and executive visibility What we're looking for: We're seeking a technology executive who brings strong engineering depth, product instincts, organizational leadership, and a track record of delivering business impact at scale. About You You are a fit for the role of Vice President of Product Engineering, Tax, Accounting, and Audit Professionals if you possess the following: Required experience: 15+ years in software engineering, including leading leaders (Directors/Sr. Directors) and scaling product engineering organizations Proven track record delivering mission-critical, customer-facing B2B SaaS products at scale (cloud and hybrid), with strong quality and availability expectations Demonstrated ability to partner with Product Management to set strategy, prioritize roadmaps, and deliver measurable customer and business outcomes Strong engineering fundamentals across architecture and platform modernization, cloud services, CI/CD, observability/SRE, secure SDLC, privacy, and scalable distributed systems Experience delivering AI-enabled product capabilities (e.g., generative AI, intelligent automation, recommendations) with an understanding of responsible AI, security, and governance in production environments Track record of building high-performing teams, strong leadership benches, and operating mechanisms across global, matrixed organizations; effective leading through change Executive presence with excellent communication, stakeholder management, and the ability to align senior leaders across product, engineering, and go-to-market Preferred experience: B2B SaaS or workflow software experience Exposure to tax, audit, accounting, or adjacent professional software domains Experience building new products in addition to scaling and modernizing existing ones You are: A visionary leader who can connect market opportunities, product possibilities, and technology strategy A strong partner to Product, able to influence direction and make great decisions together A builder of teams and leaders, known for raising standards and growing talent A transformational operator who can simplify complexity, accelerate execution, and deliver results Energized by the opportunity to create meaningful impact in a business serving professionals who rely on trusted, mission-critical software every day Join us: If you are excited to lead a major engineering organization, shape product strategy, and build the next generation of AI-powered tax workflow technology, we'd love to hear from you. At Thomson Reuters, you'll have the opportunity to help define the future of an important and evolving industry — with the scale, backing, and ambition to make it real.

Requirements

15+ years in software engineering, including leading leaders (Directors/Sr. Directors) and scaling product engineering organizations
Proven track record delivering mission-critical, customer-facing B2B SaaS products at scale (cloud and hybrid), with strong quality and availability expectations
Demonstrated ability to partner with Product Management to set strategy, prioritize roadmaps, and deliver measurable customer and business outcomes
Strong engineering fundamentals across architecture and platform modernization, cloud services, CI/CD, observability/SRE, secure SDLC, privacy, and scalable distributed systems
Experience delivering AI-enabled product capabilities (e.g., generative AI, intelligent automation, recommendations) with an understanding of responsible AI, security, and governance in production environments
Track record of building high-performing teams, strong leadership benches, and operating mechanisms across global, matrixed organizations; effective leading through change
Executive presence with excellent communication, stakeholder management, and the ability to align senior leaders across product, engineering, and go-to-market

Nice To Haves

B2B SaaS or workflow software experience
Exposure to tax, audit, accounting, or adjacent professional software domains
Experience building new products in addition to scaling and modernizing existing ones

Responsibilities

Lead engineering strategy, execution, and organizational performance for a globally used portfolio of tax and accounting products.
Partner closely with Product leadership to shape roadmap, influence prioritization, and bring new ideas to market.
Drive the portfolio's AI strategy, including practical applications of generative AI, intelligent automation, and agentic experiences.
Lead major transformation initiatives including product convergence, platform modernization, API-led integration, and new product incubation.
Build and inspire a high-performing global engineering team across India, the US, the UK, Canada, and Mexico.
Establish strong operating rigor across delivery, architecture, quality, security, reliability, and engineering excellence.
Serve as a senior technology voice with stakeholders across business, product, engineering, and customer-facing teams.

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.
market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match
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
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