Manager AI and Applied Research

Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc • Ann Arbor, MI • 5h ago

Are you excited about working at the forefront of applied research in an industry setting? 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.

What does Thomson Reuters Labs do? We experiment, we build, we deliver. We support the organization and our customers through applied research in informational retrieval and natural language processing. We work closely with product and domain experts to identify compelling solutions at the intersection of user need and technical feasibility. Our 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. We own AI innovation for Thomson Reuters' core tax products, including UltraTax, Cloud Audit Suit, SurePrep and ONESOURCE. We work with the latest LLM prompting and agentic AI approaches to build cutting edge products.

About the role In this opportunity as Manager, Applied Research you will:

Manage: 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 throughservant leadership and active coaching.

Lead and Inspire: Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of applied scientists

Drive Research to Production: Translate state-of-the-art AI research into scalable, production-ready solutions.

Shape Strategy: Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to define and execute the AI-driven product roadmap.

Ensure Operational Excellence: Oversee scaling of experiment and LLMOps platforms, balancing reusability and innovation

Champion Innovation: Explore emerging technologies, foster experimentation, and share impact and ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.

About you You're a fit for the role of Manager, Applied Research if your background includes:

Basic qualifications

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 ofdelivering AI solutions at scale in enterprise environments.

Ability toinfluence senior stakeholders and align AI initiatives with business goals

Experience delivering minimumviable 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

Preferred qualifications

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

Locations: Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: Eagan, MN, Toronto, New York City

Why Join Us?

Impact at Scale: Your work will power mission-critical products used by millions worldwide.

Innovation Culture: Autonomy to experiment with cutting-edge AI technologies.

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