Director, Applied Research – Corporates Tax & Trade

The Labs Tax & Corporates team is seeking an exceptional Director to lead our applied research and discovery work in the Corporates Tax & Trade product segment. The ONESOURCE suite provides a comprehensive set of direct tax, indirect tax and trade management solutions for corporations in retail, technology, pharma and many other industries. Thomson Reuters recently launched new AI capabilities in this space, including an AI assistant as well as a capability to classify goods & products. The successful candidate will work with the team to further push the envelope of AI in Corporates Tax & Trade, keep delivering solutions that solve customer problems today and discover the art of the possible for AI in Tax & Trade.

About the Role:

In this opportunity as an Applied Research Director for Corporates Tax & Trade you will:

· Lead:

· You will lead a high performing team of 20+ applied scientists and research engineers, setting clear expectations, modeling expected behaviors and actively coaching.

· You will be a proactive communicator who is excited to share their work and even more excited to highlight the accomplishments of their team.

· Deliver:

· With a sense of urgency and the desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, you will enable your team to solve complex business problems and build solutions with clearly defined outcomes.

· You will drive the end-to-end model development lifecycle partnering effectively with a collaborative cross-functional team.

· You will deliver novel features and experiences in the ONESOURCE AI Assistant and other AI product experiences in ONESOURCE

· Innovate:

o You will be empowered to try new approaches, learn new technologies, and take informed risks with good judgement. Furthermore, you will encourage and empower your team to do the same.

o You will foster innovative ideas to solve real-world challenges. You will help lead the way in growing the understanding and adoption of AI, NLP and IR across the enterprise. Key new initiatives include:

The ONESOURCE Intelligent Compliance vision which aims to combine end to end compliance capabilities with market leading content, expertise and AI to help customers plan ahead and make directional tax & trade compliance decisions

· Have oversight on multiple large projects and initiatives across multiple key TR product lines in Corporates Tax & Trade

· Work directly with leaders in product management, product marketing, engineering, editorial and UX to prioritize and deliver on key initiatives and continuously improve ways of working

· Manage the project portfolio, the budget and prioritize & allocate staff

· Confidently represent our work to customers and other external venues

· Coach & mentor team members and managers to function as a highly effective team

About You:

Basic qualifications:

· PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus a comparable level of experience

· 10+ years hands-on experience building AI / NLP systems for commercial applications in a cross functional setting

· 5+ years of management experience – coaching & developing high-performing teams

· Experience delivering minimum viable products in a large enterprise environment

· Experience with building and maintaining production ML systems on AWS

· You will work directly with customers as well as TR product and technology leaders to define and deliver on the Corporates Tax & Trade AI vision.

· Experience designing and implementing solutions with large language models, including RAG frameworks and agentic frameworks

· Outstanding communication and data-driven decision-making

Preferred qualifications:

· 8+ years of management experience – coaching & developing high-performing teams

· Experience innovating state-of-the-art research to solve applied, real-world problems.

· Publications at relevant venues such as ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, ICML, KDD or similar conferences and venues.

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What’s in it For You?

• 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, em