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Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc Director, Applied Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Are you excited about working at the forefront of applied research in an industry setting? Thomson Reuters Labsis seeking a Director of Applied Research with a passion forproduct developmentand thedesire to build high-value, state-of-the-artinformation systems for legal professionals.
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 designing next generation search technology for Legal and Tax Professionals globally. We drive AI innovation for Thomson Reuters' core research products, including Westlaw, Practical Law, and Checkpoint.
About the Role
This leadership role has significant scope to influence product strategy and design the next generation of AI capabilities for Thomson Reuters' flagship legal research products. In this role, you will:
Design and develop AI features that reimagine the way legal research is done.
Inner source and scale solutions developed in Labs across the enterprise.
Inform the business and Labs leadership on long term AI strategy and partnerships.
Influence product strategy with high value insights around usage, quality, and feedback.
Oversee model governance activities and provide effective challenge.
Continuously improve ways of working with cross-functional teams including Product, UX, and Engineering.
Engage in concept development and design workshops with deep domain experts.
Inspire a team of highly intellectual individuals, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.
About You
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AI/ML, substantial experience building NLP applications for commercial products, demonstrated success leading high-performing teams, and the soft skills to bridge technical and business perspectives.
Minimum qualifications
PhD in a relevant discipline or Master's plus comparable experience
10+ years hands-on building IR / NLP systems for commercial applications
5+ years of management experience - coaching & developing high-performing teams
Experience designing and implementing solutions with large language models
Experience innovating state-of-the-art research to solve applied, real-world problems.
Outstanding communication and analytical skills
Preferred qualifications
Experience building solutions for legal research (case law retrieval, citation analysis, document review or drafting, e.g.)
Experience designing taxonomies or knowledge graphs for complex domains.
Relevant publications at ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, KDD, or similar.
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What's in it For You? You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
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
Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.