Are you excited about working at the forefront of applied research in an industry setting? Thomson Reuters in Zug is seeking a hands-on people manager to lead a team of high performing applied scientists, with a passion for solving problems using state-of-the-art Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning.
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, natural language processing and machine learning. 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 research technology for Legal and Tax Professionals in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. We own AI innovation for Thomson Reuters’ core research products.
The Labs Legal Technology team is seeking an exceptional manager to lead a cross-functional team with significant product scope. This team is responsible for designing, developing, and delivering AI capabilities to Thomson Reuters' Legal Technology product portfolio focusing on contract drafting and review. As a manager on this team, you will directly influence AI strategy and the feature roadmap through ideation and rapid prototyping in close collaboration with Product and Design counterparts. In addition to research and prototyping, this team also writes functional, scalable, and reliable software that runs in our products. The combined scope requires a highly efficient, agile approach to both research and development. Strong experimental design and evaluation are also essential given the complexity of the domain and the high stakes nature of the work our customers rely on our technology to perform.
About the role
As Manager, Applied Research you will:
Lead: You will build a high performing team through servant leadership by 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 translate complex business problems into solutions with clearly defined outcomes. You will drive the end-to-end model development lifecycle partnering effectively with a collaborative cross-functional team.
Innovate: You will be empowered to try new approaches, learn new technologies, and take informed risks with good judgement. You will foster innovative ideas to solve real-world challenges.
About you
You are a fit for the role of Manager, Applied Research if you have:
1. PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus a comparable level of experience
2. At least 5 years practical, relevant experience building NLP / IR / ML systems, from ideation to production
3. The willingness and ability to write clean, production-ready code (in python, mostly)
4. Experience coaching and developing a team
5. Demonstrable experience translating complex business problems into solutions with clearly defined scope and executing on that vision with demonstrated success
Preferred qualifications
1. At least 8 years practical experience building IR, ML or NLP systems.
2. Experience innovating with state-of-the-art research to solve applied, real-world problems successfully
3. Outstanding communication and data-driven decision-making
4. Experience delivering minimum viable products in a large enterprise environment
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.
* Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role).
* Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible vacation; work from another location for up to 8 weeks in a year; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs.
* Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion.
* Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company.
* Social Impact: Employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law.
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