Manager AI and Applied Research

Manager AI and Applied Research

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 teams 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

Youre a fit for the role of Manager Applied Research if your background includes:

• PhD in a relevant discipline or Masters 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 minimum viable 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

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Whats in it For You

• Hybrid Work Model: Weve 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 tomorrows 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.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal tax accounting compliance government and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data intelligence and solutions needed to make informed decisions and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice truth and transparency. Reuters part of Thomson Reuters is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

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