Thomson Reuters · 4 hours ago
Manager AI and Applied Research
Ann Arbor, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$171K/yr - $318K/yr
8+ years expThomson Reuters is a global leader in providing trusted content and technology for professionals across various sectors. They are seeking a Manager for Applied Research to lead a team in developing AI-driven solutions and innovating state-of-the-art technology in the field of information retrieval and natural language processing.
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Responsibilities
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 through servant 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
Qualification
Required
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 of delivering AI solutions at scale in enterprise environments
Ability to influence 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
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
Benefits
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.
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions.
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.
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.
Comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match.
Paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws.
Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee;
Optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee;
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts;
Fitness reimbursement;
Access to Employee Assistance Program;
Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee;
Access to 529 Plan;
Commuter benefits;
Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance;
Tuition Reimbursement;
Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Company
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters delivers critical information from the financial, legal, accounting, intellectual property, science, and media markets.
10001+ employees
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President and CEO
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Chief Financial Officer
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