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Thomson Reuters · 4 days ago

Senior Product Manager – U.S. Elections, Reuters

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$181K/yr - $337K/yr

7+ years exp

Thomson Reuters is seeking a highly-skilled U.S. Election Expert to join their team ahead of the 2026 elections. As a Senior Product Manager for U.S. Elections, you will research voting processes across the U.S., collaborate with cross-functional teams, and turn customer requirements into actionable application development.

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Hiring Manager

Cynthia Heisen

Responsibilities

Research voting processes in individual counties and all 50 states and turn those into actionable requirements for processing the Vote Count. Must learn and understand the differences in how each state and county report votes on election night

Turn customer requirements into actionable application development and be familiar with requirement-gathering tools, JIRA or similar. Assist our engineers in understanding the details around the electoral process

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement automated solutions for the ingestion of vote count

Work closely with editorial to build best-in-class graphics for vote count display

Design and/or provide input into testing and simulation procedures

Track project milestones against hard deadlines

Potential to manage 1-4 direct reports

Qualification

U.S. Election ExpertiseProduct ManagementRequirement GatheringData Feeds FamiliarityProject TrackingCross-Functional CollaborationTeam Management

Required

7+ years of product management experience

Experience working on prior elections and understanding the details of how elections work in the United States

Strong grasp of voting processes, collecting and publishing vote count

Familiarity with data feeds, delivery and file formats: XML, JSON, APIs and other current technologies

Familiarity with key election concepts such as 'swing states,' 'opinion polling,' 'voting patterns,' 'expected vote,' and the importance of vote types such as 'absentee, early-vote, mail-in' within a county or state

Willingness to dig in and do the work, not simply manage the work

Ability to work well under pressure and meet hard deadlines

Comfortable working across teams, including technical development, product designers, senior managers, and editorial

Ability to research voting processes in individual counties and all 50 states and turn those into actionable requirements for processing the Vote Count

Familiarity with requirement-gathering tools, JIRA or similar

Ability to assist engineers in understanding the details around the electoral process

Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement automated solutions for the ingestion of vote count

Ability to work closely with editorial to build best-in-class graphics for vote count display

Ability to design and/or provide input into testing and simulation procedures

Ability to track project milestones against hard deadlines

Potential to manage 1-4 direct reports

Preferred

Hybrid role based in New York or Washington D.C. Fully remote will be considered for the right candidate with monthly or quarterly travel

Minimum B.S. or B.A. in related fields

Championship-winning mindset: We're here to build something incredible - and we do what it takes to achieve this

Tenacious: We're willing to do hard, unglamorous tasks and stick through tough times

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. 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 tomorrow’s 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.

Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs

Competitive 401k plan with company match

Market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave

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

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Founded in 2008

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10001+ employees

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