Sr Director, Applied Research

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** Want   is seeking an experienced applied scientist with strong product mindset to lead a high-performing team developing transformative solutions for tax, audit, and accounting professionals.
** About the Role
** This role has significant scope to influence product strategy and design the next generation of AI capabilities for Thomson Reuters’ flagship tax products. Influence product strategy with high value insights around usage, quality, and customer feedback, as well as deep technical knowledge and experience building successful AI/ML products

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AI/ML, substantial experience building language technology for commercial products, demonstrated success leading high-performing teams, and the soft skills to bridge both technical and business perspectives. PhD in Computer Science/ML or Master’s plus comparable experience

Demonstrable, hands-on experience building AI/ML systems for commercial applications

Demonstrable management experience – coaching & developing high-performing teams

Experience designing and implementing solutions with large language models Experience innovating state-of-the-art solutions to solve challenging real-world problems

Outstanding communication and analytical skills
* Preferred qualifications
* Experience building solutions for information retrieval in complex vertical domains (e.g., involving taxonomy induction, document understanding, agentic search, knowledge graphs, and/or neuro-symbolic approaches)

Experience with AI agent evaluation, language model training with verifiable rewards, and/or synthetic data generation.
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** 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.
* ** 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.
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*** 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.
** 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.
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** Our focus on a skills-first approach ensures you’ll have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
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