Director, Product Management (Litigation Drafting)

Summary:

Thomson Reuters leads at the intersection of content and technology with trusted data, workflow automation, and AI. TR has a bold vision to be the leader in AI-powered, content-driven technology, and the Director, Litigation Drafting will work closely with colleagues from Product, Compliance, Engineering, TR Labs, and Design teams who are already dedicated to delivering on this mission. Teams are working closely with customers to create an unmatched product experience in the market today. In this role, you will work with leaders and stakeholders from these teams in refining our product roadmap, while also playing a hands-on role in leading cross-functional distributed product teams through product discovery and delivery.

About the Team

CoCounsel is a trusted generative AI assistant for legal professionals, working alongside lawyers as a team member and completing legal tasks at high quality and superhuman speed. CoCounsel can help our customers deliver high-quality, differentiated legal services by getting them from discovery to analysis to work product faster. We are seeking an experienced and innovative Director of Product Management to lead the development of our cutting-edge generative AI drafting solution for litigators. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the product strategy, roadmap, and execution of AI-powered skills that revolutionize the way legal professionals create and manage litigation documents.

About the Role

Director, Litigation Drafting will:

• Develop and execute the product vision and strategy for our AI-driven litigation drafting solution.

• Partner closely with the team that manages the development of the CoCounsel Drafting solution and deliver litigation drafting skills into that product.

• Lead a cross-functional team of engineers, data scientists, UX designers, and legal experts to deliver a best-in-class product.

• Conduct in-depth market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities and trends in the legal tech industry.

• Gather and prioritize product requirements from stakeholders, including litigators, law firms, courts, and legal departments.

• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and user adoption.

• Collaborate with the sales and marketing teams to develop go-to-market strategies and product positioning.

• Manage the product backlog, prioritize features, and create detailed product specifications.

• Work closely with the engineering team to ensure timely and high-quality product delivery.

• Stay up to date with the latest developments in AI, machine learning, and natural language processing technologies.

• Present product updates and roadmaps to executive leadership and key stakeholders.

About You

To be successful in achieving these goals, you will be:

• Curious & Innovative, starting with an obsession for our customer's problems and needs and then working closely with customers, partners, and other Thomson Reuters colleagues to solve them in unique ways.

• Agile with a strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment to deliver solutions against strict timelines, unafraid of failure.

• An effective communicator who projects confidence and communicates concisely and clearly to management, peers, customers, and partners.

Foundational Skills

Successful Director candidates will exhibit mastery of the following skills:

• Problem-solving

• Leadership

• Design thinking

• Cross-functional collaboration

• Communication

• Effective execution

Preferred Qualifications

• Experienced Product Management professional 

• JD degree or strong legal background and understanding of litigation use cases developed through education and/or work experience required.

• Demonstrated understanding of prompt engineering and other strategies, such as content optimization and taxonomy utilization, for purposes of developing AI-driven skills or features preferred.

• Experience in developing SaaS products for enterprise customers, preferably in the legal tech industry.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into user-friendly features.

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Proven track record of successfully launching and scaling innovative products.

• 7+ years of Product Management or equivalent experience.

• Experience developing and delivering solutions that employ AI, ML, Gen AI, and related tech is required.

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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 through:

• 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

• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

• Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet 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.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a 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. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers 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. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: 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; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA; McLean, VA; Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $173,300 - $321,800. Eagan, MN; Ann Arbor, MI; Richmond, VA; Rochester, NY. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $149,700 - $277,900. Chicago, IL; Frisco, TX; Houston, TX; fully remote location. For these locations and any eligible US locations not otherwise noted, including for fully remote location if applicable, the base compensation range for this role is $157,500 - $292,500. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. 

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We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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