Summary:

We are seeking a Principal Technical Product Manager to define and lead the roadmap for scaling our AI-powered search capabilities globally. In this role, you will own the end-to-end strategy and execution for advanced search systems - enabling structured data retrieval and driving agentic workflows. You will architect and guide the design of next-generation retrieval features, ensuring scalability, performance, and innovation at every layer. Acting as a thought leader, you will collaborate closely with engineering and data teams to translate complex requirements into clear, actionable product plans that deliver transformative search experiences. This position demands deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and the ability to shape the future of intelligent search.

About the Role:

• Define and drive the vision, system design, and feature set for global AI-powered search capabilities, encompassing unified indexing, graph-based data retrieval, structured data retrieval, and agent-driven workflows.

• Devise business plans for budgetary approvals that enable next-generation search experiences, ensuring scalability, performance, and innovation.

• Lead technical strategy and architecture decisions, partnering with engineering and data teams to translate complex requirements into actionable plans.

• Drive innovation and differentiation across search propositions to meet the current and future needs of clients.

• Own product strategy and roadmap, making informed trade-offs on features and functionality for strategic initiatives.

• Evaluate build vs. buy opportunities for advanced search components and manage partnerships with third-party providers as needed.

• Support business teams with key presentations, strategy updates, and stakeholder communications.

• Manage execution and resource planning to ensure the successful delivery of roadmap priorities.

• Stay ahead of industry trends in AI, search technologies, and knowledge systems to inform product direction.

About You: Technical Expertise:

• Deep understanding of search technologies, information retrieval, and AI-driven systems.

• Hands-on experience with large-scale indexing, graph-based search, and structured data retrieval.

• Familiarity with modern AI/ML frameworks, LLMs, and agentic workflows.

Strategic Vision & Leadership:

• Proven ability to define and execute product strategies for complex technical domains.

• Skilled at balancing innovation with scalability and performance requirements.

• Comfortable making build vs. buy decisions and managing vendor relationships.

Product Management Excellence:

• Track record of owning end-to-end product lifecycle—from ideation to delivery.

• Strong prioritization skills to make informed trade-offs across competing initiatives.

• Experience in roadmap planning, resource allocation, and stakeholder alignment.

Collaboration & Communication:

• Exceptional ability to translate technical concepts into clear, actionable plans for diverse audiences.

• Adept at influencing cross-functional teams and driving consensus on architecture and design decisions.

• Skilled in preparing executive-level presentations and strategy updates.

Industry Awareness:

• Passion for staying ahead of trends in AI, search, and knowledge systems.

• Ability to identify emerging technologies and incorporate them into long-term product vision.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 years in technical product management or related roles, with at least 5 years focused on search or AI systems.

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• Experience working in global, enterprise-scale environments.

What’s in it For You?

• 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.

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; Mc Lean, VA; Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $181,400 USD - $337,000 USD.

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.
This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

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.

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. 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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