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Director of Technology

Director of Technology

Thomson ReutersToronto, ON
18 days ago
Job description

Director of Technology

Do you have extensive experience in leading AI / ML engineering teams, working with complex datasets, and driving value through cutting-edge machine learning solutions? Are you passionate about leading a team to power AI / ML solutions, modernize desktop applications, and implement scalable data engineering for a world-class organization? If yes, come join our team at Thomson Reuters.

The Director of Technology will play a crucial role in architecting and crafting scalable software solutions, driving data excellence across the organization, and leading the modernization of desktop solutions to cloud technologies. This highly visible leader will collaborate with stakeholders and project managers to turn business goals into technical solutions while nurturing current commercial products.

About the Role

In this opportunity as Director of Technology, you will :

  • Lead a team of highly skilled AI / ML engineers and data scientists as a hands-on subject matter expert.
  • Establish the vision and direction of the team, working closely with business leaders and stakeholders.
  • Own end-to-end systems from infrastructure design to support scalability.
  • Define best AI / ML driven practices and AI lifecycle management.
  • Provide collaborative leadership to build AI models, own MLOps, and grow Data Engineering skills in the organization.
  • Coach and mentor the product engineering team in building scalable data and machine learning solutions.
  • Oversee model training and optimization.
  • Influence product roadmaps to accelerate growth while modernizing desktop solutions to cloud.
  • Own and drive designated engineering processes and participate in regular service management review meetings.
  • Lead performance management and reporting functions, ensuring all staff are aware of performance targets and achievements

About You

You're a fit for the role of Director of Technology if your background includes :

  • 10+ years of experience working with complex datasets and AI / ML technologies.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing elegant machine learning models at internet scale.
  • 3+ years experience leading AI / ML teams, with up-to-date knowledge of AI / ML technologies and trends.
  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field; Master's / PhD a plus.
  • Strong background in software engineering and full-stack SaaS product development.
  • Proven experience owning desktop solutions for modernization into web and cloud technologies.
  • Experience delivering scalable solutions on Azure Virtual Desktop.
  • Expertise with cutting-edge technologies such as transfer learning, unsupervised feature generation, meta-learning, generative text models, or reinforcement learning.
  • Proficiency in software engineering processes to implement solutions in production.
  • Experience with modern databases, cloud environments, and data ecosystems.
  • Demonstrated leadership in defining and leading large-scale projects with multiple stakeholders and tight timelines.
  • Proven success in building and maintaining high-performance teams.
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Exceptional coding skills in relevant programming languages are critical.

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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.

    • 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.

    Accessibility

    As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex / gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

    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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