What does Thomson Reuters Labs do? We experiment, we build, we deliver. We support the organization and our customers through applied research and development of new products and technologies. TR Labs innovates collaboratively across our core segments in Legal, Tax & Accounting, Government, and Reuters News. We undertake a diverse portfolio of projects today, while investing in long term research for the future.
As a Project Manager in Thomson Reuters Labs, you will be part of a global interdisciplinary team of experts. We hire specialists across a variety of AI research areas, as well as Engineering and Design, to drive the company’s digital transformation and innovation.
We are looking for a motivated and self-driven Project Manager to join our growing team of scientists, designers and engineers. You will be part of a team that builds ground-breaking solutions and makes significant advancements to products across Thomson Reuters that empower our customers with critical information and inform the way forward.
About the Role:
In this opportunity as Project Manager you will:
Manage a strategic portfolio for the business, lead projects and leverage agile frameworks to accelerate project delivery and deliver on our growth objectives
Coach cross-functional teams to adopt an agile mindset and implement agile practices in their day-to-day work, focusing on accelerating and launching new projects and initiatives on-time, on-budget
Develop and monitor metrics to track the progress of Labs projects
Promote self-organization, team culture, and continuous improvement within Labs
Accelerate project management and execution with an agile model
Champion Labs’ “Ways of Working” to ensure project teams complete and have required documentation and support
Support the PMO, as needed, with project management administrative tasks such as analysis and reporting of project metrics, backlog/financial forecast, milestone reporting, resource forecasting, status, and other administrative tasks as assigned by manager
Be a catalyst for change within Labs and across Thomson Reuters
Critical Competencies for Success:
Customer focus and value delivery are at the core of everything you do
Demonstrated ability to empathize with customers, colleagues, and leaders to deliver information appropriate for their context and need
Be a strong collaborator, great teammate, and individual contributor
Strong execution mindset and flexibility to manage different projects as a portfolio.
Strong focus on delivery and business impact
Bring your strong analytical and quantitative skills to the table
Be savvy, adept, and appropriate in a complex structure involving corporate-level relationships, multi-division / business unit involvement, and matrix reporting
Be results-oriented with strong time management and organizational skills with a drive to succeed
Can think both strategically and tactically with strong emotional intelligence, excellent social skills, and the ability to act judiciously and compassionately
Be passionate and have a strong aptitude for developing people, by bringing high energy and passionate outlook to the job to positively influence those around you
Create a sense of trust and rapport that creates an appropriate and effective workplace
Entrepreneurial approach, innovative, passionate, self-starter. Persistence despite obstacles or setbacks, comfort with ambiguity
Flexibility in adjusting to new, different, and rapidly changing business requirements and decisions
Willingness and ability to challenge status quo
About You
You’re a fit for the role of Project Manager if you have:
Bachelor’s degree, advanced degree or MBA preferred
PMP or AMP certification preferred or thorough knowledge and demonstrated execution of project management methodology including documentation
3-5 years’ experience in one or more of the following areas: project management, accounting, legal industry, or consulting
Experience with one or more of the following tools: Azure DevOps (ADO), JIRA, MS Project, MS PowerBI, Advanced Excel
Knowledge and/or experience in leading technology projects that were developed using the Agile methodology
Previous experience with projects that deploy new software solutions to the market
Ability to understand business needs/ requirements
Experience in Lean, Scrum, Kanban, or other lean and agile frameworks, function prioritization, MVP definition, iteration planning, version management, etc.
Change Management experience
Experience in creating and aligning dynamic and measurable goals of the organization with short cadence
Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
Demonstrated ability to influence at all levels within the company across all functions with a team-oriented style.
Experience working successfully with virtual/global teams, effectively adapting to local operating models and culture
Competency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other MS products
What's in it for you
At Thomson Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. In addition to rewarding and challenging work with exceptional colleagues, we offer the following benefits for your personal and professional growth:
Casual and diverse office environment where colleagues come from over 30 countries
Competitive salary
Flexibility and home-office opportunities
Two additional days off for voluntary jobs
Wellbeing scheme including private healthcare, pension, Multisport card and more
High standards of ethics in the workplace
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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 25,000 employees across more than 75 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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