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Manager AI and Applied Research

Frisco, TX · Hybrid

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Direct the efforts of a team of Applied Scientists and Research Engineers, ensuring a high-performance culture. Nurture your team's career development and manage performance expectations ...

Applied Science Platform Lead

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$200K - $240K/yr

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As the Applied Science Platform Lead , you'll lead the platform sub-team within Applied Science ... Manage and grow the team - run 1:1s and growth conversations, give direct and timely feedback ...

Manager AI and Applied Research

Ann Arbor, MI · Hybrid

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Direct the efforts of a team of Applied Scientists and Research Engineers, ensuring a high-performance culture. Nurture your team's career development and manage performance expectations ...

Manager AI and Applied Research

Eagan, MN · Hybrid

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Direct the efforts of a team of Applied Scientists and Research Engineers, ensuring a high-performance culture. Nurture your team's career development and manage performance expectations ...

Applied Science Manager, Stores-Ads Science

Seattle, WA · On-site

$43K - $59K/yr

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We are looking for an Applied Science Manager to lead our Ads Impact initiative. This team owns the science of understanding and optimizing how advertising creates value for shoppers and selling ...

Manager AI and Applied Research

Eagan, MN · On-site

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Thomson Reuters Labs in Toronto is seeking scientists with a passion for solving problems using ... Manage : Direct the efforts of a team of Applied Scientists and Research Engineers, ensuring a high ...

Manager AI and Applied Research

New York, NY · Hybrid

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Direct the efforts of a team of Applied Scientists and Research Engineers, ensuring a high-performance culture. Nurture your team's career development and manage performance expectations ...

Manager, Applied Research

Columbia, MD · On-site

$200K - $270K/yr

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Build, manage, and grow a team of ML engineers and applied scientists within the Advanced Product Development team. * Drive cross-functional alignment across the Applications & API and Platform teams.

Applied Science Manager, Healthcare AI

Seattle, WA · On-site

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The Healthcare AI organization in AWS is seeking an Applied Science Manager to lead science and data teams working on innovative AI-powered healthcare solutions. We are developing innovative products ...

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How much do manager applied science jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 13, 2026, the average yearly pay for manager applied science in the United States is $81,677.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $50,000.00 and $116,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Manager Applied Science vs Data Scientist?

AspectManager Applied ScienceData Scientist
Required CredentialsAdvanced degrees in science or engineering, leadership experienceDegree in statistics, computer science, or related field
Work EnvironmentLeads teams, manages projects, collaborates with cross-functional teamsAnalyzes data, builds models, provides insights
Employer & Industry UsageTech, manufacturing, biotech, research organizationsTech companies, finance, healthcare, consulting

The main difference is that a Manager Applied Science oversees scientific teams and projects, focusing on leadership and strategic direction, while a Data Scientist primarily analyzes data and develops models. Both roles require strong technical skills, but the Manager Applied Science emphasizes management and coordination within scientific contexts.

What is a Manager Applied Science?

A Manager Applied Science oversees teams that develop and implement scientific solutions to practical problems, often in technology, engineering, or research environments. They coordinate research activities, manage project timelines, and ensure the application of scientific methods, frequently requiring strong technical expertise and leadership skills.
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Manager AI and Applied Research

THOMSON REUTERS

Frisco, TX • Hybrid

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 3 days ago


Thomson Reuters rating

8.8

Company rating: 8.8 out of 10

Based on 20 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

40th of 491 rated business services


Job description

Are you excited about working at the forefront of applied research in an industry setting? Thomson Reuters Labs in Toronto is seeking scientists with a passion for solving problems using state-of-the-art information retrieval, natural language processing and generative AI, to lead a team of high performing ML scientists and research engineers.


What does Thomson Reuters Labs do? We experiment, we build, we deliver. We support the organization and our customers through applied research in informational retrieval and natural language processing. We work closely with product and domain experts to identify compelling solutions at the intersection of user need and technical feasibility. Our team is responsible for designing the next generation of tax, accounting and audit compliance software for Tax Professionals and Corporates in the US, and across the global markets. We own AI innovation for Thomson Reuters' core tax products, including UltraTax, Cloud Audit Suit, SurePrep and ONESOURCE. We work with the latest LLM prompting and agentic AI approaches to build cutting edge products.

About the role

In this opportunity as Manager, Applied Research you will:

  • Manage: Direct the efforts of a team of Applied Scientists and Research Engineers, ensuring a high-performance culture. Nurture your team's career development and manage performance expectations throughservant leadership and active coaching.

  • Lead and Inspire: Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of applied scientists

  • Drive Research to Production: Translate state-of-the-art AI research into scalable, production-ready solutions.

  • Shape Strategy: Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to define and execute the AI-driven product roadmap.

  • Ensure Operational Excellence: Oversee scaling of experiment and LLMOps platforms, balancing reusability and innovation

  • Champion Innovation: Explore emerging technologies, foster experimentation, and share impact and ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.

About you

You're a fit for the role of Manager, Applied Research if your background includes:

Basic qualifications

  • PhD in a relevant discipline or Master's plus a comparable level of experience

  • 8+ years hands-on experience building IR / NLP systems for commercial applications

  • Strong experience in GenAI/Rag/LLM

  • Prior management experience - coaching & developing high-performing teams

  • Strong track record ofdelivering AI solutions at scale in enterprise environments.

  • Ability toinfluence senior stakeholders and align AI initiatives with business goals

  • Experience delivering minimum viable products in a large enterprise environment

  • Demonstrable experience translating complex problems into successful AI applications

  • Experience writing production code and ensuring well-managed software delivery

  • Expertise in several of the following areas: robust Python development, MLOps, containerization, cloud infrastructure (AWS and Azure), advanced search and recommendation technology, orchestration of ML pipelines for real-time inference, microservices architecture, model monitoring and governance.

  • Outstanding communication, problem solving, and analysis skills

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience innovating state-of-the-art research to solve real-world problems.

  • Experience designing and implementing solutions with large language models

  • Relevant publications at ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, KDD, or similar.

  • Advanced proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala


Locations:
Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: Eagan, MN, Toronto, New York City

Why Join Us?

  • Impact at Scale: Your work will power mission-critical products used by millions worldwide.

  • Innovation Culture: Autonomy to experiment with cutting-edge AI technologies.

  • Career Growth: Opportunities to lead, publish, and shape the future of AI in a global enterprise.

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New Position: This position is open due to an existing vacancy to support our evolving business needs.

What's in it For You?

  • Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment 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.

Our use of AI within the recruitment process Thomson Reuters utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our global recruitment process. Unless you opt-out, our AI system will assess the information provided by you and compare it to the requirements listed for the role, and present the result to our recruitment personnel for further review. The AI system acts as a supporting tool, but there is always a human making the decision if you will be considered for the role.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 $197,000 USD - $366,000 USD. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $171,000 USD - $317,600 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.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business 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 Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

Thomson Reuters makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, including veterans with disabilities, and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. If you reside in the United States and require an accommodation in the recruiting process, you may contact our Human Resources Department atHR.Leave-Expert@thomsonreuters.com. Disability accommodations in the recruiting process may include things like a sign language interpreter, making interview rooms accessible, providing assistive technology, or other relevant accommodations. Please note this email is not intended for general recruitment questions and we will promptly respond to inquiries regarding accommodations. More information on requesting an accommodation here.

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