Director, Corporate Strategy

The Corporate Strategy Team works directly with our CEO, CFO, business unit Presidents and other senior leaders on a range of dynamic projects to support the long-term growth objectives of the company, including organic and inorganic M&A and divestments. The Director, Strategy leads delivery of strategy initiatives focused on the Legal segment, which is Thomson Reuters’ largest business segment.

The Director, Strategy will be a core member of the strategy team focused on the Legal Professionals segment. The role reports into the Strategy leader for Legal Professionals and will help to drive focus and prioritization for the business. This is a period of unprecedented change and opportunity driven by AI in the legal industry and in our markets. The role will be focused on supporting strategic growth projects for the Legal segment - many of which revolve around how AI is impacting our markets, customers, product roadmap and go to market strategy. The role holder will work closely with Legal segment leadership and partners in Product, Technology, Marketing and the leaders of our sales channels. They will manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, working with other members of the Corporate Strategy team to address key strategic questions and drive forward organic and inorganic opportunities.

About the Role

Day-to-Day Responsibilities as Director, Strategy:

Structures and leads cross-functional teams to deliver strategy projects and address key strategic questions facing the business, including organic growth strategy, options analysis and M&A origination and execution

Expected to play an individual delivery role in executing complex, large analytical and problem solving modules of projects

Able to take overall responsibility for projects, including thought leadership in problem solving and recommendations

Manages junior staff on projects and synthesizes team’s work to create deliverables and other outputs to document and communicate findings

Collaborates with and presents recommendations to senior-level stakeholders

Prepares strategy deliverables for senior audiences including C-Suite and the Board of Directors

Engages externally with customers and other legal industry participants to maintain a pulse on industry trends, customer needs and the competitive landscape

About You

Essential Skills and Experience for the role of Director, Strategy:

Undergraduate degree required and further relevant education preferred e.g. MBA

Strong knowledge of the Legal domain in which Thomson Reuters operates

Minimum 6 years of relevant experience working in strategy consulting or in-house strategy teams

Strong narrative and visual storytelling ability

Synthesis and simplification of complex ideas

Proven project management skills; the ability to manage multiple projects with competing demands

Proven experience working in large, complex, global organization with a successful track record of collaboratively working with colleagues across regions, markets and cultures

Significant experience of influencing and developing effective relationships with Executive Teams

Ability to move at pace, developing pragmatic options and solutions without “boiling the ocean”, and bringing stakeholders along on the journey

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 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: two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; 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: Eight 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.

DISCLAIMER

The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

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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.