Project Manager – Corporate Tax & Trade Product

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Thomson Reuters Corporate Tax & Trade Product Team creates trusted and innovative product experiences for the rapidly changing world of compliance. We are accelerating innovation across the entire portfolio, redefining the experiences and opportunities for businesses all over the world, and transforming compliance from an obligation to an advantage for C-suite executives. We are the trusted partner to corporations, helping them navigate the intersection of commerce and compliance.
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Role Overview

Are you eager to take the reins on projects that redefine industry standards and drive innovation? The Thomson Reuters’ Corporate Tax & Trade Product organization is on a quest to find a Project Manager who is not just looking for a job but a mission. We are looking for an individual with a unique blend of passion and grit who thrives on curiosity and relentless improvement while also embracing the challenge of managing cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions that push the boundaries of what is possible. Join us, and you'll play a pivotal role in crafting the future, transforming ideas into reality, and delivering excellence on a global scale. Together, we will set the bar for excellence, drive change, and make a tangible impact on our industry and beyond. If you are a customer-focused and self-motivated team player, let's shape the future together at Thomson Reuters.

As a Project Manager you will: 

• Partner with Product teams supporting the Corporate Tax & Trade portfolio to deliver successful project outcomes by creating, managing, and driving project deliverables.
• Define, document and actively manages smaller-scale projects with minimal supervision, working with cross-functional teams that may have differing priorities
• Identify, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project and takes action when needed
• Effectively manages project team conflicts, building collaborative partnerships with stakeholders across many business areas, and a commitment to make decisions
• Prepare and maintain project plans and track activities against the plan
• Implement effective communication plan and operating rhythm, including provision of regular and accurate reports.
• Manage change control gaining agreement for revisions from project stakeholders.
• Provide effective leadership to the project team ensuring members are motivated and developing their skills and experience. Identifies any problems with sponsorship
• Influence the work of others outside of direct authority to ensure project milestones and deliverables are met and drive transparent communications on status with key stakeholders across the business.
• Introduce industry best practices to streamline project management processes and drive team adoption.

About You:

To be successful in achieving these goals, you will:

• Thrive in a fast-paced, changing, and ambiguous environment with a desire to place the customer at the center in a drive toward successful delivery.
• Possess strong business acumen, preferably associated with Product Management practices including product delivery
• Independently and decisively drive critical projects while maintaining alignment and overall direction.
• Demonstrate the ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment focused on teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
• Demonstrate an ability to influence at all levels within the company across all functions and time zones with a team-oriented style.
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills with diverse audiences, demonstrating strong conflict resolution, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Learn quickly and immediately apply new knowledge.
• 3-5 years of project management or related experience with implementation of large-scale, cross-functional projects.
• Experience working successfully with virtual/global teams
• Experience in Agile project delivery framework a plus
• Project management certifications a plus

What’s in it for you?

At Thomson Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:
Hybrid Work Model: Currently, as part of our COVID-19 response, our employees are working remotely and following local COVID-19 bylaws and guidelines with the majority of our offices planning to remain remote throughout 2021. Upon return, we will embrace a hybrid work environment consisting of in-office and remote work.
Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; company-wide Mental Health Day Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
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.

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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