Head of Commercial & Corporate Engineering

Thomson Reuters is seeking a visionary, commercially astute, and enterprise-scale technology leader to serve as Head of Commercial & Corporate Engineering. This is a pivotal executive role at the center of Thomson Reuters' digital transformation, responsible for modernizing the global commercial and corporate technology ecosystem that powers our Digital, Go-to-Market, Customer Success, Finance, and Enterprise Operations.

This leader will shape the digital backbone of Thomson Reuters - simplifying and modernizing core platforms, reducing friction across the Lead-to-Cash lifecycle, enabling new AI-driven monetization models, and delivering seamless, consumer-grade experiences for customers and colleagues. Reporting directly to the CIO, this role is a critical succession platform and is expected to attract candidates with clear CIO succession potential.

The Head of Commercial & Corporate Engineering will lead a global engineering organization of more than 1,200 professionals responsible for the strategy, architecture, engineering, integration, operations, and modernization of Thomson Reuters' commercial and corporate platforms.

Historically, much of this capability was outsourced. Today, it is a strategic in-house function central to Thomson Reuters' long-term competitiveness. This leader will continue to build, elevate, and scale that capability, creating a world-class engineering organization that delivers resilient, secure, modern, and customer-centric technology solutions.

The role spans a complex and evolving enterprise platform landscape, including multiple Salesforce instances, ERP environments, CRM, CPQ, digital experience platforms, billing, commissions, provisioning, financial close, and reporting systems. A major focus will be simplifying and integrating the Lead-to-Cash ecosystem - from digital acquisition and lead management through order configuration, billing, provisioning, customer support, and finance.

The successful candidate will co-lead a multi-year enterprise modernization program expected to span five to seven years. While the transformation horizon is long-term, the business urgency is immediate. This leader must bring the resilience, judgment, and change leadership required to operate in an environment of technical debt, organizational complexity, and high stakeholder expectations.

This is a rare opportunity to reshape the commercial and corporate technology foundation of a global leader at the intersection of law, tax, news, compliance, and AI-enabled professional solutions.

• Define, own, and execute the strategic technology vision for the Commercial & Corporate Engineering function, aligning engineering priorities with Thomson Reuters' growth, customer experience, and enterprise modernization objectives.

• Lead global engineering teams that design, build, integrate, and operate business-critical systems supporting the full commercial lifecycle from Lead to Cash.

• Modernize, rationalize, and simplify a complex enterprise platform estate spanning CRM, CPQ, ERP, financial systems, billing, provisioning, digital experience, and customer engagement technologies.

• Enable new commercial and monetization models, including the evolution from traditional seat-based licensing to AI-driven, usage- and consumption-based pricing.

• Deliver consumer-grade billing, invoicing, payment, provisioning, and digital engagement capabilities that improve customer satisfaction and accelerate growth.

• Provide executive oversight for core enterprise systems, including Salesforce ecosystems, ERP platforms, CPQ, financial close and reporting, commissions, and related back-end systems.

• Co-lead a large-scale, multi-year modernization program, balancing long-term architecture transformation with immediate business priorities and measurable value delivery.

• Oversee architecture, engineering, DevOps, integration, release management, operations, and platform reliability across the commercial and corporate systems landscape.

• Drive platform simplification, cloud adoption, automation, AI enablement, disciplined engineering practices, and operational excellence at enterprise scale.

• Manage the CCE budget, investments, and operations, including annual expense and capital planning, business case development, investment prioritization, and value tracking.

• Cultivate executive-level relationships with strategic technology partners, vendors, and system integrators, ensuring partnerships accelerate modernization, innovation, and delivery.

• Partner closely with leaders across Commercial Excellence, Customer to Cash, Customer Support, Finance, Product, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics, and Operations to align enterprise systems with broader business and go-to-market strategy.

• Build and sustain a high-performing global engineering culture that attracts, develops, and retains exceptional technology talent.

• Strengthen succession planning, leadership development, and organizational capability across the function.

• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to the CIO, executive leadership team, and, as appropriate, Board-level stakeholders on major technology investments, risk, modernization, and digital transformation.

Location: this hybrid role will ideally be based in our New York office.

You are an enterprise-scale technology executive who combines strategic vision, engineering depth, commercial acumen, and exceptional leadership capability. You understand that modern commercial platforms are not simply back-office systems - they are growth engines that shape customer experience, revenue velocity, operational efficiency, and competitive advantage.

You have led complex, global engineering organizations through significant transformation. You know how to modernize legacy estates while keeping mission-critical systems stable, secure, and performant. You are equally comfortable discussing architecture, operating models, commercial outcomes, customer friction, investment trade-offs, and executive risk.

You bring a strong point of view on how modern platforms, cloud-native architectures, AI, automation, data ecosystems, and enterprise applications should come together to support scalable growth. You can challenge legacy thinking while remaining pragmatic about sequencing, adoption, change management, and delivery.

You thrive in large, matrixed, global organizations. You are a credible partner to commercial, finance, product, engineering, cybersecurity, data, and executive stakeholders. You can translate complex technical issues into clear business narratives that inspire confidence and action.

You are also a talent magnet. You build strong teams, develop future leaders, raise the bar on performance, and create inclusive cultures where accountability, innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence coexist.

Importantly, this role is designed for a leader with CIO succession potential. The successful candidate will demonstrate the enterprise orientation, executive presence, strategic judgment, business breadth, and leadership maturity required to be considered for broader technology leadership over time.

Enterprise Technology Leadership

• Proven experience as a senior technology, engineering, or IT executive in a complex, global organization.

• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-scale modernization across commercial technology, corporate platforms, ERP, CRM, CPQ, finance systems, billing, provisioning, and digital experience platforms.

• Experience leading large, globally distributed engineering organizations, ideally at significant scale and through multiple layers of leadership.

• Track record of transforming heavily outsourced or fragmented capabilities into strategic, high-performing in-house engineering organizations.

• Experience operating in a technology-led, data-intensive, subscription, SaaS, information services, professional services, or similarly complex digital business environment.

Commercial and Corporate Platform Expertise

• Deep understanding of the full Lead-to-Cash lifecycle, including lead management, CRM, CPQ, order management, billing, invoicing, payments, provisioning, commissions, customer support, finance, and reporting.

• Direct experience with Salesforce ecosystems and enterprise platforms such as SAP, S/4HANA, Conga, Eloqua, Adobe Experience Manager, or comparable technologies.

• Experience modernizing ERP and commercial systems to support business model evolution, ideally including recurring revenue, usage-based pricing, consumption models, AI-enabled products, or complex subscription offerings.

• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, DevOps, enterprise integration, API strategies, platform engineering, automation, AI/ML enablement, and data-driven operating models.

Transformation and Delivery at Scale

• Proven ability to lead multi-year transformation programs while delivering near-term business value.

• Strong discipline around architecture governance, delivery methodologies, value realization, change management, operational readiness, and measurable outcomes.

• Experience operating in environments with significant technical debt, complex stakeholder expectations, M&A history, portfolio reshaping, or business model transformation.

• Strong financial and business judgment, including budget ownership, capital planning, vendor strategy, investment prioritization, and business case development.

Executive Stakeholder Management

• Demonstrated ability to influence C-suite executives, business presidents, functional leaders, and Board-level audiences.

• Strength in engaging commercial and operational leaders to align technology decisions with revenue growth, customer experience, and enterprise performance.

• Ability to simplify complex technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives around strategy, risk, progress, and business impact.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field required.

• MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.

Driving Results

• Translates enterprise and commercial strategy into a prioritized, outcomes-driven technology roadmap.

• Uses a structured, data-informed approach to evaluate business impact, technical feasibility, risk, customer value, and return on investment.

• Builds operating models that define clear governance, architecture standards, delivery practices, and accountability across Digital, Go-to-Market, Finance, Corporate, and Core Technology platforms.

• Embeds value realization and change management early in program design, ensuring business adoption and measurable performance improvement are defined and tracked.

• Drives disciplined execution across large-scale modernization programs, holding teams accountable for scope, schedule, budget, system stability, and business outcomes.

Strategic Mindset

• Shapes the future commercial and corporate technology strategy for Thomson Reuters, anticipating shifts in customer expectations, digital business models, AI-enabled monetization, regulatory requirements, and enterprise architecture.

• Challenges legacy constraints and traditional operating models while bringing pragmatic judgment about sequencing, risk, and organizational readiness.

• Connects customer, market, technology, and macro trends to forward-looking platform investments and architectural decisions.

• Provides strategic clarity to the CIO and senior leadership on the business case, risk posture, and long-term value of major technology transformations.

Influencing Skills

• Serves as a trusted strategic advisor to the CIO and executive leadership team.

• Builds strong partnerships across Commercial Excellence, Customer to Cash, Customer Support, Finance, Product, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics, and Operations.

• Aligns cross-functional stakeholders behind shared priorities across the Lead-to-Cash and enterprise systems landscape.

• Establishes credibility with strategic technology partners and system integrators, shaping vendor strategy and ensuring external partnerships deliver measurable value.

• Navigates organizational complexity, competing priorities, and difficult trade-offs with transparency, sound judgment, and emotional intelligence.

Leadership

• Champions a clear and compelling vision for modern commercial and corporate engineering.

• Inspires senior technology and business leaders around a shared transformation agenda.

• Builds a high-performance, inclusive culture that empowers teams to take ownership, experiment responsibly, and deliver with discipline.

• Balances speed and innovation with resilience, cybersecurity, platform stability, and operational excellence.

• Attracts, develops, and retains world-class engineering talent while actively building leadership bench strength and succession depth.

• Demonstrates the enterprise breadth, executive maturity, commercial orientation, and strategic leadership expected of a future CIO successor.

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What's in it For You?

• 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.

• 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.

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.

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