Product Counsel Product Counsel
Job Description
Product Counsel
Role Summary
We are seeking a Product Counsel to join our General Counsel’s Office. This role is a great opportunity to support Thomson Reuters’ Product, Technology and Marketing teams and provide legal counsel on a broad range of issues related to Thomson Reuters’ product and services. The role will allow for the opportunity to assist on a variety of strategic initiatives involving new product and feature development, launching new marketing campaigns and the impact of new areas of law. The position will be based either in our Canadian office in Toronto or in our US Offices in Minneapolis, Dallas or New York.
About The Role
In this opportunity as Product Counsel, you will:
Advise key partners across Thomson Reuters’ Product, Technology and Marketing teams on all aspects of the product-lifecycle from inception to the launch of new products, features and functionality across Thomson Reuters’ suite of products and services, including identifying legal and business reputation risks.
Review and advise on marketing campaigns and product and sales communication strategies, including reviewing marketing assets and updates across Thomson Reuters’ digital properties.
Establish and implement compliance best practices by keeping up-to-date on applicable artificial intelligence, consumer protection, advertising and intellectual property laws and regulations.
Provide guidance on product partnerships and integrations in connection with strategic partnership and co-development arrangements.
Develop and maintain training materials and other legal resources for use by your business partners.
About You
You’re a fit for the role of Product Counsel, if you have:
Law degree (or equivalent/conversion) and current practicing lawyer (current bar admission/practicing certificate).
Experience in a technical discipline a plus.
3+ years’ experience in a large firm and/or corporate setting specializing in providing counsel on product matters, consumer protection and/or technology transactions.
Familiarity with global advertising laws and regulations, artificial intelligence regulations, intellectual property law and consumer protection laws.
Collaborative by being a trusted partner who can help the Product, Technology and Marketing teams appropriately balance risk and make decisions that promote the long-term interests of Thomson Reuters.
Process-oriented by being able to build and scale internal processes, documentation, and systems.
Initiative and creativity in seeking solutions to problems.
Ability to work effectively as part of a diverse team.
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 (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
Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, 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: Ten 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.
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 location(s) for this role include one or more of the following metro locations: Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $132,400 - $246,000. The location(s) for this role include one or more of the following states: CA, CO, CT, IL, NV, TX, WA and/or remote. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $120,400 - $223,600. The location(s) for this role include one or more of the following states: KS, MI, MN, NY, VA. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $114,400 - $212,400. The base compensation range in other locations may vary. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance. 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.
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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