Vice President, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering

About the Role

Thomson Reuters is investing in a modern Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering technology stack as a core capability across its Legal, Tax, Risk, News, and Corporates businesses. We are seeking a senior Technology Leader to define and drive the technical direction for how Infrastructure and Multi-Cloud platforms are built, governed, and scaled across the organization.

This role leads a global organization of Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering professionals responsible for delivering a broad portfolio of services across our cloud and co-location estate. You will build and grow a diverse global team of 150+ engineers, with end-to-end accountability for hiring, performance management, and talent development, while driving engineering excellence across service design, delivery, and operations.

You will also play a critical role in elevating technical standards across Thomson Reuters by coaching and mentoring Principal and Staff Engineers, strengthening architectural rigor, and ensuring the consistent delivery of production-grade systems at scale.

As Vice President, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering , you will report to the Head of Platform Engineering and join a high-performing, fast-paced Platform Engineering organization at the heart of Thomson Reuters’ technology strategy. You will own:

Platform & Tooling Integration

• Define and drive the technical direction for platform capabilities engineering across Thomson Reuters, including cloud infrastructure and evaluation platforms ensuring seamless integration with the broader platform estate
• Be an Infrastructure and Cloud platform evangelist — advocate to push the envelope on what is possible and translate vision into executable roadmaps
• Provide technical leadership and guidance for all Platform Engineering Infrastructure teams, setting standards and driving engineering quality across the organisation
• Own Cloud architecture, governance and partner on cloud transformation initiatives and hybrid identity strategy; ensure secure, scalable, and compliant cloud environments across multi-cloud estates
• Oversee compute server environments and lifecycle management; manage virtualization platforms (Hyper-V) including performance and capacity planning
• Provide technical leadership across enterprise networking (LAN/WAN, firewalls, VPNs, SD-WAN)
• Own storage, backup, and disaster recovery strategy and execution; define and manage RTO/RPO targets across platforms; lead DR planning, testing, and continuous improvement
• Maintain financial accountability for managing budget forecasts and actuals

Performance & Scalability

• Own the quality bar for security, scalability, and reliability of Platform Systems; define and enforce observability and performance standards for core product workloads operating at enterprise scale
• Define, publish, and evolve TR’s cloud-native engineering standards, including reference implementations; support adoption through office hours and direct engagement with product engineering teams
• Lead architecture reviews for core infrastructure systems entering the production estate, driving standards compliance and shaping the Platform Engineering portfolio ahead of demand
• Lead platform development and delivery across multiple cloud vendors (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI), ensuring consistent operational excellence across the estate
• Provide proactive technical guidance on engineering platforms and oversight to delivery teams — fostering DevSecOps, scalable microservices, and design patterns optimised for scale, stability, security, and operational efficiency
• Lead technical evaluations and build-vs-buy decisions for core infrastructure, evaluation platforms, and developer tooling

Collaboration & Leadership

• Collaborate with senior leadership to collectively define and own the vision for the set of capabilities and services, aligning to company strategy and evangelising throughout Thomson Reuters
• Collaborate with engineering leaders across Thomson Reuters to drive cohesion, standards, and best practices — fostering a strong culture of engineering excellence
• Partner with Product Engineering, Service Management, Security, InfoSec, Legal, Privacy, and Standards & Governance teams to ensure engineering practices are auditable, compliant, and production-ready
• Drive engineering productivity and developer experience initiatives, including Consumer Success engagements
• Represent Platform Engineering in M&A technical due diligence where cloud posture and modern engineering practices are in scope
• Support infrastructure integration for acquisitions, including migrations and network design; ensure alignment with enterprise standards as the environment scales
• Hold direct line management responsibilities for global teams — delivering performance reviews and defining annual department goals and metrics
• Represent Thomson Reuters externally at engineering, platform, and architecture forums to learn from and influence industry best practices

Infrastructure & Technology Areas in Scope

Engineering for the following capabilities is currently within scope of the role:

Infrastructure Platforms | Technology Capability Areas

Cloud Landing Zones: AWS Landing Zone, Azure Landing Zone, Google Cloud Landing Zone, Oracle Cloud Landing Zones, Enterprise Cloud Operations

Compute Services: AMS Cloud Provisioning, Azure Compute Services, Image Factory and Endpoint Management, Multi Cloud and Linux Platform, Operating Systems

Data Services: Database Enablement, Relational Database, Non-Relational Data Services, Database Operations

Storage Services: Cloud Storage, On-Prem Storage, Big Data

Network Services: Network Architecture, Cloud Network Services, Network Tools / Automation, Enterprise Network Services

Container Platform: Container Platform Management and Support

Mainframe: Mainframe Platform and Workflow Management

Location

This hybrid role can be based in any of the following hub locations: Eagan, MN; Frisco, TX or New York, NY.

About You

Your are a fit for the VP, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering role if you possess the following skills and experience:

• 15+ years of experience building and operating enterprise-scale systems, including 5+ years in Infrastructure and Cloud Engineering focused on production environments
• Deep technical credibility with hands-on experience in cloud and infrastructure, with the ability to lead architecture reviews, set standards, and drive engineering quality at scale
• Proven track record designing and operating multi-cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI), with strong understanding of the full cloud lifecycle from architecture through operations
• Strong expertise in cloud migrations, tenant and service integration, and applying security principles across complex environments
• Deep knowledge of enterprise networking (LAN/WAN, cloud networking) and high-availability system design
• Experience managing complex, multi-vendor infrastructure environments (e.g., Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper)
• Demonstrated success leading and scaling global engineering organizations, with the ability to translate complex challenges into production-ready outcomes
• Strong leadership capability in building, developing, and retaining high-performing teams
• Ability to operate effectively across all levels of the organization, engaging with senior leadership and cross-functional partners including Product, Security, Legal, and Procurement
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing technical standards and architectural decision records
• Proven ability to drive execution and deliver results in fast-paced, innovative environments

Nice to Have

• Graduate degree in Computer Engineering or a related field
• Prior experience leading infrastructure and Cloud engineering teams at large enterprise-scale organisations
• Experience running large projects or workstreams, including exposure to large-scale technology transformation programmes
• Experience in legal, tax, financial services, or other regulated information businesses

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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.

 

 

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. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $198,200 USD - $368,000 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.

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