Lead, Data and Model Ethics

Thomson Reuters
life insurance, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
United States, Michigan, Ann Arbor
6300 Interfirst Drive (Show on map)
Jun 02, 2025
Lead, Data and Model Ethics Thomson Reuters is transitioning to a content-driven technology company with over a century of experience curating and classifying data and supporting professionals in complex domains that move society forward. With some of the most comprehensive and richly enhanced legal, regulatory, news, and tax data in the world, Thomson Reuters is a leader in delivering technologies that inform the way forward. The AI Enablement team, part of the Data and Analytics function, is responsible for ensuring governance practices that support the company's leadership and delivery of world-class data and AI enabled solutions. TheData and Model Ethics Leadwill be a critical member of this team, supporting the enterprise with building and delivering ethical and trustworthy technology. The successful candidate will be responsible for the leadership, design and implementation of ethics best practices and ways of working, related to explain ability and fairness, across the enterprise. The focus will be to ensure our teams' use of data and development of models are using state of the art ethics enhancing tools and techniques. In the immediate the role will focus on topics such as fairness/bias, explain ability, privacy and accountability, and will evolve over time to address the pace of ethics trends and regulation. Working closely with our data and model stewardship and technology teams, the successful candidate will be a go-to resource for advising on ethical implementation and compliance best practices. About the Role: In this opportunity as Lead, Data and Model Ethics you will Partnering with our legal counsel, you will monitor and report on the latest developments in legislative and regulatory instruments as it pertains to key ethics principles around explain ability,fairness and other areas of ethics- global, with a focus on North American and European jurisdictions Partnering with our technology teams on the identification, development, and scaling of best practices, tools and techniques to comply and accelerate Thomson Reuters' leadership in ethical use of data and AI. This includes interpretability and explain ability approaches, as well as the detection and mitigation of biases in structured and unstructured data. Working closely with Data and Model Stewards and stakeholders as a specialist consultant on data and AI projects across the organization - advising on techniques and tool implementation, research, and latest developments around explain ability and fairness. Provide guidance around known explain ability/ fairness/performance trade-offs Ensure that data and AI ethics policies and guiding standards are inclusive of the requirements necessary to meet the growing demands within your area of expertise - drafting new policies where necessary Provide support and drive adoption of data and AI ethics and governance matters to colleagues across the organization - developing strategy and success metrics Contribute to the development of thought leadership and related educational resources both within the organization and externally Participate in data and AI governance policy and standard creation, management, and analyzing potential impacts of policy choices under consideration About You: You're a fit for the role of Lead, Data & Model Ethics, if your background includes: Strong familiarity with developments and trends in ethical data and trustworthy AI - e.g. EU, UN, and other major players Demonstrated understanding of data and model governance activities including oversight mechanisms, documentation, development processes Expert and rising leader within critical ethics domains and communities, specifically around explainability and fairness Knowledge of global data and AI privacy principles and regulations(experience working with GDPR/Canadian Privacy Act an advantage) Strong familiarity with data management, ModelOps and traditional software development life cycles - an asset You have deep technical knowledge and experience in data management, data governance, and/or data quality exploring, analyzing, profiling, manipulating data sets (e.g. Cloud, Data Lake, SQL, Python, Alteryx...) You are a solutions-oriented critical thinker with strong influencing and networking skills You demonstrate the ability to translate technical/business issues and requirements into actionable plans, and to deliver against those plans You have the capability to work autonomously and make independent decisions to meet deliverables with minimal oversight 4-6 years of academic or industry experience, ideally within the domains of data management and responsible AI Considered a strong asset - Masters degree or higher -higher education and certifications within the fields of data management, machine learning and AI, and/or technology ethics #LI-GK1 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 $116,900 - $217,100. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance. 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