Job Description
At Thomson Reuters, our people are our most important asset. As a Director, HR Business Partner supporting our global Commercial Excellence and Marketing organizations, you will serve as a senior advisor to executive leaders, shaping and driving the people strategy in direct alignment with business priorities and enterprise transformation.
This role sits at the center of the GTM transformation. Commercial Excellence and Marketing are critical levers in how Thomson Reuters drives revenue growth, strengthens customer engagement, and scales globally. The work is complex and highly visible, requiring close partnership with senior leaders to evolve operating models, build new capabilities, and enable more integrated, data-driven ways of working across regions and functions.
The pace is high and the environment is dynamic. Priorities will shift as the business evolves, and success in this role requires strong judgment, adaptability, and the ability to balance near-term execution with long-term strategy. You will be expected to lead through ambiguity, navigate competing demands, and bring clarity and structure to complex organizational challenges.
As a core member of the leadership teams you support, you will provide insight-led counsel, shape critical talent and organizational decisions, and ensure the organization is equipped to deliver against its growth ambitions in an increasingly digital and AI-enabled landscape.
About the Role
In this opportunity as Director, HRBP - CE & Marketing, your responsibilities will be:
Strategic Business Partnership
Act as a trusted advisor to global Commercial Excellence and Marketing leadership team, providing clear, data-informed perspective on organizational health, performance, and risk
Participate as an active member of leadership forums, shaping business decisions and ensuring people considerations are embedded in strategyLead the development and execution of the people strategy, aligned to business goals and the broader enterprise transformation
Partner with leaders to evolve how work gets done, including team structures, decision rights, and cross-functional alignment across regions
Provide pragmatic guidance on risk, governance, and employee-related matters in a complex global environment
Transformation and Capability Build
Partner closely with Commercial Excellence and Marketing leaders to strengthen the organizational foundations that enable go-to-market success, including organizational design, stakeholder management and cross-functional alignment Help define and build the capabilities required to support a more integrated, insight-driven commercial model, including roles, skills, and ways of working
Support leaders in translating strategy into organizational design and talent implications, ensuring alignment between business ambition and workforce capability
Bring an external perspective on best practices in commercial and marketing organizations to inform decisions and accelerate progress
AI Enablement and Future of Work
Embed AI and digital capability considerations into workforce and talent strategy, ensuring teams are positioned to leverage new tools and ways of working
Partner with leaders to prioritize reskilling and upskilling efforts to keep pace with business and technology change
Use data and analytics to provide forward-looking insights that inform workforce planning and decision-making
Talent, Skills and Workforce Planning
Lead workforce planning efforts across global Commercial Excellence and Marketing organizations, balancing current needs with future capability requirements
Drive a more skills-based approach to talent decisions, including hiring, development, and internal mobility
Partner with Talent teams to build strong, diverse pipelines for critical roles and leadership positions
Identify opportunities to move talent across functions and geographies to strengthen organizational effectiveness
Provide leaders with clear, actionable talent insights to inform investment, prioritization, and risk mitigation
Organizational Design and Change
Lead organizational design efforts tied to transformation, including operating model evolution and changes to team structures
Advise leaders on spans and layers, role clarity, and how to simplify and scale the organization effectively
Support large-scale change initiatives, ensuring alignment, clear communication, and strong adoption across global teams
Partner across HR to deliver coordinated solutions that support the broader transformation agenda
Performance, Engagement and Culture
Drive execution of core HR processes including performance management, compensation planning, and talent reviews
Translate engagement data into focused, practical actions that improve team effectiveness and business outcomes
Partner with leaders to strengthen culture, particularly in a global environment where consistency and local nuance must be balanced
Champion inclusive leadership and ensure equity is embedded in hiring, promotion, and talent decisions
Support leaders in building high-performing, accountable teams with strong levels of trust and engagement
About You
You're a fit for the role of Director, HRBP - CE & Marketing if your background includes:
Extensive experience as an HR Business Partner supporting senior leaders in complex, global organizations
Strong track record of influencing executive stakeholders and shaping business-critical decisions
Deep experience in organizational design, transformation, and change leadership
Strong business acumen, with the ability to connect people strategy to revenue, growth, and operational outcomes
Experience using data and analytics to inform decisions and drive impact
Experience supporting commercial, GTM, or marketing organizations on a scale is preferred
Experience in technology-enabled or AI-driven environments is highly relevant
Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and high expectations
Key Capabilities
Strategic and commercial mindset with an understanding of how Commercial Excellence and Marketing drive growth
Ability to operate effectively in a global, matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
Strong judgment, with the ability to simplify complex issues and provide clear, actionable direction
Credibility and confidence to challenge senior leaders constructively
High degree of resilience, adaptability, and ownership in a fast-moving environment
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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.
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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