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Partner Development Director

Director – Partner Developer – Legal Professionals Strategic Partnerships & Alliances 

 

The Partner Development Director will play a pivotal role in identifying, recruiting, and onboarding new strategic partners into the Thomson Reuters Legal Professionals ecosystem. This is a highly visible, individual contributor role that requires a blend of strategic thinking, relationship building, and execution excellence. This individual contributor position sits at the intersection of technology, legal expertise, and business development, offering you the opportunity to drive significant growth in our thriving partner network of world-class AI partners. 

 

About the Role

In this opportunity as a Partner Development Director, you will:

  • Strategic Partner Sourcing & Identification: Proactively research, identify, and evaluate potential technology, content, and service partners that align with Thomson Reuters' strategic objectives and address emerging market needs within the legal sector. 
  • End-to-End Partner Acquisition: Lead the partner acquisition lifecycle from initial outreach and qualification to compelling value proposition development, negotiation, and contract closure. 
  • Relationship Building: Cultivate strong, executive-level relationships with prospective partners, effectively communicating the mutual benefits of a partnership with Thomson Reuters. 
  • Onboarding & Handoff: Collaborate with internal teams (Partner Management, Product, Sales, Legal, Operations) to ensure a smooth and efficient onboarding process for new partners, setting them up for long-term success. 
  • Market Intelligence: Stay abreast of industry trends, competitive landscapes, and emerging technologies within the legal technology and broader professional services sectors to identify new partnership opportunities. 
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product management, sales, marketing, and legal teams to ensure partner solutions are aligned with our product roadmap, go-to-market strategies, and legal requirements. 
  • Pipeline Management: Develop and maintain a robust pipeline of prospective partners, managing evolving priorities and delivering on aggressive growth targets. 
  • Value Articulation: Craft compelling partnership value propositions tailored to different partner segments and business models 

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Partner Development Director if you have the following required qualifications:

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in partner development, business development, alliance management, or strategic sales roles, with a proven track record of sourcing, negotiating, and closing complex, strategic partnerships. 
  • Demonstrated experience in B2B SaaS, enterprise software, LegalTech, or professional services industries. 
  • Exceptional communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence and build rapport at all organizational levels, including executive leadership. 
  • Proven ability to work autonomously as an individual contributor, manage multiple priorities, and drive results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess market opportunities and partner fit. 
  • Bachelor's degree in business, Technology, or related field. 

Additional preferred qualifications include:

  • Deep understanding of the legal market, legal technology trends, and the ecosystem of solutions providers in the legal industry. 
  • Experience with complex partnerships and navigating international business dynamics. 
  • Existing network within the legal technology or legal professional community. 

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What’s in it For You?

  • 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 $154,000 - $286,000.

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.


This job posting will close 08/02/2025.

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.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here.

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