Director, Applied Research – Corporates Tax & Trade

Director, Applied Research – Corporates Tax & Trade

Are you passionate about driving innovation at the intersection of AI and tax technology? Do you want to lead a high-performing team to solve real-world challenges for some of the world’s largest corporations? Join us as Director, Applied Research for Corporates Tax & Trade and help shape the future of AI-powered solutions in the ONESOURCE suite such as ONESOURCE Global Trade and ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Determination.

As the Director of Applied Research for Corporates Tax & Trade, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our AI capabilities for global corporations in retail, technology, pharma, and beyond. You’ll guide a talented team to deliver customer-centric solutions today while exploring the art of the possible for tomorrow.

About the Role
In this opportunity as a Director, Applied Research – Corporates Tax & Trade, you will:

• Lead and coach a high-performing team of 20+ applied scientists and research engineers.

• Set clear expectations, model best practices, and foster a culture of innovation.

• Drive the end-to-end development of AI and ML solutions for the ONESOURCE suite.

• Collaborate with product management, engineering, editorial, and UX to help oversee multiple key initiatives across the Corporates Tax & Trade product portfolio and deliver impactful solutions.

• Manage project portfolio, budgets, and staff allocation to meet business goals.

• Represent the team’s work to customers and external audiences, championing achievements.

• Be an AI subject matter expert, stay on top of the latest developments in the field and drive a research roadmap to demonstrate the art of the possible and unlock hard AI problems that drive transformational customer value.

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About You
You’re a fit for the role of Director, Applied Research – Corporates Tax & Trade if you have the following required qualifications:

• PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus comparable experience.

• 10+ years of hands-on experience building AI/NLP systems for commercial applications.

• 5+ years of management experience leading and developing high-performing teams.

• Proven ability to deliver minimum viable products in a large enterprise environment.

• Experience building and maintaining production ML systems on AWS.

• Expertise designing and implementing solutions with large language models, including RAG and agentic frameworks.

• Outstanding communication skills and data-driven decision-making ability.

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Additional preferred qualifications include:

• 8+ years of management experience coaching and developing high-performing teams.

• Experience innovating state-of-the-art research to solve applied, real-world problems.

• Publications at relevant venues such as ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, SIGIR, ICML, KDD, or similar conferences.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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