Lead Applied Scientist

PowerToFly

📍 toronto, on, Canada

Full-time Other Posted May 28, 2026

Job Description

Responsibilities

As a Lead Applied Scientist, you will define research strategy and lead high‑impact initiatives that shape Thomson Reuters' AI/ML roadmap across multiple product features. You will drive innovation in specialized domains such as legal reasoning, document understanding, or knowledge graphs, establishing best practices and technical vision. You will provide thought leadership internally and externally, mentoring scientists across Labs and leading stakeholder engagement. You will develop a deep understanding of customer problems and the data that informs them.

Qualifications

  • PhD or Master's degree with equivalent industry experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field
  • 7+ years of hands‑on experience building production IR, NLP, ML, or GenAI systems leveraging modern techniques
  • Demonstrated experience leading others in cross‑functional teams to deliver end‑to‑end AI capa...