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We are seeking an Associate General Counsel - Government to join our General Counsel's Office. Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel - Customers and Commercial, this role presents an exciting opportunity to lead the commercial legal and compliance efforts for Thomson Reuters' Government business globally, with a primary focus on US federal, state, and municipal levels of government. The successful candidate will be a key advisor on specialized legal issues unique to contracting with the government sector, managing risk while enabling business growth.

In this opportunity as Associate General Counsel - Government, you will:

• Manage the commercial legal and compliance risk of the Government business globally, with a primary focus on US federal, state, and municipal levels of government.
• Manage the commercial legal support for government contracting, including supporting various contracting vehicles, complex partnership arrangements, and negotiating complex compliance terms (e.g., FedRamp, Accessibility).
• Provide expert legal counsel on product development for the Government business, addressing specialized data privacy requirements, sales practices issues, and accessibility requirements.
• Serve as the leading expert in unique issues associated with sales contracts involving US government counterparties.
• Manage partnership and alliance relationships associated with government contracting.
• Lead and develop an expert team of legal professionals, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.
• Work seamlessly across the General Counsel's Office to ensure consistent and effective legal support.
• Provide strategic advice to senior leadership on government-related legal matters and business opportunities.
• Lead the legal efforts for Thomson Reuters' Government business globally, with a primary focus on US federal, state, and municipal levels of government.
• Stay abreast of legislative and regulatory changes affecting the government business and advise on their impact.

Location

This position will be based in one of our US offices, preferably McLean, Virginia; Washington, D.C; Minneapolis; Dallas or New York.

About You

You're a fit for the role of Associate General Counsel - Government if you have:

• A Juris Doctor; admitted to practice law in the United States and in good standing.
• 10+ years of experience in a large law firm and/or corporate setting, with significant exposure to government contracting and related legal issues.
• Deep understanding of US federal, state, and municipal government procurement laws and regulations.
• Extensive experience in drafting, negotiating, and managing complex government contracts.
• Experience negotiating complex commercial partnerships where the government is the end-user.
• Familiarity with various contracting vehicles including cooperative agreements, RFPs, GSA Schedules, and Fedlink orders.
• Excellent technical legal knowledge in government contract and commercial law, particularly with SaaS products and solutions, including Gen AI products and solutions.
• Strong knowledge of data privacy laws, accessibility requirements, and compliance issues specific to the government sector.
• Proven people leadership skills and a track record of managing and developing high-performing legal teams.
• Sound judgement and consistently demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.
• Exceptional advisory and influence skills, with the ability to communicate complex legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives.
• Experience in product development and technology transactions within the government sector.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Experience with public sector sales and marketing practices a plus.
• US citizenship or US residency.

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What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

• 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

• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters cafe networking.

• Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet 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 location(s) for this role include one or more of the following metro locations: Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $206,400 - $383,200. The base compensation range in other locations may vary. 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.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we've been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world's most global news services - Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

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 that celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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.

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As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our 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/Affirmative Action 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.

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As a global business we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in 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 country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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