Senior Manager, Publishing Editorial | Product Research
Position Overview
Senior Manager, Publishing Editorial provides leadership, functional expertise, and operational oversight to support Thomson Reuters' AEM Primary Law content across all media. As part of the AEM Editorial Primary Law leadership team, this role leads the Manila Global Centre function, supports AI-enabled product and workflow initiatives, manages key vendor and stakeholder relationships, and helps drive team capability, accountability, and business performance.
In this opportunity as Senior Manager, Publishing Editorial, you will:
Lead the AEM Primary Law team in the Manila Global Centre, providing day-to-day leadership to support content, product, people, and business goals.
Plan and manage work activities, schedules, and workflows across Westlaw, Checkpoint, TimeBase Legislation, and Print products, ensuring content is current, accurate, and delivered in line with targets and customer requirements.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Editorial Management, Editorial Strategy, Product Marketing, Product Management, Print, Segment, and Technology Content Engineering to support content strategy and product development.
Build and manage strong relationships with internal stakeholders, vendors, official agencies, and other content partners across regions and time zones.
Drive continuous improvement through process optimization, workflow management, standardization, and AI-enabled ways of working.
Contribute to the development and implementation of new content, emerging technologies, business requirements, and AI-supported editorial workflows.
Manage budget responsibilities for the content set, including cost management, savings initiatives, and resource optimization.
Lead, coach, develop, and support team members through hiring, training, performance management, development planning, and employee engagement.
Oversee team performance, work allocation, and issue resolution, ensuring timely escalation and response to content, delivery, customer, and people-related matters.
Support achievement of delivery, acquisition, growth, SLA, print schedule, budget, and organizational alignment goals across AEM Primary Law.
About You
You're a fit for the role of Senior Manager, Publishing Editorial if your background includes:
Strong people leadership experience, ideally across diverse geographies and teams.
Strong emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and problem-solving skills.
8–10 years of experience managing legal editorial teams or similar teams focused on content management and development.
Demonstrated experience managing customer, vendor, and stakeholder relationships.
Proven ability to operationalize plans and deliver against content priorities and deadlines.
Strong analytical, planning, and budget management skills.
Experience working with global service vendors or BPO partners to support resource and cost optimization.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to set priorities, manage change, and lead teams through evolving business needs.
A legal qualification such as a Juris Doctor is preferred, or equivalent relevant experience.
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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.
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