Director, Social Impact Institute and Esg

The **Director, Social Impact Institute and ESG**serves a key role in driving the societal change strategy and agenda for Thomson Reuters, a multi-billion-dollar global business information company dedicated to driving access to justice, truth and transparency. This role is a key contributor to the activation of the purpose of the company through the employee experience, society, and customer engagement in partnership with colleagues in communications, and marketing. You will build and operationalize philanthropic endeavors, global employee volunteerism and sustainability, including the company’s efforts to reduce its impact in line with science-based goals. You will lead cross-functional and cross-business unit teams to develop strategic initiatives and implement programs, actions, and tactics. You will also be responsible for overseeing the growth and professional development of team members.

**About the Role**
In this opportunity as a **Director, Social Impact Institute and ESG**, you will:

- Identify and implement joint initiatives to enhance the TR’s brand and reputation in the community and increase employee engagement
- Build and maintain key strategic external partnerships within the global nonprofit community
- Directs multiple key strategic projects and initiatives simultaneously including providing project management and strategic direction
- Participate and act as a strategic partner in multiple cross functional and BU teams in identifying, developing and implementing strategic initiatives
- Oversees a team of individuals, leading training, development, and recruitment within the function
- Works with team to create and implement community programs aligned to the Social Impact strategy and that resonate across the markets that we serve
- Leverages AI tools to streamline processes, and enhance problem solving
- Routinely interacts with senior executive leadership
- Maintains industry contacts and wide networking among professionals.
- Oversees global grant making program/policies and guides the full lifecycle of charitable contribution processing (vetting, documentation, approvals, payments, reporting)
- Helps create innovative programs to drive employee engagement around employee volunteering and giving
- Partner in development of TR-wide strategy on sustainability, establishing data-driven ESG goals, milestones, and metrics

**About You**
You're a fit for the role of **Director, Social Impact Institute and ESG** if your background includes:

- Bachelor’s degree, minimum of 8 years’ experience, with proven high-performance in complex planning and impact efforts
- Global experience in purpose and impact work at the intersection of private sector, non-profit and government agendas
- Strong track record and ability to direct the prioritization of multiple disciplinary change programs in support of the social impact and corporate responsibility agenda
- Skilled in impact assessment methodologies and latest developments in the impact measurement field as it relates to social investment
- Highly collaborative, with ability to work in partnership with multiple stakeholders across the business, influencing directly and indirectly
- Strong personal credibility with ability to build trusted relationships with senior business leaders
- Must have excellent executive level oral and written, presentation/communication skills
- Must have data driven skills, ability to interpret data, recognize patterns, and draw conclusions
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team; with excellent influencing and inter-personal skills coupled with the ambition and resilience
- Thrives in fast paced, high growth, matrixed, dynamic, multi-cultural commercial business and able to navigate complex organizations and deliver results with limited resources
- Strong, credible manager and coach, seen as a talent magnet and developer
- Highly collaborative, with ability to work in partnership with broader TR community
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate technical information clearly and concisely at executive and senior management level
- Strong business acumen. Understands key financial drivers related to growth and revenue goals.
- Confident, resilient and a self-starter

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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