Manager, Internal Audit Transformation & Operations

Thomson Reuters (TR) is the world's leading provider of intelligent information and technology solutions for professionals in the legal, tax, corporate, government, and media markets. Our mission is to inform the way forward — empowering professionals with trusted data, insights, and innovative tools to make confident decisions, achieve operational excellence, and uphold integrity.

The Internal Audit (IA) function is embarking on a strategic transformation to become a digitally powered, AI-enabled, and automation-first organization. This transformation spans three critical domains:
Internal Audit engagements, Forensic investigations, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) / Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) testing. This function is committed to independence, integrity, and continuous improvement, positioned as a trusted strategic partner aligned with TR's objectives.

We are seeking an experienced and disciplined Manager, Internal Audit Transformation & Operations to serve as the execution lead for our Internal Audit transformation program. This role is critical to ensuring that automation, analytics, and Artificial Intelligence are embedded into audit, forensics, and controls workflows at pace and scale, while managing scope, dependencies, and team capacity. Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Internal Audit Transformation & Technology, this individual will be the guardian of sprint rhythm, backlog discipline, and operational excellence, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Beyond transformation execution, this role is the operational backbone of Internal Audit — building and managing the mechanisms that keep the function running day to day, such as work allocation, resourcing, and capacity planning. This is an exceptional opportunity for a change agent committed to building a career within the Internal Audit function across its three domains. This individual will:

• Champion agile delivery and transformation execution
• Enforce scope discipline and protect the team from distraction
• Manage pilot sequencing and cross-functional dependencies
• Remove blockers and escalates risks with transparency
• Coach the IA team and delivery partners on agile practices and continuous improvement
• Serve as a durable change agent, driving transformation not only during the program but positioning for ongoing evolution and leadership within the IA function
• Enable the transformation to move at velocity without sacrificing quality or strategic alignment
• Build and manage the operational mechanisms that underpin day-to-day delivery across the IA function, including work allocation, resourcing, and capacity planning

• Own the sprint rhythm, ceremonies (planning, standups, retros, demos), and backlog grooming across all transformation work streams (Continuous Monitoring & Data-Driven Assurance, Digitizing & AI-Enabling IA)
• Own the operational mechanisms of the IA function — including work allocation, resourcing, and capacity planning — serving as the operational backbone that keeps audit, forensics, and controls delivery running smoothly alongside the transformation agenda
• Maintain and groom the transformation backlog with ruthless prioritization; enforce  in-scope  and  out-of-scope  decisions to protect delivery milestones and prevent scope creep
• Manage pilot dependencies, sequencing, and resource allocation across concurrent initiatives; identify and escale blockers early
• Track team velocity, capacity, and burndown; surface risks and bottlenecks to the Senior Director and leadership; facilitate corrective actions
• Maintain the transformation program dashboard and milestone tracker; provide…