AI Solutions Lead – IP Legal, Patent Drafting

PatSnap

. Act as a trusted advisor to patent and IP professionals, helping customers understand how AI can improve patent drafting, search, prosecution, portfolio management, and innovation workflows.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as a trusted advisor to patent and IP professionals, helping customers understand how AI can improve patent drafting, search, prosecution, portfolio management, and innovation workflows.
Support strategic customer engagements, workshops, product demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and enterprise opportunities alongside Sales and Customer Success teams.
Translate customer challenges and market needs into product enhancements and scalable solutions.
Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to shape the future of AI-powered patent and IP workflows.
Bring real-world practitioner expertise to influence product direction, prioritisation, and workflow design.
Help define and validate new capabilities through customer feedback, testing, and pilot programmes.
Act as the subject matter expert for patent drafting, search, prosecution, and innovation intelligence workflows.
Support the development of AI-powered solutions across patent intelligence, semantic search, knowledge discovery, and workflow automation.
Stay at the forefront of developments in patent AI, LegalTech, and innovation intelligence.
Partner across Product, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, and customer teams to drive successful product adoption and growth.
Develop enablement materials, demo narratives, workflow playbooks, and best practices.
Serve as the bridge between customers, product teams, and commercial teams to ensure we're building solutions that solve real-world problems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Hands-on experience drafting patent applications, ideally as a European Patent Attorney, trainee Patent Attorney, Patent Agent, or similar IP professional.
Strong understanding of patent drafting, prosecution, and wider IP workflows.
A genuine interest in technology and curiosity about how AI can improve the way patent professionals work.
Enjoys engaging with customers and is comfortable demonstrating solutions, not just someone who wants to move into product.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to build credibility with patent attorneys, IP teams, and innovation leaders.
Comfortable delivering product demonstrations, leading customer discussions, and translating complex workflows into practical solutions.
A commercial mindset with the ability to understand customer challenges and identify opportunities to create value.
Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success teams.
An interest in helping shape products, not just using them.
Nice to Have
Experience working with SaaS, LegalTech, IPTech, or AI-powered software products.
Exposure to product management, product ownership, or workflow design.
Familiarity with Generative AI, LLMs, workflow automation, or emerging AI technologies.
Experience supporting enterprise customers, software implementations, or complex B2B workflows.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A proud equal opportunity employer that champions diversity
Encourages applicants who don't meet 100% of qualifications to apply
Provides accommodations during the interview process

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Hard Skills & Tools

patent draftingpatent prosecutionIP workflowsworkflow automationGenerative AILLMsproduct managementproduct ownershipcustomer feedbackproof-of-concepts

Soft Skills

communication skillscustomer engagementcredibility buildingcommercial mindsetcross-functional collaborationcuriosity about technologysolution demonstrationproblem-solvinginfluencing product directionworkshop facilitation

Certifications

European Patent AttorneyPatent Agent