AI Solutions Lead – IP Legal / Patent Drafting

AI Solutions Lead - IP Legal / Patent Drafting   ➡️ Spent years drafting patents and wondering where that experience could take you next?    ➡️ Interested in applying your patent expertise beyond practice and helping shape products used by IP professionals worldwide?     ➡️ Looking for a role where you'll work closely with customers, influence product development, and help shape the future of patent drafting?    If this sounds like your next move, we’d love to hear from you.   Role Summary: We have an exciting new role for an AI Solutions Lead - IP Legal / Patent Drafting to help shape and scale PatSnap’s AI-powered patent drafting solution. We're looking for someone with hands-on patent drafting experience who is interested in applying that expertise in a broader capacity. You may be a Patent Attorney, Patent Agent, or trainee attorney who enjoys the profession but is curious about where technology is taking it and wants to play a more active role in shaping the tools used by IP professionals. In this role, you'll become one of the key people helping shape PatSnap's patent drafting solution. You'll work closely with customers to understand their workflows, demonstrate the product, gather feedback, and help ensure we're solving genuine problems for patent professionals. You'll also play an important role in supporting strategic customer opportunities. Working alongside Sales and Customer Success teams, you'll participate in customer meetings, workshops, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and evaluation projects. Your credibility as someone who has done the job yourself will help customers understand how the product can support their drafting workflows and where it can deliver value. You'll partner with Product Managers and Engineers, bringing practical patent drafting experience into the product development process. Whether it's identifying workflow improvements, validating new capabilities, or helping prioritise future enhancements, you'll play an important role in how the product evolves. The ideal candidate combines hands-on patent drafting expertise with strong communication skills, commercial awareness, and a genuine interest in technology. They enjoy engaging with customers, are comfortable presenting solutions, and want to play a meaningful role in both product development and customer adoption. This role is well suited to someone who wants to apply their patent expertise in a broader capacity while helping shape the future of patent drafting technology.   Who are we? PatSnap is a global, pre-IPO company helping organisations make better decisions across Intellectual Property and Research & Development. Our platform supports IP, legal, innovation and R&D teams throughout the innovation lifecycle, using domain-specific AI to help them work faster and make more confident decisions. With over 12,000 customers worldwide, including some of the biggest names in innovation, PatSnap is at the forefront of AI-powered IP and innovation intelligence. Our $300M Series E funding round brought our valuation to $1 billion unicorn status, and we still have a remarkable amount of growth ahead. We have a vibrant and diverse team with offices in Singapore, Toronto, London and Shanghai, alongside remote teams in the US. Our growth is powered by our people, and we are proud of our shared ambition, work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit. What You'll be Doing:

Customer Engagement & Solution Leadership

• 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.

Product Strategy & Workflow Innovation

• 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.

AI & Industry Expertise

• 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.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• 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.

What We'd Love From You:

• 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.

Patsnap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (EOE) that champions diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, or marital, veteran/military, or disability status, or any other protected status in accordance with federal, provincial/state or local laws.

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we encourage you to apply and tell us why you’d be a great fit for this role! If you require any accommodations during the interview process, please email us at recruitment@patsnap.com so we can best support you.