Lead Product Designer

We’re a 50-person B2B SaaS company building AI tools for patent search. We’re looking for a senior designer who cares about design craft, someone who wants to create, not manage.You’ll work closely with other designers and our Director of Product to bring ideas to life. This is a hands-on individual contributor role for someone who enjoys making things and shaping product direction through design.If you value straightforward collaboration and care more about impact than titles, you’ll fit in here.What you'd doOwn product design for our patent search product from R&D monitoring to invalidity searchesDesign dense, powerful interfaces for patent professionals who need precision over prettinessRun your own user research: talk to users, validate designs, advocate for their needsPartner with product and engineering: ship fast, iterate based on what actually worksRaise the bar for the team through your work: other designers will learn by working alongside youMaintain our design system and design for AI features such as semantic search, document Q&A, and multi-patent analysisDo whatever needs doing: marketing materials, customer decks, helping debug CSS. This is a startup, so you roll up your sleeves and change tires if that's what it takes to ship.You'd thrive ifYou care more about whether your design helps patent professionals do their work than how it looks in a portfolioYou stand by your ideas but change your mind when the facts doYou see a 50-person company as a place where you can shape things directlyYou understand that good design for experts values function and clarity over visual minimalismYou're a bit of a nerd who gets curious about complex domainsYou're genuinely curious about AI and how humans should interact with itYou value shipping over perfectingBonus: You're comfortable with Figma but know when to vibe code with Claude Code (or whatever tool fits)What you needStrong product design craft and design sensePortfolio showing complex B2B/SaaS work (especially data-heavy interfaces)Experience doing your own user research (plan studies, run interviews, translate insights)Understanding of AI deep enough to design trustworthy, explainable interfacesTrack record of shipping products in scrappy environments where you balanced speed and qualityAbility to work cross-functionally with confidence, not egoExperience mentoring designers and leading design workThis isn't for you ifYou’re mainly interested in winning awards for minimal consumer apps rather than solving complex expert problemsYou expect a full research team and support staff to do your workEverything must be perfect before shippingYou need fixed processes and unlimited resources to be effectiveYou focus more on tools than on outcomesAI doesn’t interest you beyond surface-level curiosityYou want a narrowly defined role with no variation or shared responsibilityThe recruitment processWe like to keep our process simple and transparent. Here’s what to expect:Introductory call with Talent Acquisition ManagerConversation with CTO and designerConversation with your future manager (Director of Product) and ML Team LeadFinal call with our CPO and CEOIf this role sounds like a good match, send us your CV and cover letter by 23.11.2025. We’ll review applications continuously and invite candidates to interviews during the application period.Why IPRallyWe build AI that truly understands patents, helping IP teams make better and faster decisions. Our tools are trusted by leading companies around the world. You’ll join a small, international team where your work has real impact.We offer six weeks of paid holiday, flexible hybrid work, learning and development support, stock options, and a friendly, collaborative culture that values both quality and balance.Location: Helsinki preferred, remote considered for exceptional candidates.