Forward Deployed Product Manager

Patlytics • New York, NY

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

Patlytics is the fastest-growing AI-native patent intelligence platform, transforming how IP is protected and monetized at scale. Our advanced LLMs and generative AI engine, custom-built for intellectual property, power every phase of the patent workflow from invention disclosure through litigation, delivering citation-backed insights with unprecedented accuracy and speed. Backed by $65 million in total funding from investors including SignalFire, Google's Gradient fund, 8VC, N47, Myriad Venture Partners, Relativity, Alumni Ventures, Antiportfolio Ventures, and BAM Corner Point, Patlytics is trusted by 40% of the AmLaw 100, including Quinn Emanuel, Latham & Watkins, Foley & Lardner, and Susman Godfrey, as well as leading corporate IP teams at Rivian, Google, Panasonic, Sanofi, and Canon. Customers are seeing up to 90% reduction in project time, with claim charts that used to cost $30K+ in attorney time now completed at a fraction of that cost. With teams across the globe we're building a global company fueled by exceptional talent and bold ideas. Our rapid expansion is driven by people who bring entrepreneurial energy, intellectual curiosity, and a shared commitment to setting the global standard for AI-powered IP intelligence. We're creating a culture where diverse perspectives shape breakthrough innovation and every voice contributes to transforming how the world protects ideas. The Forward Deployed Product Manager will change how intellectual property, one of the highest-stakes, most complex domains in law, is run. This role involves being embedded directly with patent attorneys at AmLaw 100 firms and Fortune 500 legal departments to drive Patlytics adoption from kickoff to full production. The ideal candidate is part product manager, part AI advisor, part deployment lead, deeply understanding attorney workflows, bringing them to the frontier of what's possible with AI, and ensuring the technology transforms their practice. This role is for a PM who gravitates toward the customer side of the work, including discovery calls, on-site deployments, and addressing what's actually working, at the forefront of AI in law.

Requirements

• 6+ years in product management or a customer-facing product role, ideally in environments where you were embedded with customers, not insulated from them
• A track record of deploying new workflows that changed how customers operate. Not just shipping features, but walking into an organization, understanding how they work, and introducing new ways of doing things that stuck. Bonus if this was in legal tech, professional services, or regulated industries
• The ability to build trust with senior, demanding stakeholders. Comfortable in the room with a managing partner at a top law firm or a VP of IP at a Fortune 500, managing conflict without eroding the relationship, and following through on every commitment
• Real technical fluency. You don't need to write code, but you can hold a genuine conversation about LLM capabilities and limitations, retrieval pipelines, and system architecture. You understand how AI products work in production, not just in demos
• Precise communication that adjusts for audience, whether partner, engineer, or executive, at the right level of detail
• Extreme ownership. You close loops without reminders, drive outcomes across teams without formal authority, and when something is stuck, you unstick it

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience with Vertical AI / LLM products or agent-based systems
• Experience in a startup or early-stage environment where you built process from scratch
• Prior forward-deployed, embedded, or field PM role
• Familiarity with the patent lifecycle: prosecution, litigation, portfolio management, search and analytic

Responsibilities

• Own product outcomes for a portfolio of Patlytics' highest-impact enterprise accounts, including AmLaw firms and corporate IP teams, driving adoption from contract through full production
• Build trusted advisory relationships with senior patent attorneys, IP partners, and general counsel, becoming the person they turn to for what's possible with AI
• Stay at the forefront of AI, keeping up with the latest in LLMs, retrieval, reasoning, and agent architectures, and figure out how to apply these advances to patent search, claim analysis, portfolio management, prosecution, and litigation workflows
• Translate customer reality into product direction by curating, synthesizing, and prioritizing feedback with specificity and judgment. Not relaying feature requests, but articulating tradeoffs so product and engineering can make better decisions
• Drive deployments through the change management, enablement, and adoption challenges that determine whether AI actually transforms how a team works
• Create training materials, onboarding content, and use-case playbooks, both internal and external-facing, so that what works in one account can scale across many

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, vision, plus FSA, commuter benefits, and health advocacy through Rightway
• Mental health and wellness support: Access to Spring Health and Headspace, plus "Mental Escape Days" to recharge when you need it
• Immediate 401(k) enrollment with no waiting period to start saving for your future
• Generous time off: Unlimited PTO, 12 paid company holidays, plus a full week off during our Holiday Break
• Family-first policies: Paid parental leave to support you during life's biggest moments
• Invest in yourself: Professional development budget, gym membership stipend, and learning opportunities
• Celebrate what matters: Birthday and work anniversary recognition, plus generous employee referral bonuses
• Hybrid work environment (New York City), while staying connected with a passionate and talented team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed