Everlaw is seeking a Product Design Manager to lead, grow, and empower a team of talented product designers building high-impact user experiences for an AI powered litigation platform. This role sits at the intersection of design excellence and people leadership. It is ideal for a design leader who cares deeply about craft, is comfortable tackling technical challenges, has led teams that have shipped exceptional enterprise AI user experiences, and is motivated to develop people to do the best work of their careers. At Everlaw, our mission is to promote justice by illuminating truth. We help legal teams across law firms, government agencies, corporations and nonprofits sift through millions of documents to uncover critical evidence in high-stakes litigation and investigations. It's a multi-billion dollar space, and we approach it with advanced technology and thoughtful design. We work with all 50 state Attorneys General and hundreds of law firms on some of the most high-profile cases litigated today. The Product Design team is at the forefront of this mission, transforming complex, high-stakes workflows into experiences that are intuitive, powerful, and distinctly human. As AI redefines legal work, we are committed to designing systems that amplify human intuition, communicate uncertainty with clarity, and uphold the defensibility required in the pursuit of justice. We take pride in designing an exceptional product while fostering a strong user-centered design culture across the company. We do not believe in the 'perfect' candidate. If you're passionate about the role and feel you can contribute meaningfully, we encourage you to apply. This is a full-time position based in our Oakland, California office, with a hybrid schedule: in-office Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with the option to work remotely Tuesday and Friday. How we're different Built for the AI Era: Everlaw has been committed to AI-assisted workflows for over a decade with tools like predictive coding, document clustering, and ML translation. We've continued this leadership into the generative AI era, with best-in-class AI features like deep dive and coding suggestions built with principled design, rigorous controls, and deep workflow expertise. We don't layer AI onto legal work - we architect intelligent, trustworthy systems grounded in enduring trust. Pursue truth while finding yours: We pursue truth for our customers and our employees alike. With a generous L&D budget, clearly codified norms, and a commitment to long-term thinking, integrity and discipline, we create an environment where careers grow with intention and purpose. Design at the core: Design is embedded in product strategy and company direction. Our open, vibrant culture fosters strong belongingness and DEIB scores as reflected in team engagement surveys. We firmly believe that happy people make happy products. Thoughtful onboarding: From day one, our structured onboarding program integrates you into our product, processes, team and goals, setting you up to contribute thoughtfully and quickly. Impact that matters: Through our social impact program, Everlaw for Good, we provide free or at heavily discounted prices to our technology for journalists, nonprofits, and pro bono attorneys to help level the playing field for justice, extending our mission beyond business. In your role, you'll...Elevate our craft: Foster a culture of high craft, thoughtful critique, and user empathy, maintaining a high bar for product thinking, interaction and visual design. Drive design strategy: Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to define product direction, translate ambiguous problems into clear design opportunities, and deliver cohesive experiences. AI experience guidance: Guide designers in ensuring AI features are transparent, trustworthy, and explainable, leveraging best in class design patterns for the dynamically evolving AI space. User advocacy: Guide the team to translate complex legal workflows and technical constraints into seamless user experiences, serving as the advocate for the user in high-stakes technical discussions. Strategic impact: Make strategic design decisions that align with and deliver impact on Everlaw's goals. Guide team excellence: Manage, coach, and grow a team of product designers, supporting career development through clear feedback, mentorship, and personalized growth plans. Set clear expectations: Create clarity around expectations, roles, and impact, helping designers understand how their work connects to the broader company vision. Scale the team: Participate in hiring and refining our design operations. Reinforce accountability: Ensure strong performance and behavioral alignment across the team.
About you:
At least 5 years of product design experience, with at least 2 years of experience managing teams. BA/BS degree in graphic design, design communication, human-computer interaction, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. A strong track record of shipping complex, high-impact products in collaboration with Product and Engineering. Experience designing for sophisticated users and workflows (e.g., enterprise, B2B SaaS, data-heavy, or regulated domains).Process-driven and can communicate complex concepts to drive the team towards a shared vision. Strong product thinking, interaction and visual design chops. Excellent communication skills to influence, align, and inspire across functions. Comfort working in ambiguity and helping teams navigate it with clarity and purpose. Work authorization You are authorized to work in the United States without restrictions. Please note that at this time, Everlaw is not sponsoring F-1 visas, including OPT, for this role.
Benefits:- The expected salary range for this role is between $209,000 - $293,000. The final offered salary will be dependent upon many factors including the candidate's experience and skills. The base pay range is subject to change in the future.
- Participation in our equity program 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- Health, dental, and vision insuranceHSAs and FSAs for various expenses
- Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
- Paid parental leave and sick leave17 paid vacation days plus 11 federal holidays
- A generous L&D stipend for your personal growth
- Access to mental health and wellness resources like membership to Modern HealthFind out more about our Benefits and PerksPerks
- A beautiful office in Uptown Oakland, just steps from the BART line and dozens of restaurants and walking distance to Lake Merritt
- Flexible work-from-home days on Tuesdays and Fridays
- Monthly home internet reimbursement
- Ability to select your hardware of choice (Mac or PC) and customize your desk setup
- A wide variety of snacks and beverages in the office
- Company-wide out-of-the-box events and fun activities with your team
- Time off for company-sponsored volunteer events and 4 paid hours per quarter to volunteer at a charitable organization of your choice
- Learning and career development opportunities (and a generous budget!)#LI-KP1#LI-Hybrid
- Getting started
- We're committed to your success and want you to feel like a part of our team! You'll go through our standard onboarding process, which will integrate you into the company with informative sessions on our product, policies, processes, and team structure and goals.
- We trust that you'll bring experience and knowledge that will uplift and uplevel the team, but we don't expect you to know everything on Day 1. We're excited to find ways for you to contribute, and will create room for you to learn and grow along the way.
About Everlaw:
At Everlaw, you'll shape how AI re-wires the legal industry, at a category-leading business built on a mission to illuminate the truth. Everlaw is an equal opportunity employer. We pride ourselves on having a diverse workforce and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law. We respect the gender, gender identity and gender expression of our applicants and employees, and we honor requests for pronouns. It is our policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity, including the California Equal Pay Act. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We collect and process the personal information you provided along with your job application in accordance with our Applicants Privacy Notice and Notice at Collection. When preparing to engage with Everlaw as a candidate, you may use AI tools for research, polishing application materials, and interview prep. However, any assessments (unless explicitly stated), remote interviews or live interviews must be completed independently without AI support. By submitting your application, you agree to adhere to these rules. Here's the link to our full policy, and please reach out with any questions! We use Gem as part of our hiring and/or promotional processes. As part of the evaluation process, we provide Gem with job requirements and candidate-submitted applications. Certain features of the platform may qualify it as an Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) under applicable regulations. For positions in New York City, our use of Gem complies with NYC Local Law 144. We began using Gem in April 2026.
