Pricing
Availability is limited to a small number of concurrent clients.
Each engagement is led directly by Vas, with specialist collaborators where the work calls for engineering, motion, or brand expertise.
Retainer
Senior design and strategy time, billed hourly with a 20-hour minimum commitment. Best for teams with occasional needs or specific deep-dive work.
$250/hr
Embedded engagement
An ongoing fractional partnership, embedded with the team at a defined cadence. Senior strategic and systems depth running alongside the team's own work.
$9,000/m
Scoped project
Defined-scope engagements for specific work: design system audits, migrations, platform launches, or strategic deep-dives. Pricing depends on scope.
from $12,000
Frequently asked questions
Who is Nordlean best for?
Growth-stage B2B SaaS companies, typically Series A to C, with 30-200 people and an established product. The trigger is usually one of: a design system that's fragmenting under growth, design and engineering out of sync, or product direction that needs sharper judgement applied to live decisions.You submit requests, priorities are agreed, and work is delivered within the agreed scope and cadence.
Who isn't Nordlean for?
Pre-seed and seed-stage startups, large enterprises with mature in-house design teams, and teams looking for staff augmentation rather than senior strategic depth.
What's a typical engagement looks like?
Most engagements blend strategic direction with systems work, running for 3-6 months. Typical cadence is 2-3 days a week embedded with the team, with deliverables shaped to the situation rather than fixed upfront. Each engagement is led directly by Vas, with specialist collaborators brought in where the work calls for engineering, motion, or brand expertise. All work is scoped upfront to keep delivery predictable.
How do you work alongside AI tools?
The systems we build are designed to be extended — by engineering, by other designers, and by the AI tools your team uses. That means tokenised foundations, code-aligned components, and documented conventions that hold up whether the next iteration is built by a person or generated by a model. The strategic layer — deciding what to build and why — stays human.
How do you work with international clients?
Most communication is async — written documents, recorded reviews, and shared workspaces — with weekly synchronous meetings during engagement. Working hours overlap comfortably with European and US business hours. The setup works well for distributed teams and matches how senior design infrastructure work usually moves.
Can you work with our existing design and engineering teams?
Yes. Most engagements involve working closely with in-house design managers, engineering leads, and product partners. Nordlean operates as an embedded specialist layer rather than as a separate vendor, and is designed to integrate cleanly with existing team structure and tooling.
Pricing
Availability is limited to a small number of concurrent clients.
Each engagement is led directly by Vas, with specialist collaborators where the work calls for engineering, motion, or brand expertise.
Retainer
Senior design and strategy time, billed hourly with a 20-hour minimum commitment. Best for teams with occasional needs or specific deep-dive work.
$250/hr
Embedded engagement
An ongoing fractional partnership, embedded with the team at a defined cadence. Senior strategic and systems depth running alongside the team's own work.
$9,000/m
Scoped project
Defined-scope engagements for specific work: design system audits, migrations, platform launches, or strategic deep-dives. Pricing depends on scope.
from $12,000
Frequently asked questions
Who is Nordlean best for?
Growth-stage B2B SaaS companies, typically Series A to C, with 30-200 people and an established product. The trigger is usually one of: a design system that's fragmenting under growth, design and engineering out of sync, or product direction that needs sharper judgement applied to live decisions.You submit requests, priorities are agreed, and work is delivered within the agreed scope and cadence.
Who isn't Nordlean for?
Pre-seed and seed-stage startups, large enterprises with mature in-house design teams, and teams looking for staff augmentation rather than senior strategic depth.
What's a typical engagement looks like?
Most engagements blend strategic direction with systems work, running for 3-6 months. Typical cadence is 2-3 days a week embedded with the team, with deliverables shaped to the situation rather than fixed upfront. Each engagement is led directly by Vas, with specialist collaborators brought in where the work calls for engineering, motion, or brand expertise. All work is scoped upfront to keep delivery predictable.
How do you work alongside AI tools?
The systems we build are designed to be extended — by engineering, by other designers, and by the AI tools your team uses. That means tokenised foundations, code-aligned components, and documented conventions that hold up whether the next iteration is built by a person or generated by a model. The strategic layer — deciding what to build and why — stays human.
How do you work with international clients?
Most communication is async — written documents, recorded reviews, and shared workspaces — with weekly synchronous meetings during engagement. Working hours overlap comfortably with European and US business hours. The setup works well for distributed teams and matches how senior design infrastructure work usually moves.
Can you work with our existing design and engineering teams?
Yes. Most engagements involve working closely with in-house design managers, engineering leads, and product partners. Nordlean operates as an embedded specialist layer rather than as a separate vendor, and is designed to integrate cleanly with existing team structure and tooling.
Pricing
Availability is limited to a small number of concurrent clients.
Each engagement is led directly by Vas, with specialist collaborators where the work calls for engineering, motion, or brand expertise.
Retainer
Senior design and strategy time, billed hourly with a 20-hour minimum commitment. Best for teams with occasional needs or specific deep-dive work.
$250/hr
Embedded engagement
An ongoing fractional partnership, embedded with the team at a defined cadence. Senior strategic and systems depth running alongside the team's own work.
$9,000/m
Scoped project
Defined-scope engagements for specific work: design system audits, migrations, platform launches, or strategic deep-dives. Pricing depends on scope.
from $12,000
Frequently asked questions
Who is Nordlean best for?
Growth-stage B2B SaaS companies, typically Series A to C, with 30-200 people and an established product. The trigger is usually one of: a design system that's fragmenting under growth, design and engineering out of sync, or product direction that needs sharper judgement applied to live decisions.You submit requests, priorities are agreed, and work is delivered within the agreed scope and cadence.
Who isn't Nordlean for?
Pre-seed and seed-stage startups, large enterprises with mature in-house design teams, and teams looking for staff augmentation rather than senior strategic depth.
What's a typical engagement looks like?
Most engagements blend strategic direction with systems work, running for 3-6 months. Typical cadence is 2-3 days a week embedded with the team, with deliverables shaped to the situation rather than fixed upfront. Each engagement is led directly by Vas, with specialist collaborators brought in where the work calls for engineering, motion, or brand expertise. All work is scoped upfront to keep delivery predictable.
How do you work alongside AI tools?
The systems we build are designed to be extended — by engineering, by other designers, and by the AI tools your team uses. That means tokenised foundations, code-aligned components, and documented conventions that hold up whether the next iteration is built by a person or generated by a model. The strategic layer — deciding what to build and why — stays human.
How do you work with international clients?
Most communication is async — written documents, recorded reviews, and shared workspaces — with weekly synchronous meetings during engagement. Working hours overlap comfortably with European and US business hours. The setup works well for distributed teams and matches how senior design infrastructure work usually moves.
Can you work with our existing design and engineering teams?
Yes. Most engagements involve working closely with in-house design managers, engineering leads, and product partners. Nordlean operates as an embedded specialist layer rather than as a separate vendor, and is designed to integrate cleanly with existing team structure and tooling.
© Nordlean LTD -
2026
All rights reserved
© Nordlean LTD -
2026
All rights reserved
© Nordlean LTD -
2026
All rights reserved