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About Maneva  Maneva is an AI services company founded by a former Google DeepMind researcher, focused on transforming manufacturing operations through advanced AI. We enable autonomous factory operation and optimization by generating AI-driven actions and insights using off-the-shelf hardware or existing vision systems.  Our solutions address real-world manufacturing challenges across product and equipment inspection, production efficiency, safety, and operational performance—delivering measurable impact without requiring heavy infrastructure changes.  Role Overview  Maneva is seeking a General Counsel to serve as the company's in-house legal at a critical stage of growth. This role sits at the intersection of commercial strategy, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance, working closely with the company’s leadership team.  As General Counsel, you will build and manage Maneva's commercial legal strategy and own the entirety of the commercial process—from contract development and negotiation through execution and renewal. You will also oversee compliance and legal matters across corporate governance, regulatory, employment, and general corporate functions, identifying and escalating issues while outsourcing specialist work where appropriate. You will provide business-minded legal guidance that enables the company to scale responsibly.  This is a high-impact role ideal for a commercial lawyer first and foremost—someone with substantive law firm experience or in-house work in B2B SaaS or comparable high-growth technology environments, who thrives at the intersection of legal discipline and business pragmatism.  This role is fully remote.  Key Responsibilities  Commercial & Contracts   Develop and own Maneva's commercial legal strategy, contracting standards, and risk framework.  Negotiate and execute all material customer contracts, partnership agreements, vendor agreements, and SaaS terms.  Develop and maintain contract templates, SOWs, DPAs, security agreements, and standard terms that balance commercial flexibility with legal risk mitigation.  Build and maintain internal knowledge of key commercial deals, flagged risk areas, and deal progression; advise leadership on deal structure and negotiation strategy.  Work closely with sales, product, and operations teams to ensure contracts support business objectives while managing legal exposure.  Legal Operations and AI Automation  Develop and implement AI-powered automations across legal workflows  Use AI tools to increase efficiency in contract drafting, legal analysis, due diligence, and compliance monitoring  Build and maintain AI-assisted legal templates, processes, and knowledge bases that scale legal work without proportional headcount  Other Legal Matters (Oversight & Execution)  In addition to commercial work, you will oversee and execute legal matters across the following areas, identifying issues, managing external counsel relationships, and outsourcing specialist work (e.g., export control counsel, tax, IP prosecution) as appropriate:  Regulatory & Compliance: Develop compliance strategies across export control, data privacy, industry-specific regulations; assess obligations as the company expands; stay current on evolving regulations and manage compliance for international engagements.  Employment Law & People Operations: Advise on employment matters; develop and maintain employment policies and HR documentation.  Corporate Governance: Cap table management, stockholder records, board meeting preparation, and investor diligence support.  General Corporate & IP: IP assignment