Field CTO APAC
Paris-based AI company building frontier models, AI applications, developer tools, and compute infrastructure for enterprise and public-sector deployments.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
About Mistral AI
Mistral AI develops open-weight and commercial language models and provides a full-stack AI platform spanning agents, application development, custom-model training, APIs, and AI cloud infrastructure.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will act as a senior external technical voice, build trusted relationships with enterprise executives, and shape strategic AI discussions. You will publish articles and analyses, brief industry analysts, represent the role at events, and relay customer feedback on governance and deployment needs into product direction.
Requirements
- Demonstrable public credibility in AI through published papers, articles, or talks
- A stated position on open-weight models and enterprise adoption
- Fluency in European data sovereignty and on-premise deployment
- Ability to engage C-level stakeholders on technical architecture and business strategy
- Ability to engage across financial services, manufacturing, defense, and energy
- 10–25 years of enterprise technology experience
- 30–50% travel availability
Responsibilities
- Run an Executive Briefing Center with regional leadership
- Build trusted-advisor relationships with enterprise CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and VP Engineering
- Publish articles, whitepapers, and analysis on enterprise AI
- Brief Gartner and Forrester on the roadmap and market position
- Track frontier research and apply it in customer conversations
- Represent the organization through keynotes, panels, and roundtables
- Bring executive feedback on governance and deployment constraints into product direction
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage
- Parental leave
- Retirement plans
- Relocation support
- Wellness programs
- Meal allowances
- Transportation allowances
- Location-specific perks
