Field CTO
Paris-based AI company building frontier models, AI applications, developer tools, and compute infrastructure for enterprise and public-sector deployments.
Maintainer signals as of 9/23/2026
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, engaging enterprise boards and executive stakeholders on AI strategy, technical architecture, and business strategy. You will lead executive briefings, build trusted-advisor relationships, publish thought leadership, represent the organization at industry events, and translate market feedback into product direction.
Requirements
- Demonstrable public credibility in AI through published papers, articles, or talks
- A stated position on open-weight models for enterprises
- Fluency in European data sovereignty and on-premise deployment
- Ability to engage C-level stakeholders on technical architecture and business strategy
- Cross-vertical fluency across financial services, manufacturing, defense, and energy
- 10–25 years of enterprise technology experience
- Ability to travel 30–50% depending on the region
Responsibilities
- Run executive briefings with regional leadership
- Build trusted-advisor relationships with CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and VP Engineering
- Publish articles, whitepapers, and analysis on enterprise AI
- Brief Gartner and Forrester on roadmap and market position
- Track frontier research and incorporate it into 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