Field CTO, Northern Europe (AI)

Location: Stockholm, Sweden. The role includes 30–50% travel depending on the region.

Company

Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions spanning frontier models, developer tools, applications, and compute for enterprises in high-stakes industries.

What you will do

• Run the Executive Briefing Center with the regional VP and build trusted-advisor relationships with CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and VP Engineering stakeholders.
• Shape strategic accounts’ AI strategies and engage executive stakeholders on technical architecture and business strategy.
• Publish articles, whitepapers, and analysis on enterprise AI; brief Gartner and Forrester on Mistral’s roadmap and market position.
• Track frontier research and bring relevant insights into customer conversations.
• Represent Mistral at major industry events through keynotes, panels, and roundtables.
• Translate executive feedback, governance requirements, and deployment constraints into input for product direction.

Requirements

• Demonstrable credibility in AI through published papers, articles, or talks presenting a clear and defensible position.
• A stated position on open-weight models and their impact on enterprise adoption that aligns with Mistral’s technical brand.
• Fluency in European data sovereignty and on-premise deployment, including the ability to address detailed questions from CTOs and VP Engineering leaders.
• Comfort engaging C-level stakeholders across multiple verticals on technical architecture and business strategy.
• Credible cross-vertical engagement across financial services, manufacturing, defense, and energy without requiring specialization in one domain.
• 10–25 years of enterprise technology experience, including roles such as Field CTO, Principal Architect, or VP Engineering at a major cloud or AI company, or founder experience building technical credibility and executive relationships.
• Availability for 30–50% travel depending on the region.

Nice to have

• Existing CTO and CIO relationships at enterprise accounts in the region.
• Prior Field CTO or equivalent externally facing technical experience at a major cloud or AI company.
• Fluency in multiple languages spoken across the region.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, low-ego, team-oriented environment focused on AI innovation.
• Benefits may include healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, and meal and transportation allowances, varying by country.
• Distributed workforce across Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East.