Field CTO (AI), Southern Europe

Location: Paris, France

Company

Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions, including 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 executives 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.
• Represent Mistral at major industry events through keynotes, panels, and roundtables.
• Track frontier research and bring market feedback on governance and deployment constraints into product direction.

Requirements

• Demonstrable credibility in AI through published papers, articles, or talks presenting a clear, defensible position.
• A stated public position on open-weight models and their impact on enterprise adoption.
• Fluency in European data sovereignty and on-premise deployment at a level suitable for technical discussions with CTOs and VP Engineering stakeholders.
• Ability to engage C-level stakeholders across multiple verticals on technical architecture and business strategy.
• Cross-vertical fluency across financial services, manufacturing, defense, and energy.
• 10–25 years of experience in enterprise technology, including experience as a Field CTO, Principal Architect, or VP Engineering at a major cloud or AI company, or as a founder who built technical credibility and executive relationships.
• Comfort with 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, diverse, low-ego, and team-spirited environment across distributed teams in Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East.
• Benefits may include healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, and meal and transportation allowances.
• Benefits vary by country and location.