Mistral AI
Field CTO, US
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 10–25 years of experience in enterprise technology; examples include Field CTO, Principal Architect, or VP Engineering at a major cloud or AI company, or a founder with technical credibility and executive relationships.
About the job
Serves as Mistral’s senior external technical voice, advising enterprise executives on AI strategy, representing the company publicly, and feeding market insights into product direction.
What you'll do
- Build trusted relationships with C-level stakeholders and run the Executive Briefing Center with the regional VP.
- Publish thought leadership, brief Gartner and Forrester, and represent Mistral at major industry events.
- Bring enterprise feedback on governance and deployment constraints into product direction.
What they ask for
- Demonstrable public credibility in AI through published papers, articles, or talks, including a stated position on open-weight models.
- Fluency in European data sovereignty and on-premise deployment, and ability to discuss technical architecture and business strategy with C-level stakeholders.
- Cross-vertical fluency across financial services, manufacturing, defense, and energy.
- Comfortable with 30-50% travel depending on region.
Nice to have
- Existing network of enterprise CTO and CIO relationships in the region.
- Prior Field CTO or equivalent externally facing technical role at a major cloud or AI company; fluency in multiple regional languages.
AI focus
Enterprise AI strategy, frontier research, open-weight models, and customized AI systems; the role also relays enterprise governance and deployment needs into product direction.
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