Field CTO, US

The Field CTO role is one of Mistral's senior external technical voices; a role for someone who has earned genuine credibility in the AI field and can engage enterprise boards, CIOs, and CTOs as a peer. You will shape how strategic accounts think about their AI strategy, represent Mistral at major industry events, and publish thought leadership that reflects a real point of view on where AI is going. You will work closely with regional sales leadership across your territory and bring what you learn from executive conversations back into Mistral's product direction. This is an externally-facing, influence-driven role. The output is measured in relationships built, content published, and executive conversations that move.

Responsibilities

Run Mistral's Executive Briefing Center with your regional VP for C-level stakeholders at strategic accounts; Build and sustain trusted-advisor relationships with CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and VP Engineering across your territory; Publish regularly: articles, whitepapers, and analysis of where enterprise AI is heading; Brief Gartner and Forrester on Mistral's roadmap and market position; Track frontier research and bring it into customer conversations; Represent Mistral at major industry events through keynotes, panels, and roundtables; Build a public presence that generates inbound interest from enterprise executives and the wider AI community; Bring what you hear in executive conversations back into product direction; Work closely with regional sales leadership across your territory; Shape how strategic accounts think about their AI strategy

Requirements

Demonstrable credibility in the AI field, with a public track record of published papers, articles, or talks that reflect a clear, defensible position; A stated position on open-weight models and what they change for the enterprises adopting them; Fluency in European data sovereignty and on-premise deployment, at the level that holds up with a CTO or VP Engineering; Ability to engage C-level stakeholders across multiple verticals on technical architecture and business strategy in the same conversation; Cross-vertical fluency across financial services, manufacturing, defense, and energy; 10–25 years of experience in enterprise technology, including roles such as Field CTO, Principal Architect, or VP Engineering at a major cloud or AI company, or a founder who built technical credibility and executive relationships through their own company; Comfortable with 30-50% travel depending on region

Nice to have

Existing network of CTO and CIO relationships at enterprise accounts in your region; Prior Field CTO or equivalent externally facing technical role at a major cloud or AI company; Fluent in multiple languages spoken across your region

Benefits

Healthcare coverage; Parental leave; Retirement plans; Relocation support; Wellness programs; Meal and transportation allowances; Other location-specific perks