Account Executive – AI for Citizens

Mistral AI Mistral AI · AI Frontier · Paris, France · Business

Mistral AI is seeking an Account Executive to lead engagement with European governments, focusing on deploying AI solutions aligned with national priorities. The role involves building strategic relationships, developing roadmaps, and ensuring successful AI adoption in the public sector.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as the primary point of contact for government leaders and public institutions across priority regions.
  2. Develop multi-year strategic roadmaps aligned with national AI strategies and digital transformation agendas.
  3. Build long-term relationships with senior public sector executives, including Ministers, CIOs, and policy leaders.
  4. Identify new use cases, pilots, and large-scale AI adoption programs in the public sector.
  5. Collaborate with technical and product teams to deliver customized solutions that address sovereignty, security, and operational needs.

Skills

Required

  • Experience managing strategic public sector or large enterprise accounts
  • Direct exposure to government bodies
  • Proven track record in multi-million-euro, multi-agency projects in politically complex environments
  • Experience working with deep tech solutions (AI, ML, cloud, large-scale data infrastructure)
  • Strong political acumen
  • Ability to navigate complex stakeholder networks
  • Skilled at aligning technical product roadmaps with policy objectives, regulatory frameworks, and public procurement processes
  • Fluent in English (written & spoken)
  • Prior experience with European governments, EU institutions, or regulated public sector bodies

Nice to have

  • French or another EU language is a strong plus

What the JD emphasized

  • AI solutions
  • AI adoption
  • national priorities
  • sovereignty
  • security
  • operational needs
  • policy objectives
  • regulatory frameworks
  • public procurement processes