Account Executive, Enterprise

Mistral.ai; Paris; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Healthcare coverage

Relocation support

Wellness programs

Meal and transportation allowances

Résumé du poste

Mistral.ai is seeking an Account Executive Enterprise to drive adoption among the largest customers across industries. You will manage end-to-end deals from initial outreach to close, coordinating with implementation, tech, and legal teams to ensure successful outcomes.

The role demands 7–10 years in enterprise sales, strong academics, and deep AI ecosystem experience. Fluency in English and French is required, with a startup mindset and excellent negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of enterprise sales experience across diverse industries.
• Academic excellence: Bachelor and/or Master in business, CS, or a related field.
• Significant experience in AI ecosystem or related data/infrastructure.
• Experience with fast-growing startups, preferably in deep-tech.
• Strong technical acumen to navigate evolving products and coach technical discussions.
• Outstanding English and French language skills; other languages welcome.

Responsabilités

• Lead strategic outbound and inbound enterprise deals from first intro to close.
• Coordinate with engineering, product, and legal teams during deals.
• Chair executive engagements with CIOs/CTOs and Heads of Innovation.
• Provide pre-sales guidance, run POCs, and translate outcomes into contracts.
• Manage negotiations end-to-end with cross-functional stakeholders.

Connaissances

Enterprise sales

Consultative selling

Executive engagement

Negotiation

Technical product discussions

Formation

Bachelor’s or Master in Business/CS

Description du poste

About Mistral

Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions: from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute. We partner with enterprises tackling the hardest problems—across high-stakes industries like finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector—co-creating customized AI systems that they can run on their terms.

We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society. Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation. Our teams are distributed between Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited.

The Role

As our Account Executive Enterprise, you will be instrumental in shaping Mistral’s adoption with our largest customers across a variety of industry.

You will be driving deals end2end: from prospective, first intro call until closing and beyond — together with our dedicated implementation specialist, tech and legal teams.

What You Will Do:

Lead development (strategic outbound and qualified inbound):

• - Handle strategic outreach as well as warm introductions to promising enterprise customers
• - Converting inbound deals where upselling / more bespoke agreements can be achieved

Value prop validation for customer:

• - Provide hands-on support and guidance to clients during a potential Proof of Concept (POC) phase, ensuring a smooth and successful evaluation process
• - Leverage successful POC outcomes to facilitate the conversion of POCs into long-term, revenue-generating contracts

Deal management & closing:

• - Develop and execute strategic sales plans to convert leads into valued customers — you are the first point of contact for all external stakeholders and are responsible for properly managing deals and aligning all stakeholders (heavy involvement of customer engineering, product, and commercial teams, both on operational and C-level)
• - Handle customer negotiation end2end, together with our legal and implementation specialist team

Executive Engagement:

• - Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with C-level executives, heads of innovation/AI, and other key decision-makers within target organisations
• - Comprehend their specific challenges and needs, positioning our solution as an integral part of their strategic initiatives

Technical Aptitude:

• - Demonstrate a deep understanding of the technical intricacies of our product and articulate its value proposition effectively to potential clients
• - Work side-by-side with our implementation team to ensure that customer’s questions, concerns and challenges are taken care of during pre-sales, deployment and post-deployment phase
• - Collaborate with our technical team to address any customer inquiries or concerns

Training and enablement:

• -Empower internal teams with the knowledge and resources that you collect in customer conversations to drive product roadmap and align on priorities

What We're Looking For:

• - 7-10 years experience in Sales for diverse industry (enterprise sales/consultative selling, ideally selling a highly complex, technical product)
• - Excellent academics: Bachelor and/or Master Degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field
• - Significant work experience within AI ecosystem or related data/infrastructure field
• - Experience at successful fast growing startup, ideally in deep-tech
• - Strong technical skills to navigate quickly evolving products and steer technical discussions
• - Excellent English & French, additional language welcome (e.g. German, Spanish, etc.)
• - Outstanding negotiation and communication skills

What We Offer

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Benefits vary by country and may include healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, meal and transportation allowances, and other location-specific perks.

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