Frontier AI Field CTO - Bay Area GTM Leader

Alice; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Alice seeks a seasoned Field CTO to bridge frontier labs and enterprise buyers on the West Coast. You will translate frontier research into pilots, define technical scopes in client discussions, and align product direction with research priorities.

Based in the Bay Area, you will lead as the technical voice in meetings, build a vibrant frontier-lab community, and shape the field-to-strategy loop while collaborating with the CTO and cross-functional teams across time zones.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Field CTO or related role.
• Strong literacy in AI Safety and LLM stacks for GTM conversations.
• Fluency in RL post-training data metrics and how buyers evaluate safety and model performance.
• Understanding how frontier labs buy from and work with vendors.
• Track record translating frontier research into customer pilots, technical wins, and revenue.
• Industry presence through public speaking, publications, or active participation in AI Safety consortiums.
• Comfort as a public technical voice.
• Bay Area base with a live network in the Valley AI and security community.
• Flexibility to work with different time zones.

Responsibilities

• Be the technical front line in the Bay Area, leading discovery to scoped engagements.
• Build frontier-lab community in the Valley with events.
• Close the field-to-strategy loop with the CTO and push next needle mover into the roadmap.
• Be a pillar to build around; help hire and carry the Alice name locally.

Job description

Alice seeks a seasoned Field CTO to bridge frontier labs and enterprise buyers on the West Coast. You will translate frontier research into pilots, define technical scopes in client discussions, and align product direction with research priorities.

Based in the Bay Area, you will lead as the technical voice in meetings, build a vibrant frontier-lab community, and shape the field-to-strategy loop while collaborating with the CTO and cross-functional teams across time zones.