Senior Product Manager - AI Model Development

About Mistral

At Mistral AI, we believe in the power of AI to simplify tasks, save time, and enhance learning and creativity. Our technology is designed to integrate seamlessly into daily working life.

We democratize AI through high-performance, optimized, open-source and cutting-edge models, products and solutions. Our comprehensive AI platform is designed to meet enterprise needs, whether on-premises or in cloud environments. Our offerings include le Chat, the AI assistant for life and work.

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 France, USA, UK, Germany and Singapore. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited.

Role Summary

We are seeking a talented and experienced product manager to define and execute the strategy for Forge, our product that enables customers to build, fine-tune and deploy custom AI models at scale. Forge turns cutting-edge research into enterprise-ready capabilities by powering model fine-tuning, reinforcement learning and post-training workflows. By working at the intersection of research and product it provides customers with the tools to train specialized models that deliver real-world business value. In close collaboration with our applied AI scientists and research engineers you will translate frontier techniques into scalable and reliable solutions that industries can confidently adopt to customize and operate their AI systems. As the PM leading Forge you will shape a 0-1 product with significant business impact and the potential to grow offering while defining how organizations train and deploy the next generation of AI models.

📍 Location

• Office: Paris, France / London, UK
• Remote: France, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Italy.

What You Will Do

Define the Future

• Set the vision: Shape and evangelize a compelling product strategy for Forge ensuring alignment with company goals and market opportunities
• Spot the gaps: Lead market and UX research to uncover unmet needs, competitive whitespaces, and emerging trends in SOTA AI post-training capabilities

Build & Ship

• Own the lifecycle: Drive end-to-end product development, from ideation to launch and iteration—balancing speed, quality, and user delight
• Champion the user: Partner with design and research to craft intuitive, high-impact experiences, using data and feedback to refine continuously

Scale, Execute, & Enable

• Go-to-market: Collaborate with marketing and sales to launch products successfully, including pricing, positioning, and adoption strategies
• Align stakeholders: Rally engineering, design, and business teams around priorities, trade-offs, and timelines
• Prioritize ruthlessly: Maintain a dynamic roadmap that delivers quick wins while advancing long-term bets

Required Qualifications

Product Management Experience

• 5+ years of relevant experience in new, competitive, fast-paced and ambiguous environments with a track record of building and scaling complex AI/ML or infrastructure solutions

Technical skills

• Very good understanding of training pipelines, RL loops, and model deployment architectures
• Expertise in AI model lifecycle management, including fine-tuning, evaluation, and serving
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization, and scalable deployment modes (e.g., on-prem, VPC, cloud). Familiarity with Kubernetes/Slurm is a strong plus

User obsession

• Relentless focus on solving real user problems, backed by data and qualitative insights.

Cross-functional influence

• Proven ability to align and inspire engineering, design, and go-to-market teams without direct authority.

Problem-solving

• Balance big-picture thinking with hands-on problem-solving — you’re equally comfortable crafting a roadmap, diving into metrics and running technical tests.

Communication:

• Crisp, persuasive storytelling for executives, teams, and users — ability to distill complex technical concepts (e.g., RL, LoRA, SFT) into clear narratives for docs, decks, and workshops.

Adaptability:

• Thrive in high-velocity, dynamic settings where priorities shift quickly.

Collaboration:

• Low ego + high EQ — you build trust and drive decisions through clarity, not hierarchy.

Autonomy:

• Self-directed with a bias for action, you own outcomes end-to-end.

Ideal Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of model training, model architectures, etc
• Strong understanding how complex architectures are designed and impact of deployment modes
• Proficient coding skills are strongly recommended
• Kubernetes know-how strongly recommended
• Growth mindset: Deep familiarity with product-led growth strategies
• Builder’s mindset: Founder or early-stage PM experience — you’ve turned 0 → 1 ideas into products users love.

Location & Remote This role is based in one of our European offices (Paris, France and London, UK). We will only consider candidates who either reside or are open to relocating there. We strongly believe in the value of in-person collaboration and we encourage going to the office as much as we can (at least 3 days per week) to create bonds and smooth communication.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and equity (stock-options)
• Health insurance
• Transportation allowance
• Sport allowance
• Meal vouchers
• Private pension plan
• Generous parental leave policy
• Visa sponsorship