Senior Product Manager - AI Model Development

About Mistral: At Mistral AI, we develop AI technology to simplify tasks, enhance learning and creativity, integrating seamlessly into daily work life. We offer high-performance, optimized, open-source AI models and solutions for enterprise needs on-premises or in cloud. Our AI assistant product is le Chat. Our teams are distributed across France, USA, UK, Germany, and Singapore. Role Summary: Seeking an experienced product manager to define and execute strategy for Forge, a product enabling customers to build, fine-tune, and deploy custom AI models at scale. Forge powers model fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, and post-training workflows, translating research into enterprise-ready solutions. Responsibilities: — Define and evangelize product strategy for Forge aligned with company goals and market opportunities — Lead market and UX research to identify unmet needs and trends in AI post-training capabilities — Own product lifecycle from ideation to launch and iteration, balancing speed, quality, and user experience — Collaborate with design and research to create intuitive, impactful user experiences using data and feedback — Work with marketing and sales on go-to-market strategies including pricing, positioning, and adoption — Align engineering, design, and business teams on priorities, trade-offs, and timelines — Maintain a dynamic roadmap delivering quick wins and long-term goals Requirements: — 5+ years product management experience in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with AI/ML or infrastructure solutions — Strong understanding of AI training pipelines, reinforcement learning loops, and model deployment architectures — Expertise in AI model lifecycle management including fine-tuning, evaluation, and serving — Experience with Infrastructure as Code, containerization, scalable deployment (on-prem, VPC, cloud) — Familiarity with Kubernetes/Slurm is a strong plus — User-focused with data-driven problem solving — Proven cross-functional influence without direct authority — Strong communication skills to explain complex technical concepts clearly — Adaptability to dynamic priorities — Collaborative, low ego, high emotional intelligence — Self-directed with ownership of outcomes Preferred: — Strong knowledge of model training and architectures — Proficient coding skills recommended — Kubernetes expertise recommended — Experience with product-led growth strategies — Founder or early-stage PM experience — Ability to prototype or dive into code Location & Work Format: — Based in Paris, France or London, UK offices — Remote work possible from France, UK, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Italy — Encouraged to work in office at least 3 days per week Conditions: — Competitive salary and equity (stock options) — Health insurance — Transportation allowance — Sport allowance — Meal vouchers — Private pension plan — Generous parental leave — Visa sponsorship