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title: 'Deputy Director, Safety & Security HQ at Mistral'
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# Deputy Director, Safety & Security HQ at Mistral

- **Company:** [Mistral](https://feeny.ai/companies/mistral)
- **Location:** Paris, France
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-07-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-20
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mistral.ai/d5d4567a-1a71-4769-86df-10c9f7e87583

## Job description

## 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

This role exists to ensure the physical safety, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience of Mistral's HQ.

As a member of the global security team, you will shape and execute the HQ's physical security strategy for one of the world’s leading AI companies, directly impacting the protection of employees, assets, and intellectual property. Your work will establish Mistral's HQ as a benchmark for physical security in the tech sector, enabling business growth while mitigating risks in a cutting-edge, AI-driven environment. You will own the end-to-end physical security framework—from access control and surveillance to crisis response—collaborating closely with French authorities (Police, Gendarmerie, ANSSI) and internal stakeholders. This is a unique opportunity to build a scalable, compliant, and innovative security model that sets the standard for Mistral's expansion across Europe.

## What You Will Do

- Define and implement a unified physical security strategy for Mistral AI’s France facilities, aligning global policies with local regulations.
- Lead the consolidation and management of security vendors under SLAs, ensuring performance, cost-efficiency, and compliance.
- Establish a regulatory compliance program to achieve 100% adherence to French/EU laws (CNIL, RGPD, NIS2) and industry standards (ISO 27001/28000).
- Deploy state-of-the-art security technologies, including AI-powered surveillance, access control, and intrusion detection systems.
- Develop and test crisis response frameworks, including emergency protocols for evacuations, lockdowns, and high-impact incidents.
- Formalize liaison protocols with French authorities to enable threat intelligence sharing and collaborative security measures.
- Optimize the France security budget (€1M–3M/year) through vendor consolidation, efficiency gains, and risk-based prioritization.
- Measure and report on security performance, ensuring zero major incidents and continuous improvement of safety standards.

## What we are looking for

- Proven experience designing and implementing physical security programs for large, high-stakes facilities or multi-site operations.
- Vendor management expertise with a track record of consolidating, negotiating, and optimizing security service contracts (e.g., guard services, CCTV, access control).
- Crisis leadership with hands-on experience developing and testing emergency response protocols for incidents like protests, cyber-physical threats, or natural disasters.
- Deep knowledge of French/EU compliance frameworks (CNIL, RGPD, NIS2, ISO 27001/28000) and a history of leading audits or certifications.
- Builder mentality—thrives in ambiguous environments, turning strategy into scalable, operational security solutions.
- Data-driven decision-making—uses KPIs, risk assessments, and metrics to continuously improve security posture.
- Resilience under pressure—maintains clarity and effectiveness in high-stakes, fast-evolving situations.
- Uncompromising integrity—upholds the highest ethical standards, ensuring confidentiality and trust in sensitive contexts.

## 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. For the most up-to-date details on benefits available in your location, please refer to our [Benefits page](https://app.notion.com/p/mistralai/Benefits-at-Mistral-36e6ba59a7fe836b93dd01737fcc27ef?source=copy_link).

Privacy Policy Your privacy matters to us. You can learn more about how we handle your personal data in our [Applicant Privacy Policy](https://legal.mistral.ai/terms/applicant-privacy-policy).

## About Mistral

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Mistral is a French AI company building open, frontier-grade large language models, developer platforms, and applied AI solutions for enterprises and governments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: Paris, France (15 rue des Halles)
- **Founded**: April 2023
- **Founders**: Arthur Mensch (CEO), Guillaume Lample (Chief Science Officer), Timothée Lacroix (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, Enterprise AI Software
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise, Government, and Developers (B2D)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To make frontier AI open to all, and together solve the world's hardest problems."

## Products & Services
- **Mistral Large**: Frontier-grade large language model for complex reasoning and enterprise tasks.
- **Mistral Small 3**: Efficient, lightweight model for cost-sensitive deployments.
- **Mistral Code / Vibe**: AI agent for long-horizon, autonomous software development and task completion.
- **Le Chat**: Consumer-facing AI assistant and chatbot.
- **Mistral OCR 4**: State-of-the-art document intelligence model for extracting and understanding text from images and PDFs.
- **Mistral Forge**: Custom model development service for training, aligning, and evaluating proprietary AI models on private data.
- **Mistral Studio**: Platform for building, testing, and running AI agents and applications with full control.
- **Mistral Compute**: Infrastructure and orchestration platform for frontier-scale training and inference (edge to cloud).
- **Mistral Search Toolkit**: Tools for integrating search and retrieval into AI applications.
- **Voxtral**: Voice AI model for speech-based interactions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $4.016 billion (latest reported valuation, per CB Insights; date not specified but likely post-Series C)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised across Seed, Series A, Series B, and Series C rounds (specific amounts not disclosed in search results).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly named in search results, but the company partners with organizations in finance, manufacturing, defense, energy, and the public sector.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Rapid scaling: 900+ employees across 30+ nationalities as of mid-2026.
  - 50% of leadership roles held by women.
  - Key product launches on a near-monthly cadence (e.g., Mistral OCR, Forge, Vibe, Compute, Search Toolkit, Voxtral).
  - Strong presence in high-stakes, regulated industries (defense, energy, public sector).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Open-source DNA**: Commitment to openness, transparency, and cost efficiency differentiates Mistral from closed, Big Tech AI labs.
- **Full-stack ownership**: Controls the entire stack from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute infrastructure, enabling deep customization and reliability.
- **European leadership**: Positioned as a sovereign, European AI champion, appealing to governments and enterprises seeking data control and regulatory compliance.
- **Speed and rigor**: Culture of rapid experimentation, iteration, and data-driven decision-making.

## Strategic Focus
- **Enterprise and government partnerships**: Co-creating tailored AI systems for mission-critical use cases in finance, manufacturing, defense, energy, and public sector.
- **Open platform ecosystem**: Expanding Mistral Studio and Forge to enable customers to build custom models and agents on their own data.
- **Infrastructure as a product**: Commercializing Mistral Compute to become a platform for others to train and run AI workloads.
- **Continuous model innovation**: Releasing new frontier models and capabilities (OCR, voice, code agents) at a rapid pace.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Flat structure, high ownership, low ego, and a "builders, not order takers" mentality. The company values audacity, speed, rigor, and customer centricity.
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Based in Paris (15 rue des Halles); relocation support and visa sponsorship offered. Specific remote/hybrid policy not detailed, but global team suggests flexibility.
- **Notable perks and benefits** (from careers page):
  - 20 weeks paid parental leave for all birthing parents.
  - 100% employer-sponsored medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  - 6% 401k match (US) / 5% pension contribution (UK).
  - Childcare support (reserved daycare seats or financial assistance).
  - Meal allowances and transportation support.
  - Fitness and wellness subsidies.
  - Relocation and settling-in services.
  - Financial and career planning support.
- **Team composition**: 900+ employees from 30+ nationalities; 50% female leaders.
- **Interview process**: For science, product, and engineering roles: intro conversation → 2-5 technical exercises → 1-3 interviews (hiring manager + teammates) → values conversation → reference checks.

## Sources
1. [Mistral AI - About Page](https://mistral.ai/about/)
2. [Mistral AI - Careers Page](https://mistral.ai/careers/)
3. [Mistral AI - Homepage](https://mistral.ai/)
4. [CB Insights - Mistral AI Company Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/mistral-ai)
5. [Mistral AI - LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/mistralai)

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