Talent Acquisition Lead - Paris

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.

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 as well as personal needs. Our offerings include Le Chat, La Plateforme, Mistral Code and Mistral Compute - a suite that brings frontier intelligence to end-users.

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.

Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI. Together, we can make a meaningful impact. See more about our culture on

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Role Summary:

As Talent Acquisition Lead, you will have twofold responsibilities as recruiter for some specific positions and as leader of several recruiters, to ensure a global efficiency of our recruiting strategy.

The role reports into the Head of Talent Acquisition.

What you will do

Hire

• Partner with our tech & business hiring managers to find world-changing talent for Mistral

• Identify, attract, and ensure high-touch candidate experience to continuously deliver high-quality candidates and meet hiring goals.

• Guide candidates through our hiring process and introducing them to the magic of working at Mistral

Manage

• Cascade recruiting strategy among the recruiting team

• Dive deep into data and root cause issues to help identify and solve recruiting problems.• Help each recruiter to thrive on this scope

• Build a data driven culture in your team

Optimise

• At function level, contribute to continuous improvement and innovation in the efficiency and effectiveness of our process, recruitment stack

• Push for efficiency initiatives : documentation, automation

Influence

• Work on building a recruitment culture in the company

• Represent Mistral AI on the talent market

About you

• 8+ years of experience within a corporate environment.

• A self-starter who is result-oriented, resourceful, innovative, intellectually curious, and who takes initiative and risks.

• Experience in complex recruiting in highly competitive talent markets

• Multi-year experience in leading recruiting teams

• Strong written and verbal communication

• No ego and highly committed to deliver.

• Able and keen to to jump from strategic topics to very hands-on work

• Open learning mindset and fast learner, demonstrated capacity to quickly grasp new complex topics

• Capability, credibility, and consultative skills to influence senior colleagues and stakeholders without authority.

• Organized, disciplined and strong at both project and people management

• Target driven, detail oriented and approachable with the ability to prioritize and work well in an environment with competing demands.

• Fluent in English and experience recruiting internationally

• Ideally, proficiency with Lever/ Ashby; Modernloop; Crosschq, Crew

• Ideally, you have a track record of recruiting both in business & tech roles

Benefits

Competitive cash salary and equity

Food : Daily lunch vouchers

Sport : Monthly contribution to a Gympass subscription

Transportation : Monthly contribution to a mobility pass

‍⚕️ Health : Full health insurance for you and your family

Parental : Generous parental leave policy

Visa sponsorship

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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 .

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