Director of Tax

Kairos Power

Alameda, CA

Full Time

Posted October 21, 2026

$209k - $262k

Nuclear Energy

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Freshness: Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 22, 2026
Classification: Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Nuclear Energy
Pay provenance: Employer-provided pay

Job Description

Kairos Power is seeking a Director of Tax to lead the company’s tax strategy, compliance, reporting, and incentive monetization activities.

Requirements

Progressive tax experience in a combination of public accounting and/or in-house tax leadership roles, including experience leading tax functions or significant tax engagements.
Demonstrated, hands-on experience successfully identifying, securing, and realizing benefits from federal and state tax incentives, including clean energy investment or production tax credits and R&D tax credits, with strong working knowledge of Sections 41 and 174.
Deep knowledge of U.S. federal and state tax regimes, including partnership, state and local, and tax-accounting matters.
Experience overseeing income, partnership, sales and use, property, and other operational tax compliance, as well as tax provisions, financial statement disclosures, forecasting, audits, and tax-risk management.
Experience leading cross-functional tax projects involving technical, operational, financial, and legal teams.
Ability to balance strategic planning and executive-level advising with detailed, hands-on execution.
Experience supporting manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, nuclear, or advanced-technology companies, preferred.
Experience with investment, refundable, and/or transferable tax credit programs, preferred.
Experience with partnership and owner reporting, transfer pricing, international tax matters, or tax-efficient transaction structuring, preferred.
Prior involvement in mergers and acquisitions, new ventures, geographic expansion, IPO preparation, or public-company environments, preferred.
Experience implementing tax technology or materially improving tax processes and reporting systems, preferred.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Juris Doctor (JD), or Master of Science in Taxation (MST) strongly preferred.
Occasionally requires working weekends
Occasionally requires schedule flexibility
Occasionally required non-standard work-week hours
Occasionally requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines
The salary range for this position is $209,400 to $261,700 for employees working onsite at our Alameda, CA headquarters. The range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate of candidates hired in California. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.
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Benefits & Perks

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:
Competitive compensation packages
Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
Paid Vacation
401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)
Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.
Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810