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Director, Deployment Strategy and Integration

Oklo

Santa Clara, CA

Full Time

Posted October 27, 2026

$170k - $220k

Nuclear Energy

Remote

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Job Description

Oklo is hiring a Director of Deployment Strategy and Integration to serve as a high-judgment deputy to the Senior Director, Deployments.

Key Responsibilities

Own top-priority cross-functional deployment workstreams from problem definition through decision and implementation.
Enter ambiguous situations, identify the underlying question, and build a practical path to an answer.
Develop integrated recommendations that connect technical, commercial, regulatory, financial, construction, schedule, operational, customer, and government inputs.
Separate facts, assumptions, constraints, and preferences; test whether the available evidence supports the current plan.
Develop options with clear tradeoffs, second-order effects, owners, timing, and a recommended path.
Convene cross-functional teams, clarify interfaces, surface conflicts, and drive issues to closure or timely escalation.
Write concise decision memos, executive updates, meeting narratives, and implementation plans that stand on their own.
Represent the Senior Director, Deployments in defined meetings and workstreams and follow through on commitments within that mandate.
Convert lessons from live projects into practical, repeatable deployment practices for the broader portfolio.

Requirements

Typically 10 or more years of relevant experience; demonstrated scope, judgment, and outcomes matter more than a specific number of years.
A record of independently leading complex, cross-functional work from an ambiguous starting point to a concrete outcome.
Strong executive presence and the ability to influence senior leaders and subject-matter experts without relying on reporting authority.
Excellent written and verbal communication in clear, modern, active language.
The ability to learn technical and operational subject matter quickly and ask precise questions without overstepping domain expertise.
Experience carrying decisions into implementation and adapting as facts or conditions change.
The ability to operate with limited direction and represent a senior leader credibly within a defined mandate
Experience leading complex programs, deployments, infrastructure development, strategy and operations, technical special projects, government programs, or high-stakes field operations.
Experience in advanced energy, nuclear, aerospace, defense technology, construction, industrial systems, autonomy, or another regulated hardware environment.
Familiarity with first-of-a-kind delivery, government customers or partners, complex contracts, project finance, capital decisions, stage gates, project controls, EPC partners, commissioning, or operational readiness.
Direct field, site, construction, manufacturing, or customer-deployment experience.
We are looking for a Deployment Strategy and Integration Director that is:
A strong problem framer: Identifies the real decision, relevant time horizon, constraints, and downstream consequences before proposing a solution.
An independent decision-maker: Forms and defends a sound view with incomplete or conflicting information while being clear about uncertainty.
An exceptional writer: Turns a large, messy source set into a short document that an executive can use to decide and a team can use to act.
A systems thinker: Connects engineering, regulatory, commercial, finance, construction, schedule, operations, customer, and government realities without losing the critical path.
A decisive collaborator: Builds alignment across teams while keeping decision ownership clear and using escalation thoughtfully.
An execution-minded strategist: Converts recommendations into owners, sequence, resources, risks, and review points, and stays engaged through implementation.
Passionate about clean energy
Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
Willing and able to learn quickly
Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us
Willing to think differently and do things in new ways
Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving, while not leaning only on what has been done before
Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems
Able to communicate technical content and results verbally
A startup person : You aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team. If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won’t enjoy working with us! There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.
Motivated : You are self-motivated. You bring an enthusiasm to the team, and imbue a sense of passion that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out. This isn’t about a fake or arbitrary “pieces of flair” mentality or lack of work-life balance! It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.
A team-player : Oklo genuinely is a team. We aren’t about taking credit for ourselves, and we aren’t about pushing blame to others. We do incredible things because we work as a team.
An excellent communicator : We need a person who is not only technically competent but also a clear and upbeat communicator.
Creative : Being creative means that when things fall outside clear scopes or processes or problems arise without clear solutions, you are able to identify it as well as invent ways to solve a problem or fill a need without micromanagement. The successful person in this job will not only be creative, but also enjoy being creative and solving open-ended problems which may change day-by-day.
Detail-oriented : This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality. Excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.
Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters in Santa Clara, California twice a quarter, based on business or team needs, including attendance at team meetings, off-sites, and other company events or gatherings. For the first two weeks of onboarding, employees are required to be in person at headquarters. Travel is expected to be approximately 50% and may be higher during critical deployment periods, including travel to project sites and external stakeholder meetings.