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Senior Director, International Development

Oklo

Location not specified

Full Time

Posted September 3, 2026

$250k - $290k

Nuclear Energy

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Job Description

Oklo is seeking a Senior Director of International Affairs to develop international opportunities that can materially advance the company's long-term strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Target markets and partnerships. Develop recommendations on priority markets, institutions, and opportunities based on strategic fit, partner capabilities, commercial demand, capital availability, timing, and risk.
Sovereign and institutional relationships. Build and advance relationships with sovereign investors, government institutions, industrial partners, and other organizations relevant to Oklo's global strategy.
Structure international opportunities. Develop business cases and proposed structures for international partnerships, sovereign or government-capital opportunities, joint ventures, and other cross-border initiatives.
Advance transactions. Work with Finance, Business Development, Corporate Development, Strategic Partnerships, and Legal to test economics, assess counterparties, develop terms, and advance approved opportunities toward executable agreements.
Navigate regulatory and policy dependencies. Coordinate with Government Affairs and technical, regulatory, and legal specialists on political, policy, licensing, export, and other dependencies that affect an opportunity's feasibility.
Lead initiative execution. Lead assigned initiatives across internal teams and outside advisers, maintaining clear objectives, owners, milestones, and decisions through launch or handoff.
Prepare and represent leadership. Prepare senior leadership for important international engagements and represent Oklo when delegated; work with the Strategy Associate on research, analysis, and materials and the Strategy Manager on coordinated follow-through.
Align cross-functional stakeholders. Align engagement plans with existing international and business-unit owners, avoid conflicting commitments, and recommend where to advance, defer, or decline an opportunity.

Requirements

Experience in international business, strategic investing, government, industrial partnerships, or a related field, with evidence of delivering outcomes across institutions and jurisdictions.
Demonstrated ability to develop substantive relationships with senior government, commercial, or financial counterparties and translate engagement into concrete opportunities
Strong commercial and financial judgment, including the ability to evaluate partnership economics, business cases, and potential capital structures.
Experience leading cross-functional work while drawing on appropriate technical, legal, policy, and financial expertise.
Excellent writing and cross-cultural communication, sound discretion, and the ability to make practical recommendations from incomplete information.
Must reside in the UK or the Netherlands.
Experience with sovereign investors, development finance, government-backed capital, or cross-border industrial ventures.
Exposure to nuclear energy, the fuel cycle, infrastructure, advanced technology, or other strategically important industries.
Experience connecting government and commercial objectives; relevant regional expertise or additional language capabilities.
We are looking for a Senior Director, International Affairs that is:
Able to connect geopolitical and institutional context to specific commercial choices
Able to build durable trust while maintaining clear objectives and realistic commitments
Able to work effectively across cultures, disciplines, and organizations with different incentives
Can distinguish meaningful strategic progress from access, visibility, or meeting volume
Passionate about clean energy
Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
Willing and able to learn quickly
Highly strategic and a forward-looking thinker
An entrepreneurial mindset with comfort operating in ambiguity
An exceptional communicator, negotiator, and has relationship-building skills
Contains a strong executive presence and cross-functional leadership ability
Aware of global perspectives with awareness of geopolitical and macroeconomic trends
Passionate for building transformational infrastructure businesses
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
An excellent writer who can write in modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!
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.