Chief of Staff to the Chief Product Officer

Oklo•Santa Clara, CA

1d•$90,000 - $225,000•Remote

About The Position

Oklo is hiring a Chief of Staff to work directly with the Chief Product Officer and create real operating leverage for the CPO and Product organization. This is not a traditional calendar-management role. It is a high-trust role that operates across Product and cross-functionally across Oklo. This person will keep open loops from falling through the cracks, turn fast and messy conversations into clear decisions and actions, help prepare and synthesize meetings and materials, coordinate across leaders, product lines, and deployments, and build better systems so the organization is not solving the same problem twice. Success means the CPO has more time with direct reports, more space for deep-focus work, and a Product organization that feels more focused, faster, and better coordinated. There will be frequent travel to support the CPO as needed.

Requirements

8-10 years of experience supporting or partnering with a senior executive, ideally a CEO, CPO, COO, technical founder, or similarly high-demand executive
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing executive-ready materials
Demonstrated ability to manage complex priorities, communications, calendars, follow-through, and sensitive information with excellent judgment
Prior experience in a Chief of Staff, executive business partner, senior executive assistant, business operations, product operations, technical program/product operations, or similar high-leverage executive support role
Experience working closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Safety, Quality, Construction, Deployment, Commercial, or other business-side teams
Passionate about clean energy and making advanced fission a reality
Willing and able to learn quickly
Hungry, proactive, and willing to do the work; this is not a narrow-lane or wait-to-be-told role
Technically fluent enough to keep up or possess meaningful experience in technical, engineering, STEM, or technology-driven environments
A strong writer and synthesizer with excellent judgment, discretion, and attention to detail
Practical and organized; someone who creates structure without adding unnecessary process
Comfortable with direct communication, candid feedback, high accountability, technical complexity, shifting priorities, and extensive travel
Energized by important, messy, fast-moving work and not looking for a slow pace, heavy hierarchy, or a tightly defined box
Willing to think differently and do things in new ways
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
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.
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.
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.
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.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment or within the renewable energy, nuclear, aerospace, or a similarly complex, highly regulated industry
Bachelor’s degree or higher in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), or a closely related technical field
Experience using AI tools, automation, workflow systems, or advanced productivity tools to streamline executive operations preferred

Responsibilities

Create operating leverage for the CPO by managing priorities, communications, time, follow-through, decision support, and organizational coordination
Keep open loops, pending decisions, follow-ups, commitments, risks, and dependencies from falling through the cracks across Product and key cross-functional workstreams
Turn fast, messy conversations into clear decisions, actions, owners, timelines, drafts, and follow-through
Prepare and synthesize meetings and materials, including summaries, rundowns, follow-up notes, first drafts, decision documents, board materials, and executive communications
Coordinate across direct reports, senior leaders, product lines, deployments, and cross-functional partners to strengthen alignment and ensure the right people have the right context
Protect the CPO’s time by improving calendar quality, reducing unnecessary meetings, creating space for deep-focus work, and surfacing the most important topics quickly
Build better systems and repeatable workflows using AI, automation, and modern tools so recurring work is faster, cleaner, and more scalable