Director, Deployment Strategy and Integration

Oklo•Santa Clara, CA

2d•$170,000 - $220,000•Remote

About The Position

Oklo is hiring a Director of Deployment Strategy and Integration to serve as a high-judgment deputy to the Senior Director, Deployments. This senior, independent operator owns top-priority cross-functional deployment workstreams from problem framing and recommendation development through decision and implementation. The role brings technical, regulatory, commercial, financial, construction, schedule, operational, customer, and government considerations together to help senior leaders make consequential choices and guide aligned teams through execution, often amid uncertainty. The Director works across business units and functions, earning trust without depending on direct authority over every contributor. The role calls for exceptional judgment and writing, comfort with ambiguity, a low-ego operating style, and sustained follow-through until work produces a real outcome. The position may require access to information subject to U.S. export control laws; eligibility may be limited to applicants who qualify as U.S. persons under applicable laws. Remote employees must travel to headquarters in Santa Clara, California twice a quarter based on business or team needs, including meetings, off-sites, and other company events. Employees must be onsite at headquarters during the first two weeks of onboarding. Travel is expected to be approximately 50% and may be higher during critical deployment periods, including travel to project sites and external stakeholder meetings.

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, using clear, modern, active language.
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.
Ability to operate with limited direction and represent a senior leader credibly within a defined mandate.
Ability to frame problems by identifying the decision, time horizon, constraints, and downstream consequences.
Ability to form and defend a sound view with incomplete or conflicting information while being clear about uncertainty.
Ability to synthesize complex information into concise executive-ready writing and actionable plans.
Ability to connect engineering, regulatory, commercial, finance, construction, schedule, operations, customer, and government considerations.
Ability to build alignment across teams, keep decision ownership clear, and escalate thoughtfully.
Self-motivated, collaborative, creative, detail-oriented, and comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-paced, iterative startup environment.
Willingness to learn quickly, receive constructive feedback, think in new ways, and propose creative solutions to technical problems.
Passion for clean energy and making advanced fission a reality.
Ability to communicate technical content and results verbally.
Must meet the applicable U.S.-person eligibility definition if access to export-controlled information requires it.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Own top-priority cross-functional deployment workstreams from problem definition through decision and implementation.
Enter ambiguous situations, identify the underlying question, and develop a practical path to an answer.
Develop integrated recommendations connecting technical, commercial, regulatory, financial, construction, schedule, operational, customer, and government inputs.
Separate facts, assumptions, constraints, and preferences, and test whether available evidence supports the current plan.
Develop options that clarify 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.
Carry decisions into implementation and adapt as facts or conditions change.