Early Deployments Project Manager

Oklo•Santa Clara, CA

8d•$125,000 - $175,000•Remote

About The Position

The Early Deployments Project Manager will spearhead communications among project team members, key stakeholders, and leadership. Experience in startups and/or resource constrained environments is highly desired. The early deployments team is cross-functional and supports the site characterization and permitting for Oklo projects, preparing the site for handoff to construction. Creativity with a detailed understanding of measured and well managed risk are highly valued. An engineering degree is preferred and technical management experience is required. A strong understanding of quality assurance standards is essential.

Requirements

5+ years in technical or industrial project management
Bachelor's degree in engineering or 4-8 years relevant engineering experience
Proficiency in Project Management Software (Primavera and MS Project)
Experienced in technical industrial projects, especially with familiarity of challenges related to permitting, civil engineering, and utilities
An excellent writer who can write in modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!
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.
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 in startups and/or resource constrained environments is highly desired.
Creativity with a detailed understanding of measured and well managed risk are highly valued.
Nuclear experience in design, construction, commissioning, or operations
Creative when pursuing tasks in resource constrained environments
An active and effective communicator of priorities
Able to recognize, accept, and manage risk
Passionate about Oklo's mission to design and deploy advanced fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy
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
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.

Responsibilities

Organize early deployments project team efforts with concise statement of work, clear deliverables, and approved charters
Develop Gantt charts and work breakdown structures as required for proper management and reporting of project status
Hold the standard on project management policies, procedures, and standards for all related and supporting activities
Oversee the preparation and management of critical contracting vehicles to support the projects
Manage project timelines, deliverables, and budgets, to quantify, manage and communicate risk to the project
Ensure contracts include provisions to manage and mitigate risk to the project
Act as the central point of communications and updates regarding all details of the projects under your management
Regularly update and communicate with supporting vendors, customers, and all stakeholders
Act as a liaison between senior leadership, project teams, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and resolve conflicts
Coordinate with finance and the project controller to regularly report on the project budget
Identify and mitigate financial, timeline, and performance risks
Coordinate with Engineering and Quality Assurance to verify requirements and accept deliverables
Identify non-conformances and track corrections while updating impact to the project and managing required changes
Ensure that Safety Related items' quality is properly documented and filed as a part of acceptance
Coordinate communications and maintain accountability for project milestones
Through project management disciplines, foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and common purpose
Monitor project performance and leverage leadership interest and sponsorship to bring additional resources as may be required