Head of Isotopes Supply Chain

Oklo•Santa Clara, CA

6d•$180,000 - $230,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Oklo Isotopes is hiring a Head of Isotopes Supply Chain to own one of the hardest problems in our business: moving radioactive products that lose value by the hour through a thin, unforgiving carrier network, and doing it so reliably that customers build their operations around us. Many of our products are perishable; a day lost in transit is product lost forever. This is not a freight-desk role. It is a design-and-own role for a capability we consider a moat. This person will own radioactive packaging, carrier and route qualification, shipment execution, and contingency planning across the division. They will build the Class 7 shipping capability: packaging selection and licensing, trained hazmat personnel, classification and documentation, qualified carriers and routes, and the redundancy that turns a fragile chain into a dependable one. They will also carry logistics requirements into our biggest decisions, including facility siting and design. Success means produced activity becomes delivered revenue, customers experience us as the most dependable shipper in the industry, and logistics constraints are designed into our plans rather than discovered after them.

Requirements

8+ years in logistics or transportation of dangerous goods, with direct experience shipping Class 7 radioactive material by road and air.
Working knowledge of DOT, IATA, and NRC transport requirements, package types, and shipper responsibilities.
Demonstrated experience building or running a time-critical shipping operation, ideally for perishable or short-shelf-life products.
Experience qualifying and managing carriers, couriers, and freight partners in a thin-capacity network.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including customer-facing communication under pressure.
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 shipping radiopharmaceuticals, medical isotopes, or sealed sources.
Hazmat or dangerous goods certifications (for example, DOT hazmat, IATA DG).
Experience informing facility siting or network design decisions with logistics analysis.
Experience standing up logistics operations in a startup or fast-growth environment.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end logistics for radioactive products: packaging, classification, documentation, tendering, carrier management, delivery confirmation, and returns.
Build and qualify the Class 7 network: Type A and Type B packaging programs, carrier and route qualification, specialized couriers and air-cargo partners, and station-level acceptance.
Design redundancy: backup routes, backup carriers, and recovery playbooks for missed pickups, refused tenders, and in-transit failures on time-critical shipments.
Own trained hazmat shipping personnel, procedures, and compliance across our sites.
Carry logistics requirements into facility siting, production scheduling, and customer commitments, so that transit time and route risk are priced into every decision.
Build relationships with the small set of carriers, brokers, and handlers that accept radioactive material, and make Oklo their favorite customer.
Measure and publish delivery performance, and drive it toward industry-leading on-time, in-full delivery.