Director, Deployment Strategy and Integration Santa Clara, CA or Remote

Oklo; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Oklo seeks a Director of Deployment Strategy and Integration to lead cross-functional deployment workstreams from problem framing to implementation, reporting to the Senior Director, Deployments. This senior, independent operator will own top-priority workstreams and drive critical decisions across technical, regulatory, commercial, and construction domains.

The role requires exceptional judgment, strong writing, and the ability to guide teams through ambiguity toward measurable outcomes, with a

Qualifications

• Typically 10 or more years of relevant experience; demonstrated scope, judgment, and outcomes matter more than a specific number of years.
• Independently lead 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 in clear, modern, active language.
• The 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.
• The ability to operate with limited direction and represent a senior leader credibly within a defined mandate

Responsibilities

• Own top-priority cross-functional deployment workstreams from problem definition through decision and implementation.
• Enter ambiguous situations, identify the underlying question, and build a practical path to an answer.
• Develop integrated recommendations that connect technical, commercial, regulatory, financial, construction, schedule, operational, customer, and government inputs.
• Separate facts, assumptions, constraints, and preferences; test whether the available evidence supports the current plan.
• Develop options with clear 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

Skills

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Executive presence

Written communication

Cross-functional leadership

Problem framing

Decision making

Regulatory/technical comprehension

Learning agility

Field/operational experience

Job description

Director, Deployment Strategy and Integration

Santa Clara, CA or Remote

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Director of Deployment Strategy and Integration to join our team.

Position Description

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 will own top-priority cross-functional deployment workstreams from problem framing and recommendation development through decision and implementation.

Deploying advanced nuclear technology requires technical, regulatory, commercial, financial, construction, schedule, operational, customer, and government considerations to move together, often before every fact is known. This leader will bring those inputs into a clear point of view, help senior leaders make consequential choices, and drive aligned teams through execution.

The Director will work across business units and functions, earning trust without relying on direct authority over every contributor. Success requires exceptional judgment and writing, comfort with ambiguity, a low-ego operating style, and the discipline to stay with the work until the outcome is real.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Own top-priority cross-functional deployment workstreams from problem definition through decision and implementation.
• Enter ambiguous situations, identify the underlying question, and build a practical path to an answer.
• Develop integrated recommendations that connect technical, commercial, regulatory, financial, construction, schedule, operational, customer, and government inputs.
• Separate facts, assumptions, constraints, and preferences; test whether the available evidence supports the current plan.
• Develop options with clear 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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 in clear, modern, active language.
• The 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.
• The ability to operate with limited direction and represent a senior leader credibly within a defined mandate

Bonus Qualifications:

• 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.

We are looking for a Deployment Strategy and Integration Director that is:

• A strong problem framer: Identifies the real decision, relevant time horizon, constraints, and downstream consequences before proposing a solution.
• An independent decision-maker: Forms and defends a sound view with incomplete or conflicting information while being clear about uncertainty.
• An exceptional writer: Turns a large, messy source set into a short document that an executive can use to decide and a team can use to act.
• A systems thinker: Connects engineering, regulatory, commercial, finance, construction, schedule, operations, customer, and government realities without losing the critical path.
• A decisive collaborator: Builds alignment across teams while keeping decision ownership clear and using escalation thoughtfully.
• An execution-minded strategist: Converts recommendations into owners, sequence, resources, risks, and review points, and stays engaged through implementation.
• Passionate about clean energy
• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly
• Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us
• Willing to think differently and do things in new ways