Recycling Operations Lead: Process & Systems Optimizer

Oklo Inc; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Equity

Bonuses

401(k)

Health insurance (employer contrib)

HSA

FSA

Flexible work hours

Wellness credits

Job summary

Oklo Inc. is seeking a Recycling Operations Manager to join our engineering and product teams in Santa Clara, CA.

This role focuses on how recycling work happens, identifying friction points, and partnering with senior leadership to design practical solutions across processes, tooling, and information flow. The role oversees budgeting, purchasing, planning, and hiring within recycling, while extending Ops systems into recycling workflows to support fast-moving, technically complex, regulated

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in engineering operations, product operations, management consulting, technical program management, or similar roles.
• Demonstrated experience improving cross-functional workflows, operating models, or organizational systems.
• Experience working directly with senior leadership (Director level and above) to diagnose problems, influence decisions, and implement change.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose root causes across process, tooling, ownership, communication, and cross-team interfaces, and implement solutions.
• Own scalability and efficiency of the recycling division processes, including budgeting, purchasing, planning, and hiring.
• Own and maintain the division procurement process to ensure proposals and contracts are properly scoped and swiftly executed.
• Create and maintain engineering work instructions and best practices, ensure they are clearly documented and accessible; partner with quality assurance.
• Identify opportunities to replace overly manual workflows with automation or improved tooling.
• Work with Business Ops and Procurement to streamline budgeting, purchasing, and resource planning for engineering teams.
• Coordinate and execute high-leverage recycling forums to ensure they are purposeful and well-run.

Skills

Engineering operations

Cross-functional collaboration

Senior stakeholder liaison

Strong communication

Independent in ambiguity

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Oklo Inc. is seeking a Recycling Operations Manager to join our engineering and product teams in Santa Clara, CA.

This role focuses on how recycling work happens, identifying friction points, and partnering with senior leadership to design practical solutions across processes, tooling, and information flow. The role oversees budgeting, purchasing, planning, and hiring within recycling, while extending Ops systems into recycling workflows to support fast-moving, technically complex, regulated