Recycling Ops & Process Improvement Manager

Oklo, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Equity

Bonuses

401(k)

Health insurance

Job summary

Oklo, Inc. is seeking a Recycling Operations Manager to lead cross‑functional operations within the Recycling Division and align engineering and product teams around scalable processes.

You will diagnose friction points, design practical solutions, and own purchasing, budgeting, and workflows to accelerate regulated technology development. You will partner with senior leadership to implement clear operating rhythms, documentation, and tooling improvements, while maintaining strong communication

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, ensuring they are clearly documented and easy to access. Partner with quality assurance to ensure practices are right‑sized and in compliance.
• 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 (e.g., offsites, design reviews, all‑hands) to ensure they are purposeful and well‑run.

Skills

Engineering ops

Product ops

PM exp

Confluence

Jira

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Oklo, Inc. is seeking a Recycling Operations Manager to lead cross‑functional operations within the Recycling Division and align engineering and product teams around scalable processes.

You will diagnose friction points, design practical solutions, and own purchasing, budgeting, and workflows to accelerate regulated technology development. You will partner with senior leadership to implement clear operating rhythms, documentation, and tooling improvements, while maintaining strong communication