Strategic Deployment Director – Cross-Functional Execution

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

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