Strategy Manager

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Strategy Manager to join our team.

Position Description

We’re looking for a highly motivated Strategy Manager to help shape and drive the Oklo’s commercialization and growth plans. In this role, you will partner closely with the executive team and cross-functional leaders to translate complex business questions into clear strategic choices, operating priorities, and execution plans. You will bring structure to ambiguity, lead high-priority strategic initiatives, and ensure the company is making disciplined, well-informed decisions as we scale.

This is a high-impact role for someone who combines strategic rigor with strong judgment and execution. The right candidate will be equally comfortable framing and analyzing a market entry question, building a decision-making process, pressure-testing assumptions, and driving alignment across stakeholders in a fast-moving and highly regulated environment.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Strategic Leadership
• Lead high-priority strategic projects tied to commercialization, growth, operational optimization, and company scaling
• Frame ambiguous or complex issues into structured problem statements, strategic options, and clear recommendations for leadership
• Develop decision frameworks, scenario analyses, and executive-ready materials that support key company decisions
• Help shape and refine Oklo’s commercial strategy, including market prioritization, business model evolution, and go-to-market planning
• Translate leadership discussions into clear decisions, owners, next steps, and measurable outcomes
• Operating Cadence & Execution
• Own and continuously improve the operating rhythms that keep leadership aligned, including weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews
• Build and maintain management dashboards for company KPIs, strategic priorities, and key business risks
• Drive follow-through on the company’s most important strategic initiatives by tracking milestones, surfacing risks, and escalating issues when needed
• Ensure cross-functional initiatives have clear objectives, decision points, accountability, and execution plans
• Research, Analysis, & Insight Generation
• Lead market, customer, policy, and competitive analyses to inform strategic choices
• Build and refine market models, business cases, and scenario analyses, including TAM/SAM/SOM and other driver-based frameworks
• Synthesize quantitative and qualitative inputs into crisp insights and practical recommendations
• Prepare high-quality briefs, memos, and presentations for executive and board-level discussions
• Cross-functional Coordination
• Partner with executive leadership and functional heads to align on priorities and strategy, ensuring seamless translation into realistic execution plans
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to senior leadership on strategic priorities and emerging business questions
• Coordinate across operations, engineering, product, policy, and other teams in a highly regulated environment

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5-8+ years in management consulting, corporate strategy, business operations, or strategic finance 
• Experience owning complex workstreams and driving key initiatives with senior leaders
• Exceptional structured problem-solving, synthesis, and executive communication skills
• Strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities, with the ability to build practical models, evaluate tradeoffs, and translate data into action
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and drive decisions in ambiguous environments
• Proven track record of influencing cross-functional stakeholders without formal authority

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience in energy, infrastructure, industrials, climate, advanced technology, or other highly regulated sectors
• Prior exposure to nuclear energy, power markets, project development, or large-scale commercialization efforts
• Experience in a high-growth startup or scaling company environment
• Preferably located near Santa Clara, CA

Competencies

We are looking for a Strategy Associate that is:

• Passionate about clean energy and making advanced fission a reality
• Deeply curious about markets, business models, policy dynamics, and long-term industry shifts
• Comfortable moving between high-level strategy and detailed execution
• Effective at creating clarity, structure, and momentum in ambiguous situations
• Confident leading through influence, collaboration, and sound judgment
• A strong writer and communicator who can tailor messages to executive, technical, and cross-functional audiences
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
• Creative, practical, and willing to challenge assumptions in pursuit of better outcomes

Who you are:

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. If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won’t enjoy working with us! There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.

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. This isn’t about a fake or arbitrary “pieces of flair” mentality or lack of work-life balance! It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.

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. The successful person in this job will not only be creative, but also enjoy being creative and solving open-ended problems which may change day-by-day.

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.

About Oklo travel requirements:

Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually, based on business or team needs, including attendance at team meetings, off-sites, and other company events or gatherings.

About Oklo compensation:

Salary: $200,000-$250,000

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.

This position may involve access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. Only applicants who meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable laws may be eligible.

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale; establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes; and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy. Oklo was the first to receive a site use permit from the U.S. Department of Energy for a commercial advanced fission plant, was awarded fuel material from Idaho National Laboratory, and submitted the first custom combined license application for an advanced reactor to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Oklo is also developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.

#CHOP: Oklo’s Values
Collaboration: We go further, together. We bring diverse perspectives, listen actively, and build trust through transparency and respect. We work across disciplines, sharing ownership to turn complex challenges into shared successes.
Humility: We are team players who act for the good of the company and for the world. We are focused on our mission, not personal recognition.
Ownership: We take pride in what we do and how we do it. We are proactive in finding solutions and see tasks through  to completion. We are committed to delivering on our promises to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
Pathfinding: We chart new ground where no path exists by approaching challenges with curiosity, courage, and creativity while navigating ambiguity.

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