Chief of Staff to the Chief Product Officer

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Chief of Staff (CoS) to our Chief Product Officer (CPO).

Position Description

Oklo is hiring a Chief of Staff to work directly with the Chief Product Officer and create real operating leverage for the CPO and Product organization. This is not a traditional calendar-management role. It is a high-trust role that operates across Product and cross-functionally across Oklo.

This person will keep open loops from falling through the cracks, turn fast and messy conversations into clear decisions and actions, help prepare and synthesize meetings and materials, coordinate across leaders, product lines, and deployments, and build better systems so the organization is not solving the same problem twice. Success means the CPO has more time with direct reports, more space for deep-focus work, and a Product organization that feels more focused, faster, and better coordinated.

There will be frequent travel to support the CPO as needed.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Create operating leverage for the CPO by managing priorities, communications, time, follow-through, decision support, and organizational coordination
• Keep open loops, pending decisions, follow-ups, commitments, risks, and dependencies from falling through the cracks across Product and key cross-functional workstreams
• Turn fast, messy conversations into clear decisions, actions, owners, timelines, drafts, and follow-through
• Prepare and synthesize meetings and materials, including summaries, rundowns, follow-up notes, first drafts, decision documents, board materials, and executive communications
• Coordinate across direct reports, senior leaders, product lines, deployments, and cross-functional partners to strengthen alignment and ensure the right people have the right context
• Protect the CPO's time by improving calendar quality, reducing unnecessary meetings, creating space for deep-focus work, and surfacing the most important topics quickly
• Build better systems and repeatable workflows using AI, automation, and modern tools so recurring work is faster, cleaner, and more scalable

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of experience supporting or partnering with a senior executive, ideally a CEO, CPO, COO, technical founder, or similarly high-demand executive
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing executive-ready materials
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex priorities, communications, calendars, follow-through, and sensitive information with excellent judgment
• Prior experience in a Chief of Staff, executive business partner, senior executive assistant, business operations, product operations, technical program/product operations, or similar high-leverage executive support role
• Experience working closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Safety, Quality, Construction, Deployment, Commercial, or other business-side teams

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment or within the renewable energy, nuclear, aerospace, or a similarly complex, highly regulated industry
• Bachelor's degree or higher in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), or a closely related technical field
• Experience using AI tools, automation, workflow systems, or advanced productivity tools to streamline executive operations preferred

Competencies

We are looking for a Chief of Staff that is:

• Passionate about clean energy and making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly
• Hungry, proactive, and willing to do the work; this is not a narrow-lane or wait-to-be-told role
• Technically fluent enough to keep up or possess meaningful experience in technical, engineering, STEM, or technology-driven environments
• A strong writer and synthesizer with excellent judgment, discretion, and attention to detail
• Practical and organized; someone who creates structure without adding unnecessary process
• Comfortable with direct communication, candid feedback, high accountability, technical complexity, shifting priorities, and extensive travel
• Energized by important, messy, fast-moving work and not looking for a slow pace, heavy hierarchy, or a tightly defined box
• Willing to think differently and do things in new ways
• Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving, while not leaning only on what has been done before
• Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems

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. For the first two weeks of onboarding, employees are required to be in person at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. This is a remote role with frequent travel to support the CPO as needed.

About Oklo compensation:

Salary: $90,000-$225,000

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, bonuses, competitive pay, 401(k), health insurance (with employer contribution), HSA, FSA, flexible work hours, wellness credits, 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.

Candidates should be aware that employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a drug screening, and employees may be subject to drug testing at any time in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.
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