Oklo Inc
Senior Director, Global Power Origination & Market Development
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Senior Director of Global Power Origination & Market Development at Oklo
We are searching for a ** Senior Director of Global Power Origination & Market Development ** to join our team. This role is perfectly aligned with the visionary and high-impact nature of Oklo.
Position Description
Oklo is seeking a highly strategic, commercially minded, and globally oriented leader to help shape where and how advanced nuclear power can be deployed worldwide. The Senior Director, Global Power Origination & Market Development will focus on Oklo’s exploration and evaluation of global market opportunities, strategic partnerships, infrastructure ecosystems, government initiatives, and commercial pathways for advanced nuclear deployment.
This is an intentionally broad, strategic and commercially oriented role. The ideal candidate will identify emerging opportunities, assess market structures, build key strategic relationships, and build commercial frameworks, all while operating in an atmosphere of complexity and striding wholly forward into entirely new market opportunities.
The role will hinge at the intersection of global energy markets, infrastructure strategy, commercial origination, government affairs, industrial development, and long-term corporate strategy. Operate as a commercially savvy orchestrator, ensuring multiple initiatives fall into place in a fashion that maximises Oklo’s competitive advantage worldwide.
The position has significant international travel in mind. We are only considering candidates based in the Netherlands or United Kingdom.
Specific Responsibilities
Global Market Development & Opportunity Exploration
Identify and evaluate emerging market opportunities across:
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North America
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Europe
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Middle East
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Asia-Pacific
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Latin America
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Strategic industrial regions globally
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Analyze global electricity market dynamics, industrial growth trends, energy security initiatives, and infrastructure investment patterns.
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Help determine where advanced nuclear can integrate smoothly into evolving systems, inclusive of **industrial ecosystems and critical infrastructure networks.
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Evaluate market structures, regulatory environments, energy pricing frameworks, and deployment barriers across international jurisdictions while emphasizing areas with the highest infrastructure and commercial value.
Strategic Origination & Commercial Structuring
Build and maintain external relationships with:
- Utilities and grid operators
- Hyperscalers and data center developers
- Industrial energy users
- Infrastructure developers
- Strategic investors
- Governments and ministries
- Sovereign wealth funds
- Energy and infrastructure partners
Originate and structure strategic partnerships that accelerate deployment, encompassing:
- Strategic cooperation agreements
- Joint development agreements
- Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs)
- Power purchase framework concepts
- Long-term energy supply agreements
- Infrastructure and co-development partnerships
- Public-private partnership constructs
Craft creative commercial frameworks aligning Oklo’s core expertise with customer goals, government mandates, and infrastructure partnerships. Execute complex deal structures in partnership with legal, financial, commercial, and leadership teams.
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Government Affairs & Strategic Policy Analysis
Monitor shifts in global policy covering:
- Nuclear energy
- Industrial policy
- Energy security
- Grid modernization
- AI infrastructure growth
- Decarbonization initiatives
- Strategic manufacturing
/Models that facilitate optimal government relationships:
- Participate strategically with governments, regulators, and policy stakeholders.
- Identify public-private and government-backed infrastructure initiatives.
- Assess both geopolitical and policy-makings -- pinpoint opportunities and potential risks adeptly.
Strategic Funding & Infrastructure Finance
Uncover and strategize funding pathways, including:
- Sovereign investment programs
- Export credit agencies
- Infrastructure financing initiatives
- Strategic grants and incentives
- Public-private investment partnerships
- Industrial development programs
Survey commercial and financing alignment to enable scalable deployment economics. Collaborate with financial teams and leadership in assessing investment opportunities and infrastructure financing models.
Global Infrastructure & Supply Chain Strategy
Analyze:
- Infrastructure ecosystems and supply chain capabilities vital for advanced nuclear deployment.
- Strategic manufacturing, construction, logistics, and fuel-cycle partnerships.
Addressing deployment obstacles and potential bottlenecks globally. Assess long-term localization opportunities and considerations for infrastructural scalability.
Corporate Strategy & Executive Advisory
Serve the leadership advisory position on:
- Emerging global energy market opportunities and infrastructure trends.
- Strategic insights across:
- Where Oklo should deploy.
- Which markets are becoming attractive.
- Essential gameplay roles.
- How evolving energy markets are shaping the world would affect infrastructure constraints.
Succinct insights on commercial advancements for accelerated deployment. Contribute to long-term market positioning future-proofing Oklo’s global commercialisation strategy.
Qualifications & Competencies
Minimum Qualifications
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10–20+ years of diverse experience across:
- Global energy markets
- Power origination
- Infrastructure development
- Strategic partnerships, energy strategies
- Government affairs
- Infrastructure finance and industrial development
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Strong background in global power/policy systems, contemporary infrastructure dynamics, able to grant nuanced competitive analyses.
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Experience evaluating and building upon large-scale commercial, regulatory, and geopolitical scenarios.
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Adept engages with emerging markets on a high-ambitiality level.
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Fractions knowledge on power origination, energy contracting, infrastructure partnerships, utility or industrial procurement models.
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Ability to synthesise fragmented market information to definitive strategic insights and commercially viable deployment models.
Competencies: The Ideal Candidate
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Passionate about:
- Clean energy action
- Advanced fission’s revolutionary potential and deployment
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Thrives in a dynamic startup environment: autonomous, efficient, and results-driven.
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Strategic forward thinker and commercial anomaly-finder with innate curiosity.
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Strong entrepreneurial mindset: solution-oriented driven by ambiguity; comfortable evolving contextually.
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Executive-level communicator, broadcaster of both tech and actionable strategies:
- Proficiency in written and verbal articulations.
- Presents coherently; influential negotiation skills; relationship builder.
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Technically grounded and applied with an imagination for challenges:
- Creative, adaptive, and willing to propose radically new ideas.
- Savvily wields flexible processes without micromanagement.
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Who You Are
A startup-loved temperament:
- Dissociates from rigid hierarchies; admires productivity.
- Required is empowerment -OTR- structured autonomy.
- Boldly assumes responsibility complementing team goals.
High-energy, unguided self-starter:
- Induces a dynamic, passionate-as-it-goals matter vibe; vision drives actions.
Team-orientated:
- Teamwork thrives; excels in shared accountability.
Magnanimous communicator:
- Passes clarity beyond ideation with upbeat dynamism.
Resourceful:
- Creative problem-solver: resourceful without micromanagement drawing.
- Constructive problem sets = map-raiding; invite open and progression-centred thinking practically.
Detail-oriented core cognizant:
- Symmetry bolstered through precise grammar, spelling, and branding representation".
About Oklo
**Salary: $200,000 - $265,000
Oklo’s dynamic toolkit extends to:
- Extra-flexible time off, equity.
- Generous bonus structures, 401(k) matching, a conscientious health plan.
- Multi-tiered well-being credits, HSA·FSA.
- Flexible timed hours, holiday calendars, result-based reward schemes.
Mission Overview
Oklo’s ITC mission seeks to transform energy globally, underwriting:
- Next-gen fission facilities for electricity sufficiency.
- Nuclear fuel recycling, waste as an energy resource.
- Partnership fueling domestic radioisotope supply chains.
Verification Firsts: • Secured commercial site permit for advanced fission deployment. • Sourcing for advanced fuel material from I*/Idaho National Laboratory. • Pioneering combined-license applications (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission).
This role targets enabling collaboration between institutional financing, technical strategy, and global policy.
Values
Oklo’s Leadership Principles
- #CHOP: Collaboration
- Variant that brings different perspectives, listens well, grows through transparency, retains trust.
- #HU: Humility
- Humble, team-focused, mission-commitment wins over personal credit.
- #OP: Ownership
- Proactive; east fulfillment of mission promises.
- #PD: Pathfinding
- Curiosity-driven innovation in unfamiliar scenarios.
Warnings & Reputation
Drug Screening & Candiate Notice
Employment might necessitate drug screening approvals.
Anti-Fraud Disclaimers & Protected Protocol
Stay cautious about deceptions. Recruitment imposter compliance involves valid @oklo.com email emails only.
Everything official arrives from @oklo.com accounts - anything else is phoney.
Direct suspicious contact interferences via www/private channels (site-links included).
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