Government & Institutional Engagement

• Coordinate engagement on international Aurora deployment with relevant U.S. government and international stakeholders and serve as a primary point of contact, working closely with Government Affairs to maintain alignment
• Engage, as appropriate, with U.S. government organizations and agencies such as the Department of State, Department of Commerce, U.S. Trade and Development Agency, Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and export credit agencies, as well as host-country ministries, regulators, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Identify and evaluate government-backed programs, public-private partnership opportunities, export support, grants, incentives, and infrastructure financing pathways that directly enable international Aurora deployment
• Monitor geopolitical, nuclear cooperation, industrial policy, energy security, and export-control developments that may affect market entry or project execution
• Coordinate with Government Affairs on U.S. government relationships, trade missions, and policy engagement supporting international deployment

Cross-Functional Oversight

• Coordinate technical subject-matter experts supporting questionnaires, partner diligence, meeting preparation, and discussions involving reactor technology, fuel, safety, security, safeguards, siting, operations, and project integration
• Coordinate with Government Affairs and technical subject-matter experts supporting safeguards and nonproliferation engagement with the IAEA, NNSA programs, national laboratories, and other relevant stakeholders
• Coordinate with legal and regulatory leads regarding licensing status, nuclear cooperation requirements, export controls and licensing, and other legal or regulatory matters relevant to international deployment
• Coordinate with supply chain, procurement, construction, and finance teams to assess project feasibility, localization, manufacturing, logistics, and commercial requirements
• Ensure questions and commitments are directed to the appropriate internal owner, tracked, resolved, and incorporated into partner engagement and project planning

External Representation

• Review international conferences, workshops, trade missions, and speaking opportunities against strategic priorities and recommend where Oklo should participate
• Represent Oklo at major international conferences, workshops, and partner meetings, alongside relevant Oklo leaders and subject-matter experts based on the topic and strategic objective
• Develop clear, accurate, and consistent external messaging regarding Oklo’s international deployment approach and coordinate review by relevant internal stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience across international energy markets, power origination, project or infrastructure development, strategic partnerships, utility or industrial energy procurement, government affairs, or related fields
• Demonstrated experience developing and owning complex business relationships and advancing opportunities from initial engagement through structured agreements or project development
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives across commercial, technical, legal, regulatory, finance, policy, and executive stakeholders, including teams where direct reporting relationships may not exist
• Strong understanding of global power markets, electricity customers, infrastructure development, energy contracting, and project economics
• Familiarity with nuclear power and the ways nuclear project development differs from other energy infrastructure, including its licensing, safety, security, safeguards, fuel, export-control, long-term project-development, and government-to-government dimensions
• Ability to understand and communicate sufficiently complex technical and regulatory information while relying on and coordinating appropriate subject-matter experts
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions and with government, utility, industrial, infrastructure, or financial stakeholders
• Strong commercial judgment, analytical ability, negotiation skills, executive presence, and written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity, establish priorities, and drive coordinated execution in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally on a frequent basis

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience in nuclear energy, major power generation, large infrastructure, data center power, industrial energy, or other highly regulated and capital-intensive sectors
• Experience with international project development, export credit or government-backed financing, public-private partnerships, or cross-border energy transactions
• Working familiarity with nuclear regulatory, export-control, safeguards, or government cooperation considerations relevant to international nuclear deployment
• Experience managing outside consultants and coordinating distributed, multidisciplinary teams

Competencies

We are looking for a Senior Director, Global Power Origination & Market Development that is:

• Passionate about clean energy
• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly
• Highly strategic and a forward-looking thinker
• An entrepreneurial mindset with comfort operating in ambiguity
• An exceptional communicator, negotiator, and has relationship-building skills
• Contains a strong executive presence and cross-functional leadership ability
• Aware of global perspectives with awareness of geopolitical and macroeconomic trends
• Passionate for building transformational infrastructure businesses
• Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us
• Willing to think differently and do things in new ways
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
• 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
• An excellent writer who can write in modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!
• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

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’