Director of Community and Local Government Relations

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for an experienced Director of Community and Government Relations to join our team.

Position Description:

The Director of Community and Government Relations will report to the COO and/or the Head of External Relations and play a key role in Oklo’s strategy and successful engagement with certain key communities nationwide. The successful candidate will be motivated, experienced, and excited to develop strategy related to communities and local/state or regional governments and engage key stakeholders as well as oversee on-the-ground relationship building. The role is expected to recruit and oversee certain key contractors in various local/state areas of interest to Oklo (e.g., in the areas of potential plant or facility deployments). The willingness to travel frequently (e.g. 2x a month or more) will likely be essential. The ability to stay organized, manage deadlines and work across departments will be key success factors. This will be a highly visible position that interacts regularly with executive management and leaders across departments. It is expected that this role would interact often with the Communications department, the Business Development department, the Federal Affairs department, and with other strategic areas within Oklo such as strategy and finance.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Interfacing between team members in business development and in communications related to any customer developments and potential announcements
• Developing strategy related to any key communities relevant for future Oklo powerhouse or facility deployments, integrating key cultural and political factors and staying engaged and constantly up to date on those key factors
• Implementing strategy and executing on impactful community relationship building through event coordination and other creative means of interaction
• Being the eyes, ears and voice of Oklo “on the ground” with key communities
• Interfacing with key state and local government and regulatory entities in key communities
• Work with the Visualization and Prototyping team to help communicate important concepts with key community members and leaders
• Support facility siting processes and interactions with local and state chambers of commerce, governors’ offices, and other
• Conform with and abide by all regulations, policies, work procedures, and instructions
• Conform with all safety rules and use all appropriate safety equipment
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned

Competencies:

We are looking for someone that is:

• Personable – enjoy meeting and interacting with people across the country
• High Energy – ability to work on multiple projects under tight time frames with a positive attitude
• Analytical and Strategic—the individual synthesizes complex or diverse information to create strategy, and is thoughtful about tradeoffs and value-add engagements
• Problem solving—the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully
• An engaging speaker—the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills, and conducts productive meetings

Key characteristics for an Oklo team member:

• Passionate about clean energy
• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly
• 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

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or business
• Two to five years of relevant experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Fast growth startup or public company experience
• Experience commercializing First of a Kind (FOAK) technologies
• Preferred location: Bay Area California

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 compensation:

Salary: $150,000-$250,000

Salary may fall outside of the range provided and will be dependent on applicant experience.

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

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) is a fast fission clean power technology and nuclear fuel recycling company developing fast fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale. Oklo received a site use permit from the U.S. Department of Energy, was awarded fuel material from Idaho National Laboratory, submitted the first advanced fission custom combined license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and is developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.