Director of Grid Integration Strategy

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for an experienced Director of Grid Integration Strategy to join our team.

Position Description:

The Director of Grid Integration Strategy will report to the COO and/or the Chief Legal and Strategy Officer and play a key role in Oklo's strategy related to grid integration. The successful candidate will be motivated, experienced, and excited to develop strategy based on their knowledge and research on federal, state, and local regulations related to grid integration, integrating this strategy with customer needs and ISO or utility requirements. The ability to stay organized and work across departments will be key success factors. It is expected that this role would interact often with the Business Development department, the Nuclear Regulatory Affairs department, the External Affairs department, the Legal department and with other strategic areas within Oklo such as Finance.

Specific responsibilities may include:

- Developing strategy related to grid integration or other delivery to customer and identifying optimal strategies in different regions within the U.S.

- Implementing strategy via providing input for customer engagement, e.g. related to power purchase agreement terms.

- Potential engagement with officials from FERC, Public Utility Commissions, ISOs, etc.

- Conform with and abide by all regulations, policies, work procedures, and instructions

- Reviewing or helping draft contract terms

- Keeping abreast of new regulations or other relevant news and developments in the U.S. power sector

- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned

Competencies:

We are looking for someone that is:

- Detail-Oriented – the details matter and a willingness to read through legal documents, understand nuance, and being ready to answer hard questions will likely be essential

- Bold and Creative – our deployments will likely be unique and will require thoughtful strategy development and creative solutions, possibly unlike anything ever done before

- 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

Key characteristics for an Oklo team member:

- Passionate about clean energy

- Passionate about making advanced fission a reality

- Willing and able to learn quickly

- A low-ego team player

- 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

- Five or more 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

- Legal and/or contracting competency

- 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. 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.