Strategy Associate

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Strategy Associate to join our team. 

Position Description

We’re looking for a highly motivated Strategy Associate to support and accelerate the company’s commercialization and growth plans. You’ll help the organization develop clear frameworks, decision logs, and execution plans; synthesize research into crisp recommendations; and create the operating rhythms that keep leadership aligned and moving. You will work closely with the executive team. Candidates with prior experience in consulting or corporate strategy are strongly preferred.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Strategy & Synthesis
• Capture complex discussions and turn them into structured and executable frameworks: problem statements, hypotheses, decision trees, and recommendation memos
• Codify repeatable playbooks for strategy development, market scans, and executive decision-making
• Own the company decision log and ensure clear rationale, owners, and follow-ups
• Help shape and refine commercial strategy
• Operating Cadence & Execution
• Run the weekly/quarterly operating cadence, ensuring inputs are tight and outputs are actionable
• Maintain dashboards for company KPIs, strategic initiatives, and risk registers
• Drive cross-functional project management on priority workstreams, escalating risks and unblocking decisions
• Research & Insight Generation
• Lead targeted market/competitive analyses; build TAM/SAM/SOM views and scenario models
• Draft strategy briefs and exec-ready presentations with crisp narrative and evidence
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Partner with executive leadership and functional heads to align on priorities and translate strategy into execution plans
• Coordinate across policy, engineering, operations, and other teams in a highly regulated environment

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2-4+ years in management consulting (McKinsey, Bain, BCG) or a top-tier strategy/operating role at a high-growth company
• Exceptional synthesis, structured problem-solving, and executive communication skills
• Strong analytical toolkit: build simple driver-based models, pressure-test assumptions, and translate data into recommendations
• Highly organized operator who can impose structure in ambiguity and drive to decisions

Bonus Qualifications:

• Prior exposure to or experience in nuclear, energy, start ups
• Preferably located locally to Santa Clara, CA 
• Holds an entrepreneurial mindset with ability to operate independently and take initiative
• Has a deep curiosity about markets, emerging business models, and investment trends

Competencies

We are looking for a Strategy Associate that is:

• 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
• 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’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. Some travel to other sites is also required for this position. 

About Oklo compensation:

Salary: $165,000-$200,000

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