AI Lead, Strategy, and Operations

4 hours, 12 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Oklo

Oklo

Oklo Inc. designs and deploys advanced fission power plants for clean, reliable, and affordable energy, utilizing innovative technology with inherent safety and nuclear waste as fuel.

Electric Utilities
51-250

Description

  • Lead high-priority AI strategy and operations initiatives across the business.
  • Translate AI opportunities into execution plans with use cases, owners, timelines, risks, and measurable outcomes.
  • Drive internal AI adoption across engineering, licensing, legal, operations, and corporate workflows.
  • Build lightweight systems to track AI initiatives, adoption metrics, operational improvements, and execution progress.
  • Identify operational bottlenecks where AI can improve efficiency, cycle times, quality, or decision-making.
  • Partner with technical teams to evaluate and integrate AI into plant design, monitoring, optimization, and deployment workflows.
  • Support relationships with AI and enterprise technology partners and help structure collaborations.
  • Prepare executive-level materials and recommendations on AI strategy, capabilities, and investment priorities.
  • Establish standards and best practices for AI tool usage across teams.
  • Build repeatable systems for evaluating and integrating emerging technologies into operations.

Requirements

  • 5–12 years of experience in strategy, operations, product, consulting, or similar cross-functional roles.
  • Experience driving initiatives from concept through execution in fast-moving environments.
  • Experience identifying and implementing operational improvements or process efficiencies.
  • Strong project management skills, including managing timelines, owners, dependencies, and risks.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparing executive-level materials.
  • Strong judgment and ability to prioritize high-impact opportunities.
  • Ability to operate independently with high ownership in ambiguous environments.
  • Comfort working across both technical and non-technical teams.
  • Experience working with AI/ML tools, workflows, or systems in a professional setting (preferred).
  • Technical background in engineering, computer science, physics, or related fields, or equivalent hands-on experience (preferred).
  • Experience partnering closely with engineering or technical product teams (preferred).
  • Familiarity with modern AI systems, data pipelines, or software tooling environments (preferred).
  • Experience in energy, infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, or other regulated industries (preferred).
  • Experience supporting partnerships with enterprise technology companies (preferred).
  • Experience in a startup or scaling organization (preferred).
  • Remote employees must travel to headquarters in Santa Clara, CA twice per quarter, with the first two weeks of onboarding in person at headquarters.
  • Employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a drug screening, and employees may be subject to drug testing in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.

Benefits

  • Compensation of $220,000-$280,000.
  • Equity package.
  • Flexible time off.
  • Competitive pay.
  • 401(k).
  • Health insurance.
  • FSA.
  • Flexible work hours.
  • Remote work with required periodic travel to Santa Clara, CA.

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