Engineering Operations Manager

2 days ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Project and Program Management
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

  • Partner with senior engineering and product leaders to identify pain points and prioritize organizational improvements.
  • Diagnose root causes in process, tooling, ownership, communication, and cross-team interfaces.
  • Design and implement lightweight operating systems for planning, goal-setting, reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Build dashboards, summaries, and reporting that improve leadership visibility without adding unnecessary work for engineers.
  • Improve collaboration between engineering, product, and non-engineering teams.
  • Document engineering and product knowledge, decisions, and best practices so they are easy to find and use.
  • Improve the structure, standards, and usability of shared tools such as Confluence, Jira, and internal dashboards.
  • Identify opportunities to automate manual workflows or replace them with better tooling.
  • Partner with People Ops on engineering onboarding, growth frameworks, org changes, and performance processes.
  • Work with Business Ops and Procurement to streamline budgeting, purchasing, and resource planning for engineering teams.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in engineering operations, product operations, management consulting, technical program management, or a similar role.
  • Experience improving cross-functional workflows, operating models, or organizational systems.
  • Experience working directly with Director-level leaders and above to diagnose problems, influence decisions, and implement change.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
  • Experience working with engineering, hardware, or other highly technical teams is preferred.
  • Exposure to regulated industries such as energy, nuclear, aerospace, or medical devices is preferred.
  • Experience in a startup or scaling organization is preferred.
  • Familiarity with Confluence, Jira, or similar tools is preferred.
  • Strong structured problem-solving skills and the ability to break ambiguous problems into clear workstreams.

Benefits

  • Salary range of $140,000-$180,000.
  • Equity included in the compensation package.
  • Competitive pay with 401(k).
  • Health insurance and FSA benefits.
  • Flexible time off.
  • Flexible work hours.
  • Remote employees travel to headquarters in Santa Clara, CA twice per quarter, with the first two weeks of onboarding in person at headquarters.
  • Employment may be subject to U.S. export control eligibility requirements and drug screening/testing under company policy and applicable laws.

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