Senior Director of Manufacturing

6 hours, 36 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
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

  • Develop and execute a manufacturing strategy aligned to business priorities, benchmarks, and KPIs for quality, delivery, cost, and safety.
  • Lead process improvement initiatives to increase productivity and address root causes of inefficiency.
  • Promote best practices, standards, and innovations across manufacturing and vendor sites, including nuclear-specific protocols and regulatory compliance.
  • Coach and mentor design, manufacturing, and cross-functional teams in autonomous operations, problem solving, and change management.
  • Ensure compliance with nuclear safety culture, environmental health and safety standards, and applicable regulations.
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to set continuous improvement targets, track results, and report business and cultural impacts.
  • Build knowledge-sharing tools, training programs, and best-practice repositories for global teams.
  • Manage project portfolios, budgets, and timelines for excellence initiatives while balancing stakeholder needs and priorities.
  • Support process optimization and risk assessments for supplier factories and manufacturing partners.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in design, prototyping, and manufacturing operations, preferably in the nuclear, energy, or highly regulated industry.
  • At least 3 years of experience in a leadership or excellence-focused role.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead teams, coach cross-functional groups, and drive cultural change.
  • Proficiency in CAD design tools.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills.
  • Experience presenting technical or operational content to senior leadership.
  • Willingness to travel for site visits, audits, team collaboration, or headquarters meetings.
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment.
  • Ability to write clearly in modern active voice and communicate technical results verbally.

Benefits

  • Salary range of $210,000 to $290,000.
  • Flexible time off.
  • Equity.
  • Competitive pay.
  • 401(k).
  • Health insurance.
  • FSA.
  • Flexible work hours.
  • Remote work with occasional travel to headquarters in Santa Clara, CA, twice per quarter and as needed for team events.

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