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Deployment Project Manager

Oklo· Engineering
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Hybrid (Remote)$100k - $160kfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Deployment Project Manager at Oklo, remote with travel. Responsible for end-to-end delivery of complex powerhouse projects from design through startup, commissioning, and turnover to operations, coordinating internal teams, external partners, regulators, and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end execution of powerhouse facility deployments from design through startup and turnover to operations.
  • Support and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, and execution tools to monitor progress and drive delivery.
  • Identify, manage, and escalate risks, issues, dependencies, and changes to protect critical path, licensing, regulatory, and commercial objectives.
  • Lead project governance routines, including status reviews, stage-gate reviews, and executive reporting.
  • Manage project scope, risks, issues, and dependencies while proactively identifying and implementing mitigation strategies.
  • Communicate project status, recommendations, and strategic insights to stakeholders ranging from project teams to executive leadership.
  • Support permitting, licensing, facility modifications, equipment installations, and infrastructure upgrade projects.
  • Oversee contractor performance, procurement activities, material sourcing, and project deliverables.
  • Serve as the primary point of coordination among internal teams, customers, contractors, vendors, and other external stakeholders.
  • Contribute to technical strategy, execution planning, and continuous improvement initiatives that support organizational goals.
  • Ensure projects are executed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with applicable quality, regulatory, and operational requirements.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Nuclear Engineering, Business, or a related technical discipline.
  • Minimum of 5 years of project management experience leading complex technical, engineering, construction, manufacturing, or operational projects.
  • Experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, milestones, and cross-functional dependencies.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead teams, resolve blockers, and communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
  • Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to operate with agility and sound judgment in a fast-moving, evolving organization.
  • Proficiency with project planning, scheduling, and collaboration tools.

Skills

Required:Project managementStakeholder communicationRisk management

Benefits

  • flexible time off
  • equity
  • bonuses
  • competitive pay
  • 401(k)
  • health insurance (with employer contribution)
  • HSA
  • FSA
  • flexible work hours
  • wellness credits
  • other benefits
Last updated Sep 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Emission free, always on power from advanced fission power plants.

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo Inc. (Oklo) is developing advanced fission power plants to provide emission-free, reliable, and affordable energy. Oklo received a Site Use Permit from the U.S Department of Energy, has performed successful prototypic fuel fabrication, was awarded fuel material from Idaho National Laboratory, developed the first advanced fission combined license application accepted and docketed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and is developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and national laboratories. Oklo has been featured in Time, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Popular Mechanics, Wired, Architectural Digest, Hyperallergic, POWER Magazine, has been the subject of a Harvard Business School case, and is featured in the Oliver Stone documentary Nuclear, among other features.

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