Strategy Associate

Oklo Inc. is an advanced nuclear fission technology company developing small, fast fission power plants called Aurora powerhouses, designed to deliver clean, reliable energy directly to customers under long-term power purchase agreements. Beyond power generation, Oklo operates across three interconnected business lines: power generation, nuclear fuel recycling, and production of medical and industrial isotopes, positioning itself as a vertically integrated nuclear energy and materials company. Its reactors are designed to use recycled nuclear fuel, including used fuel and nuclear waste, reducing the need for newly mined uranium and addressing long-standing nuclear waste challenges. The company's mission centers on providing abundant, carbon-free energy to combat climate change while modernizing the nuclear industry through faster deployment timelines, compact reactor designs, and innovative fuel cycles. By recycling nuclear waste into usable fuel, Oklo aims to turn a historical liability of the nuclear industry into a resource, supporting both sustainability goals and energy security. Its isotope production business also supports critical applications in medicine, industry, and scientific research, diversifying its impact beyond electricity generation. Oklo differentiates itself through its compact, fast-spectrum reactor design that can be deployed rapidly (in under a year per site), its direct-to-customer power sales model, and its integrated approach spanning power, fuel, and isotopes. Backed by high-profile investors and leadership, including chairman Sam Altman, Oklo has advanced through regulatory processes with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and is pursuing projects across multiple U.S. states, positioning itself as a leader in the next generation of advanced nuclear deployment.

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

Position Description

Oklo is seeking a Strategy Associate to support the corporate Strategy team on research, analysis, materials, and project execution. This is an early-career role for someone who wants to develop strong strategy fundamentals and learn how company-level decisions are made.

You will work under the direction of the Head of Corporate Strategy and senior team members. You will own clearly defined analyses and deliverables, contribute to larger workstreams, and gradually take on more responsibility as your capabilities develop. The role requires curiosity, attention to detail, and a willingness to revise work based on feedback.

Assignments may cover markets, customers, competitors, partnerships, business models, international opportunities, and strategic initiatives. You will work cross-functionally to gather facts and produce accurate, useful work for the team.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Conduct research. Gather and organize information on markets, companies, technologies, customers, investors, institutions, and competitors using credible primary and secondary sources.
• Build analytical support. Develop market analyses, simple business cases, financial models, scenarios, and data summaries under guidance from senior team members and relevant functional experts.
• Prepare clear materials. Draft and revise slides, decision memos, briefings, and meeting materials that accurately communicate the team's analysis and recommendations.
• Support recommendations. Compare options, test assumptions, identify missing information, and help senior team members synthesize evidence into a practical point of view.
• Own defined assignments. Translate a clear question into an agreed work plan, manage the details and deadlines, and deliver a reliable output for review.
• Coordinate inputs. Gather information and feedback from Finance, Legal, Government Affairs, technical teams, business units, and other contributors as directed.
• Prepare important engagements. Research counterparties, assemble background, support agendas and briefing materials, and document agreed next steps.
• Support project execution. Maintain trackers, action items, source files, and recurring updates for strategic initiatives and team priorities.
• Build reusable knowledge. Document sources, assumptions, and analyses so the team can update and reuse the work.
• Develop core strategy skills. Seek feedback, improve analytical and communication quality, and learn the company's businesses, economics, and strategic context.

Minimum Qualifications

• Early-career experience. Minimum two years of full-time professional experience, including relevant internships, in business analysis, consulting, finance, research, operations, or a related field.
• Analytical foundation. Strong quantitative reasoning and comfort working in spreadsheets, with the ability to organize data, test assumptions, and explain the result.
• Clear writing and presentation skills. Ability to produce logically structured slides and concise written work with guidance and feedback.
• Attention to detail. A record of producing accurate work, managing deadlines, and maintaining organized source materials and assumptions.
• Curiosity and learning agility. Ability to learn unfamiliar subjects quickly, ask useful questions, and distinguish facts from assumptions.
• Collaborative mindset. Comfort working as part of a team, incorporating feedback, and supporting larger workstreams without losing ownership of assigned details.

Bonus Qualifications

• Relevant early experience. Internship, coursework, or project experience in strategy, finance, market research, economics, public policy, or business operations.
• Industry exposure. Interest in or exposure to energy, infrastructure, industrial technology, government, or international business.
• Quantitative tools. Experience with financial analysis, data tools, or structured research methods beyond basic spreadsheet work.
• Implementation exposure. Experience helping carry a recommendation into a project, process, or measurable result.

Competencies

• Gets the facts right. Checks sources, documents assumptions, and treats accuracy as part of the recommendation.
• Learns quickly. Builds context efficiently and asks questions that improve the work.
• Communicates simply. Organizes information so the main point, evidence, and next step are easy to understand.
• Owns the details. Meets deadlines, responds well to feedback, and follows assigned work through to a useful result.

Who you are

You are early in your career and want to learn strategy by doing substantive work inside a company. You enjoy research and analysis, care about the quality of the underlying facts, and are comfortable starting with a defined assignment while building toward broader ownership over time.

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. For the first two weeks of onboarding, employees are required to be in person at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.

About Oklo compensation: $165,000-$200,000

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, bonuses, competitive pay, 401(k), health insurance (with employer contribution), HSA, FSA, flexible work hours, wellness credits, 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.

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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.