Senior Director, International Development

Thank you for considering Oklo. We are hiring a Senior Director, International Affairs to join our Strategy team. Position Description Oklo is seeking a Senior Director of International Affairs to develop international opportunities that can materially advance the company's long-term strategy. This role connects market choices, senior relationships, sovereign and government capital, industrial partnerships, and selected cross-border initiatives. You will help determine where Oklo should engage, which institutions matter, and what a credible partnership or investment proposition should look like. The scope extends across the company's businesses and strategic priorities, rather than being limited to individual international reactor deployment projects. You will report to the Chief of Strategy Officer and work directly with the CSO on assigned initiatives. You will coordinate closely with the CFO organization, Government Affairs, Legal, technical and regulatory leaders, and business-unit teams, with explicit agreement on market coverage, counterpart relationships, and execution responsibilities. This person must reside in either the United Kingdom or the Netherlands.

Specific responsibilities may include: Target markets and partnerships. Develop recommendations on priority markets, institutions, and opportunities based on strategic fit, partner capabilities, commercial demand, capital availability, timing, and risk. Sovereign and institutional relationships. Build and advance relationships with sovereign investors, government institutions, industrial partners, and other organizations relevant to Oklo's global strategy. Structure international opportunities. Develop business cases and proposed structures for international partnerships, sovereign or government-capital opportunities, joint ventures, and other cross-border initiatives. Advance transactions. Work with Finance, Business Development, Corporate Development, Strategic Partnerships, and Legal to test economics, assess counterparties, develop terms, and advance approved opportunities toward executable agreements. Navigate regulatory and policy dependencies. Coordinate with Government Affairs and technical, regulatory, and legal specialists on political, policy, licensing, export, and other dependencies that affect an opportunity's feasibility. Lead initiative execution. Lead assigned initiatives across internal teams and outside advisers, maintaining clear objectives, owners, milestones, and decisions through launch or handoff. Prepare and represent leadership. Prepare senior leadership for important international engagements and represent Oklo when delegated; work with the Strategy Associate on research, analysis, and materials and the Strategy Manager on coordinated follow-through. Align cross-functional stakeholders. Align engagement plans with existing international and business-unit owners, avoid conflicting commitments, and recommend where to advance, defer, or decline an opportunity. Minimum Qualifications: Experience in international business, strategic investing, government, industrial partnerships, or a related field, with evidence of delivering outcomes across institutions and jurisdictions. Demonstrated ability to develop substantive relationships with senior government, commercial, or financial counterparties and translate engagement into concrete opportunities Strong commercial and financial judgment, including the ability to evaluate partnership economics, business cases, and potential capital structures. Experience leading cross-functional work while drawing on appropriate technical, legal, policy, and financial expertise. Excellent writing and cross-cultural communication, sound discretion, and the ability to make practical recommendations from incomplete information. Must reside in the UK or the Netherlands. Bonus Qualifications: Experience with sovereign investors, development finance, government-backed capital, or cross-border industrial ventures. Exposure to nuclear energy, the fuel cycle, infrastructure, advanced technology, or other strategically important industries. Experience connecting government and commercial objectives; relevant regional expertise or additional language capabilities. Competencies We are looking for a Senior Director, International Affairs that is: Able to connect geopolitical and institutional context to specific commercial choices Able to build durable trust while maintaining clear objectives and realistic commitments Able to work effectively across cultures, disciplines, and organizations with different incentives Can distinguish meaningful strategic progress from access, visibility, or meeting volume Passionate about clean energy

Passionate about making advanced fission a reality Willing and able to learn quickly Highly strategic and a forward-looking thinker An entrepreneurial mindset with comfort operating in ambiguity An exceptional communicator, negotiator, and has relationship-building skills Contains a strong executive presence and cross-functional leadership ability Aware of global perspectives with awareness of geopolitical and macroeconomic trends Passionate for building transformational infrastructure businesses Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us Willing to think differently and do things in new ways

Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving, while not leaning only on what has been done before

Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems An excellent writer who can write in modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well! Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

Who you are

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