Sr. Director of Corporate Development

Position Overview

• Location Type: Hybrid (Preferred: Santa Clara, CA)
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: Not specified

As Sr. Director of Corporate Development, you will own strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, joint ventures, and other meaningful external engagements that support Oklo’s mission and company goals. In this highly visible role, you will lead the full lifecycle of corporate development activities, from opportunity identification and strategic assessment to financial modeling, due diligence, negotiation, and deal execution. You will serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to Oklo’s executive leadership, collaborating closely with the CEO, C-suite, and cross-functional teams across the organization.

Requirements

• Experience: 10+ years of experience across corporate development, strategic partnerships, consulting, investment banking, or related fields, including 3+ years in an in-house corporate development or strategy role.
• Analytical Skills: Exceptional financial modeling, research, and analytical skills, with a knack for turning insights into recommendations.
• Communication Skills: Strong executive presence and communication skills; comfortable leading C-level negotiations and external partnerships.
• Strategic Thinking: Strategic and analytical mindset with the ability to distill complex data into actionable insights and value-driven strategies.
• Relationship Building: Proven ability to build and manage senior relationships across financial, commercial, and government sectors.
• Self-Direction: Highly self-directed, with a track record of independently owning and delivering complex, cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end deal execution, serving as relationship owner, lead negotiator, and external representative in senior-level partnerships.
• Collaborate with executives and cross-functional teams to solve complex, high-impact strategic challenges—often in uncharted territory—using first-principles thinking.
• Develop clear, data-driven business cases and recommendations for executive and Board-level review.
• Evaluate acquisitions, investments, and partnerships through rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Drive diligence, deal documentation, integration planning, and execution.
• Own post-close integration strategy and delivery.
• Oversee and align go-to-market strategies across multiple business units.
• Operate independently, applying sound judgment, creativity, and strategic insight to novel situations.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree, MBA preferred

Key Characteristics for an Oklo Team Member

• Passionate about clean energy
• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly
• 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.