Oklo
Senior Manager of Capital Cost Management
Santa Clara, CA or Remote · Senior · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$185k-$205kDetected 61 days ago
Project ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBudgetingSupply ChainProcurementERPLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationOSHA
About the role
- This role will establish the foundational cost structures, standards, and systems that enable cost transparency, disciplined capital allocation, and sustained FOAK-to-NOAK cost curve decline across Oklo's portfolio of capital projects.
- This role reports to the Director of Project Budgeting and Controls within the Office of the CFO with a strong cross functional relationship to the project deployment capabilities.
- Specific responsibilities may include: - Standards Governance: Ensure consistent application of budgeting standards across projects and business units.
Responsibilities
- The successful candidate will own the development, scaling, and direct implementation of standardized cost breakdown structures (CBS), work breakdown structures (WBS), and portfolio-wide capital cost taxonomies to ensure clean, decision-grade cost data across projects and business units.
- This role will also play a key part in strengthening owner-side cost visibility and control maturity to support the evolution of Oklo's commercial vendor strategies over time.
- This role collaborates closely across Engineering, Product, Construction, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Finance, and Business Development to align cost architecture with scope definition, procurement strategy, and capital deployment planning.
- Partner with project controls teams to ensure actuals, forecasts, and reporting align with defined cost structures and methodologies.
- Drive development of detailed project budgets ensuring alignment with cost estimates, scope, resources, and timelines.
- We bring diverse perspectives, listen actively, and build trust through transparency and respect.
- Oklo is also developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.
- 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.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in capital project budgeting, cost architecture, or project controls leadership within large-scale power, energy, infrastructure, industrial, or nuclear sectors
- Strong knowledge of project cost systems, job costing methodologies, ERP integration, and capital governance frameworks
- Experience supporting large-scale EPC or construction projects with a strong understanding of owner-side cost control maturity
- Experience analyzing large datasets to identify cost drivers and structural improvement opportunities
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, construction, procurement, finance, and executive leadership
- You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team.
- Motivated: You are self-motivated.
Nice to have
- Experience with nuclear or other FOAK energy infrastructure projects
- Familiarity with DOE, NRC, EPA, and OSHA environments
- Startup or high-growth company experience
- Passionate about making advanced nuclear 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
Skills
- Develop and institutionalize Oklo's cost improvement framework.
- Establish structured capture of cost learnings across projects.
- Build and maintain internal and external benchmarking.
- Define the methodology, cost- and work breakdown structures, and governance frameworks for detailed project budgets.
Compensation
- Salary may fall outside of the range provided and will be dependent on applicant experience.
- Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.
- $185,000-$205,000
Benefits
- It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.
Company info
- This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality.
- Excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.
- 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.
- 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.
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