Head of Manufacturing
$150,000–$290,000 year
HybridSanta Clara, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Job Summary
Develop and execute comprehensive manufacturing strategies aligning with business priorities, loss analysis, and external benchmarks to achieve key performance indicators for quality, delivery, cost, and safety. Lead process improvement initiatives using methodologies to enhance productivity, address root causes of inefficiencies, and promote best practices across manufacturing and vendor sites including nuclear-specific protocols for radiation protection and regulatory compliance. Coach design and manufacturing teams, production managers, and cross-functional stakeholders in autonomous operations, problem-solving, and change management while ensuring adherence to nuclear safety culture, environmental health and safety standards, and all relevant regulations. Manage project portfolios, budgets, and timelines for excellence initiatives, balancing client needs, stakeholder engagement, and conflicting priorities in a remote environment. Report on progress including cost savings, revenue impacts, and cultural transformations to senior leadership.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in design, prototyping and manufacturing operations, preferably in the nuclear, energy, or high-regulated industry, with at least 3 years in a leadership or excellence-focused role
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams, coach cross-functional groups, and drive cultural change
- Proficiency in CAD design tools
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership
- Willingness to travel for site visits, audits, or team collaboration
- Passionate about clean energy and making advanced fission a reality
- Willing and able to learn quickly
- Active and an effective communicator of priorities
- Able to recognize, accept, and manage risk
- 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
- A startup person: You aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. 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. You bring an enthusiasm to the team, and imbue a sense of passion that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out.
- A team-player: Oklo genuinely is a team. We aren't about taking credit for ourselves, and we aren't about pushing blame to others. We do incredible things because we work as a team.
- An excellent communicator: We need a person who is not only technically competent but also a clear and upbeat communicator.
- Creative: Being creative means that when things fall outside clear scopes or processes or problems arise without clear solutions, you are able to identify it as well as invent ways to solve a problem or fill a need without micromanagement.
- Detail-oriented: 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.
- 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
- Candidates who meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable laws
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in the nuclear, energy, or high-regulated industry
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