Strategy Associate

Summary

Oklo Inc. develops fast fission power plants, nuclear fuel recycling technologies, and clean energy solutions. The Strategy Associate will support the corporate Strategy team through research, analysis, materials preparation, and project execution across markets, customers, competitors, partnerships, business models, and strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

• Minimum two years of full-time professional experience, including relevant internships, in business analysis, consulting, finance, research, operations, or a related field
• Strong quantitative reasoning and comfort working in spreadsheets, with the ability to organize data, test assumptions, and explain the result
• Ability to produce logically structured slides and concise written work with guidance and feedback
• A record of producing accurate work, managing deadlines, and maintaining organized source materials and assumptions
• Ability to learn unfamiliar subjects quickly, ask useful questions, and distinguish facts from assumptions
• Comfort working as part of a team, incorporating feedback, and supporting larger workstreams without losing ownership of assigned details
• Internship, coursework, or project experience in strategy, finance, market research, economics, public policy, or business operations
• Interest in or exposure to energy, infrastructure, industrial technology, government, or international business
• Experience with financial analysis, data tools, or structured research methods beyond basic spreadsheet work
• Experience helping carry a recommendation into a project, process, or measurable result

Qualifications

Must Haves

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

Nice to Haves

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

Benefits

• Flexible time off
• Equity
• 401k
• Health insurance
• FSA
• Flexible work hours