Director of Power Business Real Estate

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Director, Power Business Real Estate to join our team.

The Director, Power Business Real Estate owns all site control activities for Oklo's Aurora powerhouse development pipeline. Site control is the first gate in the development lifecycle and a prerequisite for every downstream discipline. Over time, you will lead a team of Senior Land Managers and Analysts responsible for identifying, evaluating, and securing sites across multiple geographies. You report to the VP of Origination and coordinate closely with the VP of Development, Director of Project Development, and Oklo's Environmental & Permitting team on site feasibility and regulatory compatibility.

• Lead all site identification, screening, and acquisition efforts across Oklo's development pipeline

• Negotiate and execute land option agreements, purchase and sale agreements, easements, rights-of-way, access agreements, and Joint Venture agreements

• Manage title review, survey coordination, and curative title work across active sites

• Build and maintain a pipeline of prospective sites meeting Oklo's siting criteria (proximity to load, available land area, soil conditions, water access, community context)

• Coordinate with Development Engineering on site feasibility and with Oklo's Environmental & Permitting team on zoning and land use risk

• Manage landowner and broker relationships across multiple states

• Over time, build and lead a team of land and real estate professionals

• Identify and secure sites suitable for Isotope production facilities, evaluating proximity to Aurora powerhouse sites, workforce access, water and waste infrastructure, and compatibility with NRC facility licensing requirements

• Lead land and real estate activities for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses (NLICs), including multi-parcel assemblage, shared infrastructure easement structuring, and coordination with local governments on zoning for mixed nuclear-use facilities

• 10+ years in energy project land acquisition, real estate, or land management

• Demonstrated experience executing site control across a portfolio of complex energy or infrastructure projects

• Strong negotiation skills with experience across agricultural, industrial, and government-owned land

• Familiarity with GIS tools for site screening and parcel analysis

• Experience working in multi-state environments with varying regulatory and title requirements

Competencies

We are looking for a Director of Power Business Real Estate that is:

• Passionate about clean energy

• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality

• Willing and able to learn quickly

• 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. If you