Chief of Staff – Product Officer

Oklo Inc

Chief of Staff partnering with the Chief Product Officer at Oklo. Leading operational efficiency and communication across the product organization with a focus on renewable energy.

Posted 7/14/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $90,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing executive priorities, communications, and decision-making processes while ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams. Proficient in preparing executive-ready materials and building efficient systems using modern tools and automation.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Executive CommunicationCalendar ManagementCross-Functional CoordinationDecision SupportWorkflow Automation

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Hard Skills

Executive SupportProject ManagementMeeting PreparationDecision DocumentationInformation Synthesis

Soft Skills

Strong Written CommunicationStrong Verbal CommunicationExcellent JudgmentOrganizational SkillsPrioritization

Tools & Technologies

AI ToolsAutomation SoftwareModern Collaboration Tools

Industry Keywords

Chief of StaffBusiness OperationsProduct OperationsTechnical Program ManagementExecutive Assistant

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create operating leverage for the CPO by managing priorities, communications, time, follow-through, decision support, and organizational coordination
Keep open loops, pending decisions, follow-ups, commitments, risks, and dependencies from falling through the cracks across Product and key cross-functional workstreams
Turn fast, messy conversations into clear decisions, actions, owners, timelines, drafts, and follow-through
Prepare and synthesize meetings and materials, including summaries, rundowns, follow-up notes, first drafts, decision documents, board materials, and executive communications
Coordinate across direct reports, senior leaders, product lines, deployments, and cross-functional partners to strengthen alignment and ensure the right people have the right context
Protect the CPO’s time by improving calendar quality, reducing unnecessary meetings, creating space for deep-focus work, and surfacing the most important topics quickly
Build better systems and repeatable workflows using AI, automation, and modern tools so recurring work is faster, cleaner, and more scalable

Requirements

What you’ll need

8-10 years of experience supporting or partnering with a senior executive, ideally a CEO, CPO, COO, technical founder, or similarly high-demand executive
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing executive-ready materials
Demonstrated ability to manage complex priorities, communications, calendars, follow-through, and sensitive information with excellent judgment
Prior experience in a Chief of Staff, executive business partner, senior executive assistant, business operations, product operations, technical program/product operations, or similar high-leverage executive support role
Experience working closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Safety, Quality, Construction, Deployment, Commercial, or other business-side teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

flexible time off
equity
bonuses
competitive pay
401(k)
health insurance (with employer contribution)
HSA
FSA
flexible work hours
wellness credits