Credentials that matter
Skills and tools
- Class 7 Shipping
- DOT
- Iata
- NRC Transport
- Hazmat
- Radiopharmaceutical Logistics
Required qualifications
- 8+ years in logistics or transportation of dangerous goods with direct experience shipping Class 7 radioactive material by road and air.
- Working knowledge of DOT, IATA, and NRC transport requirements, package types, and shipper responsibilities.
- Demonstrated experience building or running a time-critical shipping operation, ideally for perishable or short-shelf-life products.
- Experience qualifying and managing carriers, couriers, and freight partners in a thin-capacity network.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including customer-facing communication under pressure.
About this role
Head of Isotopes Supply Chain at Oklo owns end-to-end logistics for radioactive medical isotopes and sealed sources—high-value products that degrade rapidly. This design-and-own role builds Class 7 shipping capability, carrier networks, and redundancy systems to establish Oklo as the industry's most dependable shipper of radiopharmaceuticals and sealed sources.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end logistics for radioactive products: packaging, classification, documentation, tendering, carrier management, delivery confirmation, and returns.
- Build and qualify Class 7 network: Type A and Type B packaging programs, carrier and route qualification, specialized couriers and air-cargo partners, and station-level acceptance.
- Design redundancy systems including backup routes, backup carriers, and recovery playbooks for missed pickups, refused tenders, and in-transit failures on time-critical shipments.
- Own trained hazmat shipping personnel, procedures, and compliance across sites.
- Integrate logistics requirements into facility siting, production scheduling, and customer commitments, ensuring transit time and route risk are priced into decisions.
- Build carrier and broker relationships to establish Oklo as preferred customer for radioactive material transport.
- Measure and publish delivery performance, driving toward industry-leading on-time, in-full delivery metrics.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience shipping radiopharmaceuticals, medical isotopes, or sealed sources.
- Hazmat or dangerous goods certifications (e.g., DOT hazmat, IATA DG).
- Experience informing facility siting or network design decisions with logistics analysis.
- Experience standing up logistics operations in a startup or fast-growth environment.
Location, schedule, and travel
Santa Clara, CA or site-based, with regular travel to facilities, carriers, and customers.
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