Full-Time

Director of Strategic Communications

Standard Nuclear

Standard Nuclear

51-200 employees

Toll-manufacturer of TRISO fuel for reactors

Compensation Overview

$165k - $210k/yr

No H1B Sponsorship

Greenwich, CT, USA

Hybrid

Occasional travel may be required for meetings and events.

Bachelor's

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
Business Strategy

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Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Communications, Business, Finance, English, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field.
  • 8–12+ years of experience in strategic communications, corporate communications, investor relations, executive communications, financial communications, consulting, or a related field.
  • Proven experience developing executive-level messaging, investor materials, company narratives, presentations, or external communications.
  • Strong understanding of business strategy, financial concepts, investor expectations, and market positioning.
  • Exceptional writing, editing, storytelling, and presentation development skills.
  • Ability to translate complex business, technical, operational, and financial topics into clear and credible messaging.
  • Strong judgment and ability to manage sensitive, confidential, or high-visibility communications.
  • Experience working directly with executive leadership.
Responsibilities
  • Define and maintain Standard Nuclear’s external narrative, ensuring alignment with company strategy, milestones, and business priorities.
  • Translate technical, operational, financial, and commercial progress into clear, credible messaging for external audiences.
  • Ensure consistency of messaging across investor materials, public-facing content, executive communications, and company updates.
  • Continuously refine positioning based on company progress, stakeholder feedback, market conditions, and leadership priorities.
  • Lead development of investor-facing materials, including pitch decks, company updates, strategic narratives, and supporting communications.
  • Partner with executive leadership and finance to support fundraising, investor engagement, and external stakeholder communications.
  • Prepare leadership for investor meetings, presentations, conferences, and other external engagements.
  • Support development of messaging around company milestones, financing activity, strategic partnerships, and business progress.
  • Work closely with the CEO, CFO, and executive leadership team to shape messaging, positioning, and communication priorities.
  • Draft, edit, and refine executive presentations, talking points, company updates, speeches, board-facing materials, and other high-visibility communications.
  • Manage sensitive and high-visibility communications with strong discretion and judgment.
  • Partner with finance, engineering, operations, commercial, legal, and other teams to ensure communications are accurate and aligned with current company realities.
  • Gather information from technical and business teams and convert it into clear external messaging.
  • Coordinate review of high-impact communications with appropriate internal stakeholders.
  • Serve as a central point of coordination for external messaging and communications materials.
  • Build scalable communications processes, tools, templates, and review workflows as the company grows.
  • Establish standards for messaging, content development, presentation quality, and external communications review.
  • Maintain core company messaging, approved language, executive materials, and investor communication assets.
  • Evaluate and manage external communications partners, consultants, or agencies as needed.
  • Support development of a broader communications function over time.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in a public company, pre-IPO company, investor-facing environment, capital markets setting, or high-growth business.
  • Experience in energy, manufacturing, industrial technology, aerospace, defense, infrastructure, or other complex sectors.

Standard Nuclear, Inc. designs, engineers, and manufactures TRISO fuel for next‑generation reactors. Its TRISO fuel uses uranium kernels encased in multiple ceramic and carbon layers to withstand extreme temperatures, and the company operates a toll‑manufacturing model where customers supply the uranium feedstock and Standard Nuclear converts it into finished fuel. Unlike many competitors, it does not own reactors and relies on a reactor‑agnostic production line in Oak Ridge, backed by privately funded IP and institutional investors. The company aims to support the growth of SMRs, microreactors, and other advanced systems by providing a reliable, scalable fuel supply that enhances decarbonization, energy security, and defense applications.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Founded

2025

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What believers are saying

  • On July 22, 2026, construction finished on SN-TN and SN-ID, adding 5 MTU capacity.
  • Oklo and Standard Nuclear signed a June 2026 MOU on plutonium recycling and feedstock.
  • Board additions Seth Cohen and Don Moul strengthen DOE, NRC, and utility relationships.

What critics are saying

  • Standard Nuclear sold only 10 million IPO shares at $15 on July 15, 2026.
  • Q1 2026 revenue was $593,802 against a $7.7 million net loss.
  • DOE licensing or commissioning delays at SN-TN, SN-ID, or SN-0 halt revenue growth entirely.

What makes Standard Nuclear unique

  • Standard Nuclear is America’s only independent TRISO fuel producer, listed July 2026.
  • Its toll-manufacturing model supplies reactor-agnostic fuel to SMRs, microreactors, defense, and space programs.
  • DOE-backed Oak Ridge, Idaho, and Framatome-linked capacity creates a diversified domestic fuel platform.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

15%

1 year growth

15%

2 year growth

32%
ExchangeMonitor
Aug 17th, 2026
Standard Nuclear adds Cohen to board of directors.

Standard Nuclear adds Cohen to board of directors. By ExchangeMonitor Former Department of Energy legal counsel official Seth Cohen joined Standard Nuclear's board of directors, the company said Aug. 14 in a LinkedIn post. Cohen's appointment comes after he left the federal government in June. When in the government, Cohen was... Thank you for visiting Weapons Complex Morning Briefing!

Associated Press
Aug 14th, 2026
Standard Nuclear appoints former DOE nuclear policy chief Seth Cohen to board

Standard Nuclear has appointed Seth Cohen to its board of directors, effective 12 August 2026. Cohen previously served as Chief Counsel for Nuclear Policy at the US Department of Energy, where he oversaw nuclear legal and policy work and coordinated with the White House, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and NASA on advanced nuclear and space power systems. Before joining government, Cohen practised at Kirkland & Ellis in San Francisco, handling Supreme Court and appellate litigation. Standard Nuclear, listed on the NYSE, produces TRISO nuclear fuel for advanced reactors with applications across defence, industrial, and commercial programmes. The company describes itself as the nation's only independent manufacturer of TRISO fuel.

Associated Press
Jul 22nd, 2026
Standard Nuclear completes construction of two TRISO fuel facilities adding 5 MTU annual capacity

Standard Nuclear has completed construction of two new TRISO nuclear fuel production facilities in Tennessee and Idaho. The facilities, designated SN-TN and SN-ID, are expected to collectively add up to 5 metric tons of uranium per year of production capacity once fully scaled, with initial capacity of 1 MTU annually each. The company has received approval of Preliminary Documented Safety Analyses for both facilities from the US Department of Energy. Start-up, commissioning, and licensing activities are expected to advance over the summer. Standard Nuclear currently operates its SN-0 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which produces up to 0.5 MTU annually. The company is also building another fuel line through a joint venture with Framatome in Washington state. "This comprehensive milestone represents the core of our mission at Standard Nuclear: focused execution to scale quickly to meet the increasing customer demand for advanced nuclear fuel," said Kurt Terrani, chief executive officer.

Business Wire
Jul 17th, 2026
Standard Nuclear Announces Pricing of its Initial Public Offering

Standard Nuclear, Inc. (“Standard Nuclear” or the “Company”), a reactor-agnostic producer of TRISO nuclear fuel, today announced the pricing of its initial p...

Yahoo Finance
Jul 7th, 2026
Standard Nuclear targets $3.5B valuation in IPO as AI power demand fuels nuclear boom

Standard Nuclear, a Tennessee-based manufacturer of advanced nuclear fuel, is targeting a valuation of up to $3.5 billion through its upcoming IPO. The company plans to offer 18.25 million Class A shares priced between $18 and $21 each. This represents a significant jump from the $838 million valuation in its January funding round. Standard Nuclear produces TRISO fuel, a highly robust micro-particle nuclear fuel designed for small modular reactors that could power AI data centres. The company reported a net loss of $7.7 million on revenue of $593,802 for Q1 2025, compared to an $8.3 million loss on $377,926 in revenue the previous year. Despite losses, revenue grew 57% year-over-year. Standard Nuclear reports a contract backlog of up to $245 million and estimates the cumulative TRISO fuel market opportunity at over $4 billion through 2030.