Lead Remarketing Advisor, Auction

Role Summary

As a Lead Remarketing Advisor, Auction, you will lead and define our North American trade-in and remarketing operational strategy, driving cross-functional alignment across valuation, logistics, transportation, storage, and disposition channels.

This position requires a management-level strategic leader with an established track record of transforming automotive or technology operations. You will architect scalable operational models, establish long-term partner ecosystems, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to minimize total cost-to-serve while elevating customer experience.

The ideal candidate is a results-oriented individual with a passion for process improvement. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to achieve key performance indicators (KPIs) and support broader company initiatives.

Join our team as we redefine the remarketing industry and continue to build a world-class operation.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic vision and operational architecture for complex, high-ambiguity trade-in and remarketing challenges across current and future markets.
• Oversee the overarching trade-in valuation framework and pricing algorithms to balance vehicle demand generation with portfolio profitability.
• Direct non-Rivian wholesale disposition channels and auction networks to optimize yield and inventory turnover.
• Establish executive dashboards, operational reviews, and strategic risk analyses regarding vehicle inventory health and vendor partner performance.
• Partner with Remarketing leadership and cross-functional teams to align trade-in strategy with broader company growth and delivery targets.
• Manage, train, and guide external partner relationships for the success of Rivian.
• Utilize functional, analytic, and technical experts to get a holistic view of initiatives and strategy; goes the extra mile to ensure all decisions and planning is complete with relevant teams and stakeholders.
• Trailblaze new processes in both the United States and Canada as Rivian continues expanding deliveries into new markets.
• Work with Delivery Operations, Service Operations, Customer Engagement, Logistics, and other internal departments to uphold the process, SOP's, and documentation to enable Remarketing support.
• Be an agent of change that owns effective communication of company messages; ensures that the entire team is informed of the vision of our business.
• Create clear tactics and action steps when developing high level strategy, coach team to success through a combination of open questions, effective listening, and accountability to both goals and the team success.
• Develop and maintain relationships across the organization; make yourself available to assist others with their initiatives and companywide goals.
• Train and mentor team members and partners on best practices and standard operating procedures.
• Possess both strong and professional communication capabilities.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of progressive leadership and operational experience in high-volume vehicle valuation, auction disposition strategy, transportation & logistics, DMV operations, and enterprise remarketing
• Prior OEM or Dealer Remarketing experience a plus
• Experience working cross-functionally with multiple departments and key stakeholders
• Ability to maintain a constant feedback loop on developing processes while working creatively to independently problem solve
• Experience in analyzing reports; creating action plans based on data using tools like Excel, Databricks, Tableau, and internal reporting to identify trends and drive results
  Prior experience with EV and Automotive Ecommerce
• Expert Proficiency with Microsoft suite, Google Suite, Smartsheet, Salesforce to create spreadsheets, documents, and presentations
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% based on business demands
• Ability and willingness to work weekends and holidays as needed to support retail sales operations
  Readiness to climb (literal & figurative) mountains to deliver the best trade-in experience on the planet

Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is $92,200 to $120,000 for Georgia based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs.

The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian's 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com.

You can apply for this role through careers.rivian.com (or through internal-careers-rivian.icims.com if you are a current employee). This job is not expected to be closed any sooner than 10-22-26.