Role Summary

The Rivian Procurement team is looking for a highly motivated and skilled professional to lead and execute projects within Commercial Van vehicle programs, including the Amazon delivery van.

As a Senior Program Manager, you will serve as a key individual contributor responsible for the end-to-end ownership of purchasing initiatives such as supplier sourcing, tooling kickoff and readiness for pre-production and production milestones. This role requires excellent self-driven leadership, communication and problem-solving skills to ensure supply chain continuity, processes optimization and the overall success of new and existing programs.

In this role, you are expected to drive results by frequently engaging with cross-functional managers to communicate risks, dependencies, and drive structured decision-making processes toward resolution. You independently implement solutions for familiar problems, prioritize risks based on probability, and formulate strategies to solve complex issues within your scope of influence.

This position is based onsite in Plymouth, Michigan and reports to the Sr. Manager of Procurement Program Management.

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Ensure on-time completion of purchasing activities in support of commercial van pre-production and production builds by partnering with cross-functional teams, including Purchasing, Engineering, Supplier Development, New Product Introduction and Vehicle Line.
• Stakeholder Management: Lead cross-functional teams through program and organization-wide projects. Engage frequently with cross-functional managers to ensure alignment. Proactively set and manage expectations.
• Communication: Act as the 'voice of purchasing' when collaborating with cross-functional teams on the potential impact of engineering and/or content changes on cost and timing. Act as the 'voice of the program' back to purchasing to ensure timely completion of deliverables and goals to support the vehicle program
• Risk Mitigation: Uncover and clearly articulate risks to senior leadership and internal stakeholders
• Procurement/Supplier Expertise: Understand the various factors of impact including economic, political, and technology landscapes with some direction. Support leadership to achieve current and future strategic initiatives.
• Technical Skills: Own data management, analysis, and reporting across an array of applications (Google Workspace, SAP, Confluence, Jira, Databricks, HEX, etc.), particularly as it relates to supplier sourcing, risk management and leadership reporting activities. Utilize Rivian approved and provided AI tools to drive efficiencies into Purchasing processes and reporting.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
• Domain Expertise: Proven ability to take action on procurement strategies and achieve strategic initiatives.
• Problem Solving: Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate through ambiguity and complexity
• Communication: Professional presentation skills; facilitates structured decision-making processes.
• Execution: Independently implements solutions and collaborates on evaluating potential ideas with the team.
• Operational Style: Operates with moderate autonomy to drive improvements and results within an assigned scope.
• Travel Requirements: Ability and willingness to travel as needed based on business needs, expected to average between 10 - 15 % .

Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is $98,500 - $123,100 for Plymouth, Michigan 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 July 25, 2026.