Role Summary

At Rivian, we believe that providing a seamless and consistent experience for our employees is essential to our growth and culture. As we evolve our Employee Experience model, we are looking for a Sr. Employee Experience Partner, Rewards & Data to serve as a subject matter expert and operational engine for our most critical people programs.

This isn't a traditional generalist role. Instead, you will be the bridge between our Rewards systems and our people. You will manage Tier 2 escalations related to compensation, equity, immigration, relocation, and benefits, while simultaneously acting as a guardian of our data integrity in Workday. You are someone who finds joy in the details but never loses sight of the "big picture"-using automation and AI to simplify the employee experience and drive self-service at scale.

Responsibilities

• Tier 2 Expert Support: Serve as the primary escalation point for employees and managers regarding complex inquiries in compensation, equity, payroll, global mobility, and benefits.
• Data Stewardship: Execute and oversee Workday transactions and lead comprehensive data audits to ensure the highest level of accuracy across our core people system.
• Process Transformation: Partner closely with our Centers of Excellence (COEs) partners to identify friction points and drive process improvements, with a specific focus on increased automation and efficiency for scale.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead the introduction and implementation of enhancements featuring AI tools to streamline repetitive tasks and enhance the speed of service delivery and quality.
• Content & Enablement: Use data to inform stakeholders to create and curate high-quality content for self-service resources, guides, and FAQs designed to empower employees and drive inquiries toward Tier 1 or automated solutions.
• Insight Generation: Use data and feedback to spot trends in rewards-related questions, proactively suggesting systemic fixes to recurring issues.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work in partnership with the HR Business Partners and COEs to ensure a consistent, empathetic, and compliant experience across all rewards-related touchpoints.
• Reporting and analytics: Deliver clear, actionable reports and data-driven insights to the People team to support informed decision-making and workforce planning.

Qualifications

• Experience: 3+ years of experience in HR in one or more of the following areas:total rewards, global mobility, HR operations, or a leadership advisory role.
• Technical Savvy: Proficiency in Workday and ServiceNow, along with a strong interest in leveraging AI to solve operational challenges.
• Subject Matter Expertise: A practical understanding of compensation, equity, relocation, immigration, and benefits compliance, paired with a passion for process enablement.
• Problem-Solving Skills: An analytical mindset capable of distilling complex data into simple, actionable insights for both leaders and employees.
• Communication & Design: Experience building toolkits, guides, or training materials that make complex people processes easy to understand.
• Adaptability: Comfort navigating a fast-moving, matrixed environment while managing multiple priorities with precision.
• Proactive Mindset: A desire to build from the ground up, iterate on current processes, and constantly seek out "the better way".
• Reporting: Minimum of 3+ years of experience building and maintaining custom Workday reports.

Why This Role? Why Now?

This is your chance to redefine how our People team handles the "moments that matter" in an employee's journey. You will be at the forefront of Rivian's shift toward a tech-enabled, high-efficiency HR model. If you are a data enthusiast who cares deeply about the human experience, you will help us build a more confident, self-sufficient culture from the ground up.

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Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is USD $89,900 - $112,400 for 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 10, 2026.