Role SummaryRivian's Enterprise Systems organization powers the digital backbone of our supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. Our platforms keep factories running, materials and parts flowing, and vehicles moving from planning and production through logistics and delivery.
We are seeking a Senior Manager, Enterprise Systems to lead technology strategy, delivery, and operations for enterprise applications supporting Supply Chain and Manufacturing. This leader will manage high-impact systems used in our factory & warehouse environments.
The ideal candidate combines deep experience with large-scale ERP and enterprise platforms, strong technical judgment, operational leadership, and the ability to align diverse stakeholders around data-driven decisions. They will also help shape the evolution of homegrown applications and responsibly apply AI to improve productivity, automation, and decision support.
Responsibilities- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team responsible for enterprise systems supporting Supply Chain and Manufacturing.
- Own the strategy, roadmap, delivery, reliability, and continuous improvement of applications used across planning, procurement, inventory, production, quality, logistics, and supplier operations.
- Partner closely with plant leadership, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, product, finance, security, data, and executive stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions.
- Lead the implementation, integration, and optimization of large-scale ERP and connected enterprise platforms.
- Ensure systems supporting manufacturing-floor operations are reliable, secure, observable, performant, and fit for critical production environments.
- Balance the use of commercial platforms with the development and responsible management of homegrown applications.
- Drive modernization of legacy systems and enterprise workflows through automation, cloud technologies, APIs, event-driven architectures, and data platforms.
- Identify and deliver practical AI use cases, including workflow automation, intelligent operations, forecasting, anomaly detection, and decision-support tools.
- Establish engineering and operational standards covering architecture, testing, cybersecurity, observability, performance, disaster recovery, and service management.
- Communicate technical strategies, risks, tradeoffs, and investment recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
- 12+ years of experience delivering enterprise technology solutions, including significant experience with ERP platforms like SAP, Oracle, home-grown at scale.
- 5+ years of experience leading engineering, enterprise applications, or technology operations teams.
- Experience supporting Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or other complex industrial operations.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, application integration, data platforms, APIs, and modern cloud technologies.
- Proven ability to make data-informed decisions and establish effective data governance and operating practices.
- Strong understanding of reliability, cybersecurity, observability, performance, and operational excellence for mission-critical systems.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, prioritization, and people-leadership skills.
Pay DisclosureSalary Range for this role is $199,300 - $249,100 Illinois 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 12/10/26
Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services. 
