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Lead Organizational Development Partner

Rivian
$176,200 - $220,300 annually
United States, California, Irvine
Feb 28, 2026
About Rivian

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.

As a company, we constantly challenge what's possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.


Role Summary

The Lead Organizational Development Partner is a strategic architect of Rivian's scaling journey. As a key member of the Talent Management Center of Excellence, you will design and operationalize the frameworks that improve organizational effectiveness (OE), leadership transitions, and change agility.

This role requires a blend of management consulting rigor and in-house operational grit. You will be responsible for evolving Rivian's operating models and capability frameworks, ensuring our structures and "ways of working" support high performance across engineering, advanced manufacturing, and retail environments.
Why This Role Matters
  • Architect Scale: Design the organizational blueprints for a global EV leader.
  • Consultative Impact: Act as an internal consultant, leading large-scale transformation engagements across Corporate, Manufacturing, and Field Service domains.
  • Data-Driven Health: Leverage large-scale people analytics to diagnose blockers and turn organizational health into a competitive business lever.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
  • Strategic Org Design & Governance: Define and operationalize organization design principles and governance processes. Lead engagements to refine operating models that balance traditional hierarchy with network-based teaming.
  • Functional Transformation: Lead OE projects across diverse functional domains (Manufacturing, Sales & Marketing, Field Services), ensuring functional roadmaps align with enterprise standards.
  • Succession & Capability Mapping: Build and refine succession planning protocols and capability maps for executive and critical roles to drive business agility.
  • Strategic Workforce Planning: Partner with People Analytics to design and socialize health metrics (spans/layers, attrition, engagement) to inform long-range workforce planning.
  • Culture & Goal Alignment: Translate Rivian's "Compass" values into measurable behaviors and provide expertise on OKR methodologies to align strategy with outcomes.

Qualifications

Required:
  • 10+ years of experience in Organizational Development, Operating Model Development, or Strategic Workforce Planning.
  • Professional Service Background: Proven experience within a management consultancy firm or an equivalent internal consulting arm of a public company, leading large-scale OE projects.
  • Domain Expertise: Success applying OD capabilities within tech-centered, advanced manufacturing, or retail environments.
  • Transformation Leadership: Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams through enterprise-wide transformation engagements.
  • Analytical Rigor: Proven track record in managing/analyzing large datasets and using analytics to drive project execution.
  • Technical Tools: Proficiency with Workday and people data reporting tools.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, HR, Psychology, or a related field.
Preferred:
  • Master's or PhD in I/O Psychology or Organizational Behavior.
  • Deep expertise in OKR (Objectives and Key Results) practical application.
  • Experience in a public company environment within the automotive or tech sector.

Pay Disclosure

Salary Range for Normal, Irvine-based applicants: $176,200 - $220,300 annually (Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).



Equal Opportunity

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at candidateaccommodations@rivian.com.

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes ("Candidate Personal Data"). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Rivian may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian affiliates; and (iii) Rivian's service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Rivian may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.

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