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.

Rivian’s Enterprise Technology organization is building the digital foundation that powers our physical operations and drives excellence across our end-to-end value chain. Within this organization, the Supply Chain Systems team is focused on delivering the software solutions for the supply chain, logistics, and procurement business functions. From managing supplier relationships and inventory to optimizing complex logistics networks, this team is central to Rivian’s ability to scale efficiently and sustainably.

The Director of Supply Chain Systems is a strategic and technical leader responsible for designing, building, and optimizing the software systems that power Rivian’s global supply chain. This role oversees the architecture and execution of platforms for planning, procurement, logistics, inventory, and supplier collaboration - ensuring real-time visibility, automation, and intelligence across the supply chain network. You will guide a high-performing team of software engineers and work closely with business and product leaders to deliver robust, intelligent software applications. Your leadership will be instrumental in enabling operational excellence, accelerating time-to-delivery, and building the software applications for a next-generation automotive supply chain.

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade software applications that support supply chain planning, procurement, logistics, inventory management, and supplier collaboration. This includes mentoring engineering teams to ensure high performance, technical excellence, and alignment with business objectives.
• Develop and execute an ambitious technology roadmap under tight timelines, with the ability to work through ambiguity, and problem solve in a fast-paced environment.
• Partner with Product Management, Design, Program, Data and Business teams to drive user-centric innovation and impactful features that enable automation, real-time visibility, and data intelligence across the supply chain.
• Collaborate closely with other Supply Chain Systems Engineering leaders to ensure a cohesive cross-platform experience.
• Foster a culture of engineering best practices, including scalable architecture, performance optimization, security and high availability.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering to enhance observability, reliability, and system performance. Promote best practices in agile software development, DevOps, and CI/CD across the engineering team.
• Hire, develop, and retain top engineering talent, fostering a high-performance, collaborative, and innovative engineering culture.
• Champion a product mindset, with a focus on user experience, measurable outcomes, and long-term sustainability of applications.

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles.
• Proven experience delivering complex software systems scale, internal or consumer-facing.
• Deep expertise in modern web and app technologies, cloud platforms, and scalable architectures.
• Experience leading distributed teams and working in fast-paced, agile environments, with the ability to translate user needs into technical solutions.
• Experience working in agile environments, with a focus on iterative delivery and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with business, product, and operations leaders to drive alignment and deliver business outcomes.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a track record of building high-performing engineering teams.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Deep understanding of software development methodologies and best practices.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Understanding of supply chain functions and processes, including planning, sourcing, supplier management, warehousing, and transportation is a plus.

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.

Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.