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. 

The Lead Organizational Development Partner will be a key member of Rivian’s Talent Management Center of Excellence, responsible for designing and operationalizing strategies that improve organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, change agility, and culture.
You will evolve and implement Rivian’s organization design and capabilities frameworks, ensuring we have the right roles, structures, and ways of working to support performance at scale. This role blends OD strategy, organizational health analytics, and hands-on partnership with senior leaders across engineering, manufacturing, and technology environments.

• Shape How Rivian Operates at Scale: You will design and refine the organizational frameworks that determine how teams are structured, how decisions get made, and how work flows in a rapidly growing, global EV and tech company.
• Turn Org Health into a Business Lever: By combining people analytics and organizational diagnostics, you will help leaders see where structure, capability, and culture are enabling or blocking performance—and what to do about it.
• Enable Strategic Talent Decisions: Your work on succession, capabilities, and org design will directly inform hiring, promotions, investments in leadership, and long-range workforce planning.
• Connect Culture, Systems, and Strategy: You will ensure that Rivian’s mission, Compass values, and leadership expectations are embedded in how we design organizations, set goals, and lead change—not just in how we talk about them.

Strategic OD & Org Design
Develop and execute a comprehensive organizational development strategy aligned with Rivian’s mission, Compass behaviors, and evolving business priorities.
Define and operationalize organization design principles, governance, and review processes to support agility, scale, and clear decision-rights across functions.

• Design and refine operating and capability models that integrate traditional hierarchy, decision frameworks, ways of working, and network-based teaming.

Succession, Capabilities, and Talent Management
Build and refine succession planning and talent review protocols for executive and critical roles, including process design, tooling, and cadence.

• Partner with Talent Management, HRBPs, and business leaders to identify critical capabilities , gaps, and targeted interventions at org, team, and individual levels.
• Ensure OD and talent frameworks are integrated with performance, rewards, leadership development, and workforce planning.

Culture, Change, and Organizational Health
Design and implement culture and program integration strategies that enhance engagement, performance, and continuous learning.
Partner with leaders and People teams to diagnose cultural and organizational health issues , and build targeted interventions that are practical and measurable.

• Translate enterprise culture and change priorities into function-level roadmaps that reflect local realities while driving toward shared standards.

Consultation, Stakeholder Partnership, and Governance
Act as a trusted consultant to senior leaders and HRBPs , advising on org design, change management, and organizational effectiveness.
Align OD initiatives with business objectives through close collaboration with other People COEs (e.g., Talent Acquisition, L&D, Rewards, People Analytics).

• Support and, where appropriate, lead enterprise forums focused on organization design, capability building, and leadership effectiveness.

Analytics, Outcomes, and Goal Setting
Partner with People Analytics to design, interpret, and socialize organizational health metrics (e.g., spans/layers, attrition patterns, engagement trends, capability maps).
Build measurement frameworks and dashboards to assess the impact of OD initiatives and inform iterative improvements.

• Provide guidance on goal-setting methodologies , with emphasis on the effective application of OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) ; support leaders and teams in translating strategy into clear, measurable goals.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in  Organization Development, HR Business Partnering, Talent Management, and/or People Analytics , with a track record of impact at scale.
• Demonstrated expertise designing and deploying  large-scale organizational, operating, and capability models in complex, matrixed environments.
• Applied experience integrating  traditional hierarchical models with  network-based teaming, decision principles, and ways of working in tech-centered or engineering/manufacturing contexts.
• Experience working in  tech-centered engineering and manufacturing organizations and partnering with technical and operational leaders.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to  translate people and org data into compelling narratives, root-cause insights, and actionable recommendations for executives.
• Proficiency with  Workday and comfort working with people data and reporting tools.
• Proven ability to  influence and coach senior leaders , challenge constructively, and navigate differing perspectives while maintaining trust.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a polished, succinct, and business-oriented style.
• Demonstrated strength in  program management and operational rigor , including designing and running repeatable processes with clear governance and accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in  Industrial/Organizational Psychology , Organizational Behavior, or related field.
• Experience in a  public company and/or  automotive or advanced manufacturing environment.
• Deep understanding of  OKR methodology and its practical application in complex organizations.
• Process-oriented mindset with a strong focus on  documentation, scalability, and continuous improvement .
• A proactive, curious operator with genuine passion for  organizational effectiveness, leadership, and employee experience .

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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