Sr. Manager, Enterprise Systems

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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Salary 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

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  View email address on ev.careers .

Candidate Data Privacy and Technology

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. 

How We Use AI in Our Hiring Process: To ensure transparency, we want candidates to know that Rivian uses iCIMS Talent Cloud Artificial Intelligence (TCAI) and AI-enabled tools to assist with screening, reviewing, organizing and highlighting profiles and applications that match the key requirements for each role.

AI does not make hiring decisions: Qualified candidate applications are reviewed by a member of our team, and all decisions throughout the process are made by humans. We use AI to support efficiency and consistency, not to replace human judgment. We are committed to a fair, thoughtful, and equitable experience for every candidate.

Participation in AI profile matching is entirely voluntary. If you prefer that your profile not be used in this process, you can opt out at any time. Opting out means your profile will be excluded from automated matching and will not be surfaced for additional roles through this system. Your current application remains active and will not be affected in any way.

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