Sr. Manager, Production Program Planning

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 Sr. Manager, Production Program Planning is the central architect of Rivian's global Master Production Plan (MPP) across all major platforms, including R1, R2, Commercial Vans (EDV/RCV), DCFC, and future vehicle programs. This role bridges Alignment across the executive leadership teams of Product, Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Logistics, and Supply Chain, and Finance. Operating as a critical leader within the S&OP framework, this role is accountable for generating the enterprise supply response, developing 24-month capacity models, and establishing factory shift strategies across a growing multi-plant network. The leader also manages the near-term production planning for S&OE replanning, overseeing global order allocation rulesets and near-term sequencing alignment the scheduling team.

*** Candidate needs to be open to moving to Atlanta in the future for our new manufacturing facility. ***

Responsibilities

• Key Responsibilities: Develop the Master Production Plan (MPP): Create, maintain, and own the 24-month rolling Master Production Plan across all programs. Develop Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) models to balance internal manufacturing capabilities and external supplier constraints against the demand forecast.
• Lead Scenario Modeling & Supply Risk Mitigation: Build complex shift strategies to meet production strategy and demand. Partner with supplier capacity and material planning teams to map critical paths and present financial and operational trade-offs when critical parts face shortages.
• Drive Executive Decision-Making: Chair the monthly Supply Review and present finalized production commitments, vehicle mix changes, and risk mitigations to the Executive Operations team for formal approval.
• Oversee Program Change (PCCR) Integration: Assess and integrate Program Change Requests (PCCRs) into the production timeline, translating feature cut-ins to ramp curves and capacity requirements.
• Manage Near Term Production Response and Allocation Own the production inputs in weekly S&OE reviews. Manage the daily firm zone, order slotting, and explicit manufacturing quantities to dictate Build-to-Stock and Build-to-Order allocations in close coordination with the scheduling teams.
• Ensure Systemic Alignment: Oversee the accurate republication of the approved MPP across SAP, Kinaxis, and Databricks to ensure all cross-functional teams execute against a single source of truth.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Planning, Master Scheduling, or Production Control.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related analytical field or a combination of relevant experience in lieu of education; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Demonstrable experience scaling production planning from a single facility to a global, multi-plant manufacturing network, preferably within the automotive, EV, or highly complex hardware industries.
• Deep technical understanding of Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP), Master Production Scheduling (MPS), vehicle sequencing, and BOM/configuration management.
• Proven ability to distill highly complex capacity constraints into clear financial and operational trade-offs for C-suite executive decision-making.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and manage significant amounts of data to drive algorithmic allocation strategies.
• Advanced experience with ERP systems (SAP PP/DS strongly preferred), Advanced Planning Systems (Kinaxis required), and data visualization/management tools (Databricks, SQL, Hex).

Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is $145,400 - $181,700 for Georgia, Illinois, & Michigan based applicants, $159,200 - $199,000 for Southern California based applicants, and $173,000 - $216,300 for Northern California 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 May 30th, 2026.

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.

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