Director, Product Management - Enterprise Systems & Engineering Applications
Rivian · Palo Alto, CA
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
As the Director of Product Management for Enterprise Systems & Engineering Applications, you will lead a team of Product Managers responsible for delivering innovative software solutions that support our supply chain operations, global financial systems, and product development teams.
Your role will involve overseeing the development and management of our supply chain software, product development related applications, ERP systems, and related home-grown application portfolio, ensuring they align with our strategic business objectives and drive operational efficiency.
You will collaborate closely with business operations teams to understand their needs, identify opportunities for process improvement, and deliver solutions that enhance our overall productivity and competitiveness.
Responsibilities
- Cross-collaborate with our business operations leaders to define product vision, strategy, and roadmap based on business needs.
- Develop compelling business cases for product investments and get buy-in from executive leadership.
- Build and develop a high performing team that can help you expand and deliver your roadmap at high velocity and quality.
- Be a leader and mentor for your team and enable them to deliver their best work.
- Support and deliver on build, buy, partner recommendations and own strategy presentations to execs.
- Analyze existing product needs combined with customer feedback and our strategic vision to prioritize and execute your roadmap.
- Manage our existing product portfolio of supply chain, ERP, and home-grown enterprise applications.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in digital product management in supply chain or product development systems and manufacturing operations systems. Understanding of ERP systems and landscape, understanding of SaaS applications.
- 5+ years of experience leading high performing product teams with a range of product initiatives.
- Domain expertise in automotive, supply chain, product development, ERP.
- Experience with creating digital ecosystems of connected partners and integrations.
- User centric product development approach with demonstrated ability to quickly iterate on product features based on large data sets and stakeholder or customer insights.
- Comfort working with development teams through periods of rapid iteration and scale.
- History of working through ambiguity and devising clean sheet solutions in markets that go from 0 to 1.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Pay Disclosure
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 [email protected].
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.
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Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.
