Sr. Manager, Data Analytics - Core Data - Rivian

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 Core Data team at Rivian is dedicated to curating and delivering a top-tier analytics ecosystem, enabling data exploration, insights generation, reporting, and data-driven decision-making across the organization. Our mission is to empower the entire Rivian community to leverage actionable data-driven insights, fostering a culture where everyone sees themself as a “data person”. We create the ecosystem that enables this diverse data community to access data, efficiently explore & contribute, and thrive. An important part of our mission is enabling the broader Rivian community to engage with data – this includes those looking for no-code and low-code methods in addition to the deep technical experts in data science and AI. We're currently seeking a hands-on engineering leader to help us realize this vision.

In this role, you'll manage a skilled team of analysts and engineers who develop and maintain a cutting-edge data & analytics platform. Your team will partner closely with business stakeholders to understand their data and report needs, provide central tooling and infrastructure for reporting, empower users across the business, and provide product analytics insights. Collaboration with leaders in software, data, and other domains is integral to this role, ensuring alignment and synergy across the organization's data initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of a modern analytics tooling & reporting ecosystem, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of the organization.
• Oversee the analytics tooling ecosystem, ensuring robust integration upstream with the data catalog, and downstream with business users.
• Drive the implementation of best practices in integration and architecture to optimize performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in data engineering and analytics, integrating relevant technologies and methodologies into the ecosystem.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, data platform teams, and stakeholders to understand and translate business requirements into technical solutions, ensuring data governance, security, and quality standards are upheld.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning by providing training and support to enhance skills within your data team and the broader data community, promoting collaboration to meet evolving data needs.
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and senior leadership, effectively communicating the value proposition and impact of data initiatives.
• Drive the adoption of containerization and orchestration technologies to streamline deployment and management of data solutions.
• Champion the expansion of the data community within the organization, promoting collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation across domains.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or similar.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing or guiding technical teams.
• Direct experience building with best-in-class modern data tools, and deep one or more business intelligence & reporting tool (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, Preset, etc.).
• Strong coding skills in Python, Java, Scala, R, and SQL, commonly used in analytics and data science.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills essential for collaborating with cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Proactive commitment to staying updated with modern data practices and philosophies.
• Knowledge of data governance, data security, and data quality best practices.
• Passion for training and enablement to foster an expanding data community.
• Domain expertise in automotive and/or manufacturing industries is advantageous.

Pay Disclosure:

Salary Range/Hourly Rate for California Based Applicants: $213,000-$266,000 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law)

 

Benefits Summary: Rivian provides robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26. Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Rivian covers most of the premiums.

Company Statements:

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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