Sr. Staff Product Manager, Voice Assistance & Proactive AI - 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:

At Rivian, we are reimagining what mobility can be. Beyond redesigning the automobile, we are rethinking the entire ecosystem. From excitement to sustainability, utility to comfort, we are working to deliver joyful and adventurous mobility experiences while solving the pain points of today. Our diverse team shares an innate curiosity for the world, a willingness to see things differently, and a passion for getting things done. We never stand still in our pursuit of progress, and we are looking for the best and brightest talent to accelerate our vision toward future mobility.

 

Rivian’s In-Vehicle Infotainment is an immersive digital experience through which our consumers interact with their vehicles and stay connected with the outside world to enjoy hands-free entertainment, navigation, communications. As an infotainment product manager, you will be instrumental in creating these beautiful and intuitive in-vehicle experiences for our Rivian drivers and passengers.

 

For this role, we are looking for an experienced Technical Product Manager to define automotive-first voice features so our users can perform everything from basic functions to complex & delightful AI driven features with simple prompts, all without having to take their eyes off the road. Further we seek a seasoned product manager who can run growth and proactive AI embedded applications for Infotainment platform.

 

Responsibilities:

• Act as the subject-matter expert for business processes and/or solutions
• Build strong working relationships with process stakeholder and develop thorough understanding of their processes and challenges
• Problem-solve across various technology systems and business processes to propose ideas, scope features, and implement solutions
• Create and groom a backlog of well-formed user stories for implementation by dev and design teams
• Communicate via both written documents and verbal presentations in an organized and clear way, including to executive leadership as needed
• Identify opportunities for process optimization, process redesign, or development of new process/policies
• Maintain reports for work in progress and the status of delivering against the product roadmap working with SCRUM teams
• Define resources and schedule for project/program implementation
• Create strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning
• Establish and guide stakeholders and functional partners through testing, implementation, and roll-out plans
• Design and maintain technical and project documentation
• Interact and lead design reviews with UI/UX designers and stakeholders

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in product management across mobility, automotive or consumer technology verticals
• Customer-first approach with a relentless passion to improve the experiences through consumer research, user feedback, industry analysis
• Excellent communication and people skills; ability to articulate a product vision and influence leaders/partners to accomplish it
• Be highly capable of working with technical teams through periods of rapid growth and scale
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, highly collaborative environment

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with smart assistants, AI technologies, audio systems, IOT devices
• Prior knowledge of data analytics capabilities to enhance their features, ensuring smarter, more intuitive user interactions.
• History of working through ambiguity and launching products in markets that go from 0 to 1 and from 1 to 1.x
• Comfort building platforms that integrate across multiple 3rd party providers and ecosystems
• Aptitude for working closely with the UX/UI design team to realize innovative and useful designs

Pay Disclosure:

Salary Range for California Based Candidates: 213,000 USD - 266,000 USD (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.  

 

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