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As a Staff Technical Program Manager on the Developer Productivity, DevOps & Cloud Platform team, you will lead complex, cross-functional programs that improve how our engineers build, deploy, operate, and continuously improve software.
You will operate with a high degree of initiative and independent judgment. You will be the connective tissue between our DevOps and internal tooling teams, infrastructure and cloud leaders, engineering organizations, and partners across the company and external brands. Your work will create clarity where ownership is distributed, turn ambiguous problems into executable plans, and help teams make durable improvements to the systems and practices they rely on every day.
This role spans three connected program spaces:
Product-oriented programs, including internal and external customer-facing tools and AI-enhanced workflows
Platform-focused programs, including infrastructure, cloud services, developer platforms, build systems, CI/CD, and operational tooling.
Internal-facing programs, including systems and tools that improve the way our engineers use data and AI, accelerate software development workflows, and strengthen incident response and learning.
You will be expected to flex across all three areas, often within the same program. The strongest candidates combine program-management rigor with enough technical fluency to earn the trust of engineers, understand system and operational tradeoffs, and help leaders make informed decisions without taking ownership away from the teams doing the work.
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.
The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.
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As a Staff Technical Program Manager on the Developer Productivity, DevOps & Cloud Platform team, you will lead complex, cross-functional programs that improve how our engineers build, deploy, operate, and continuously improve software.
You will operate with a high degree of initiative and independent judgment. You will be the connective tissue between our DevOps and internal tooling teams, infrastructure and cloud leaders, engineering organizations, and partners across the company and external brands. Your work will create clarity where ownership is distributed, turn ambiguous problems into executable plans, and help teams make durable improvements to the systems and practices they rely on every day.
This role spans three connected program spaces:
Product-oriented programs, including internal and external customer-facing tools and AI-enhanced workflows
Platform-focused programs, including infrastructure, cloud services, developer platforms, build systems, CI/CD, and operational tooling.
Internal-facing programs, including systems and tools that improve the way our engineers use data and AI, accelerate software development workflows, and strengthen incident response and learning.
You will be expected to flex across all three areas, often within the same program. The strongest candidates combine program-management rigor with enough technical fluency to earn the trust of engineers, understand system and operational tradeoffs, and help leaders make informed decisions without taking ownership away from the teams doing the work.
We build the exceptional — and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded accordingly. In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.
Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect, and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans, including applicable vesting requirements.
In addition to our compensation programs, we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, wellbeing, and financial future for full-time employees — including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs .
External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site ( https://rivianvw.tech/#careers ). If you are a current employee, please apply through our internal job board .
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies 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.
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies” 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 and Volkswagen Group Technologies 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) record keeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies 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 and Volkswagen Group Technologies affiliates; and (iii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies’ service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, 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.
If you provide a mobile telephone number as part of your application or during the recruitment process, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use that number to contact you via SMS text message for recruitment-related purposes, including scheduling, logistics, and status updates. Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying STOP to any text message you receive from us. Consent to receive SMS messages is not a condition of applying for or being considered for employment.
Please see our Candidate Data Privacy Notice (English) and Candidate Data Privacy Notice (Serbian) for more information.
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Joint-venture automotive technology company developing software-defined vehicle architecture and software for Rivian and Volkswagen Group electric vehicles.
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Full-time
Senior · 5+ years experience
Hybrid
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