Sr. Project Manager, Furniture & Styling

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.

As a Sr. Project Manager, Furniture & Styling within the Brand Environments Team, your job duties are to craft effective work-streams, manage external vendors, work cross functionally and support organizing your team. You build strategy and process; allowing creative talent freedom to explore ideas while making sure the team meets deadlines, adheres to budget and creates a strong project.

You will establish fluidity between our cross-functional partners within Rivian Facilities, Purchasing, Operations and Construction providing a solid foundation for the Environments team to work more efficiently and effectively. The ideal candidate has excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and is an outstanding creative problem solver. This role acts as a key member of the Furniture & Styling group, while also providing program management support to the broader Environments team.

• Lead and coordinate cross functional efforts with Rivian Finance, Legal, and Purchasing teams. Identify new vendor partners and relationships through qualification processes in partnership with Purchasing. Considering these relationships through our brand lens, adhering to Rivian's vision and standards, analyze capabilities to scale
• Spearhead collaboration with Standards, Retail Operations, Facilities, Gear Shop and Experiential Marketing teams to ensure successful implementation of Furniture & Styling guidelines across new site openings and events
• Provide tactical administrative support: surface blockers to Furniture & Styling initiatives and liaise with the appropriate stakeholders to find efficient solutions
• Lead oversight of project health throughout its full lifecycle. Develop consistent status reporting tools and detailed analysis across projects.
• Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers, vendors, and manufacturers
• Accountable for project management of ongoing projects, and administrative support - schedule management, planning, itemized project budgets, management tracking of all POs/invoices, payment schedules
• Partner with Rivian's Procurement team on all FF&E procurement - assist in writing RFPs, reviewing quotes and responses, awarding vendors, NDAs, General Terms & Conditions, Warranty agreements
• Write playbooks that outline business procedural steps, programmatic learnings, or project standards
• Incubate and organize one-off projects, define work streams responding to needs each one-off project requires.
• Attend and oversee the final implementation of delivery/installation of furniture, facilitate styling and placement of accessories, interior planting, and art hanging

• 5+ years of project leadership, process management or similar project management experience in Construction, Hospitality, Retail, Interior Design, Furniture or Millwork Industry, experience with FF&E purchasing helpful
• A college degree in architecture, interior design, business management, furniture dealership, or directly related field
• Demonstrated the ability to analyze, evaluate and report on the tasks at hand
• Strong organizational and communication skills with an ability to juggle multiple projects in various phases
• Experience developing and implementing process improvements for project workflow and team collaboration.
• A high-level of confidence and professionalism, ability to foster teamwork, and build business relationships, alignment with Rivian Core Values
• Technology driven -proficient with Microsoft Office 365 / Google Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Knowledge of Coupa Procurement System, Jira and Figma a plus
• You love solving big problems, a systems thinker with confidence managing strategic projects
• Be resourceful, innovative and proactive and have the ability to work in a team environment, under tight deadlines
• Essential can-do attitude and willingness to dive into a varied set of tasks

Salary Range for California Based Applicants: $98,500 to $123,100 (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 and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26. Full Time Employee coverage is effective on the first day of employment. Part-Time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment.

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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