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Position Overview:

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.

We operate development centers in Plymouth, Michigan; Southern California (Irvine, Carson & LA); Silicon Valley (San Jose and Palo Alto); Vancouver, British Columbia; and Surrey, England; as well as a manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois.

Role Summary
Support the Rivian Sustainability effort by building and tracking digital tools and analytics that help drive Operational Efficiency and encourage data driven decisions. Work with department and cross-functional leadership to build reporting and help scale globally by building the next generation of tools and processes.

Responsibilities

• Balance running the tools, with creating self-service tools for leadership. This is a leading/doing role.
• Build out tools and data portfolio to support Sustainability in making People, Process, and Infrastructure decisions across several verticals that they will cover.
• Identify trends in the data and work with Sustainability Leadership to influence metrics and goals that better drive performance across verticals.
• Generate reports, models, and sensitivity analyses to be used to recommend go/nogo efforts.
• Work with operational partners to rollout KPI’s and continually improve published content and share knowledge on best practices.
• Create user-guides and partner with relevant organization to distribute and train.
• Participate in the development of internal processes to drive execution efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Technical (Engineering, Math, Science) or Business. Advanced degree a plus.
• Demonstrated prior work experience relevant to this position
• Deep knowledge of data mining and storage, statistics, and visualization for business environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work through ambiguity by quantifying problem statements with KPI’s.
• Innate curiosity and drive to connect the dots through data and trends, and confidence to share both good and bad news objectively.
• Asks Why. Curious.
• Incredible interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence others that do not report to you.
• Great communication skills with a wide variety of personnel from various professional backgrounds.
• Familiarity and comfort level with operations environment
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products, Atlassian Software and Tableau
• Adaptable and willing to learn in a fast-paced environment
• Highly motivated self-starter and constructive team-player.