Sr. Staff Autonomy Product Manager
Rivian
Product
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Posted on Apr 29, 2026
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
Our team combines a leading on-demand mobility and delivery platform with deep expertise in marketplace management and local operations to help Autonomous Vehicle (AV) partners deploy and scale their technology globally. We operate at the highest level of strategic integration, bridging the gap between cutting-edge self-driving stacks and a massive, global consumer network.
As the Senior Staff Product Manager for Autonomous Vehicle Platform & Experience, you will define the future of what a Rivian becomes when the "driver" becomes a "passenger." You will be responsible for ensuring seamless integration that bridges the gap between Rivian’s world-class vehicle platform and autonomous ride-hailing networks.
Responsibilities
The salary range for this role is $265,000-$331,300 for San Francisco Bay Area based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian’s 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com.
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.
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
Our team combines a leading on-demand mobility and delivery platform with deep expertise in marketplace management and local operations to help Autonomous Vehicle (AV) partners deploy and scale their technology globally. We operate at the highest level of strategic integration, bridging the gap between cutting-edge self-driving stacks and a massive, global consumer network.
As the Senior Staff Product Manager for Autonomous Vehicle Platform & Experience, you will define the future of what a Rivian becomes when the "driver" becomes a "passenger." You will be responsible for ensuring seamless integration that bridges the gap between Rivian’s world-class vehicle platform and autonomous ride-hailing networks.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Roadmap: Define and evangelize the long-term vision for a best-in-class AV rider experience, setting the industry standard for autonomous mobility. Benchmark competing experiences in the US and EU. Make these findings actionable for the design and product teams.
- Partner Leadership: Lead deep technical and product collaborations with external rideshare operators to co-design the future of the rider-to-vehicle interface. Work with Technical Product Management to define engagement cadence and drive clear communication and collaboration with operating partners to act as one and scale operations across the globe. Translate partner agreement into clear, sequenced product requirements for cross-functional teams.
- Cross-Functional Influence: Drive alignment across Rivian, RVT, and partner engineering teams to maximize impact of engineering work, making tradeoffs as appropriate to maximize impact and chances of success in the market. Ensure that Personal L4 product teams are engaged to develop future consumer L4 features in parallel.
- Rider Experience: Define and maintain the Robotaxi Rider Experience Product roadmap across all in-vehicle software domains, aligned to partnership milestones and Rivian engineering cycles. Own the definition and tracking of launch criteria for each Rider Experience software domain. Architect features that build passenger confidence through transparent communication, second-screen app experiences that blend partner and vehicle functionality, and robust safety education.
- High-Stakes Exception Handling: Work with partners to define teleoperation integrations and help define the boundary for technical implementation and product experience with a third party operator, ensuring rider safety and support when technical or environmental variables deviate from the plan.
- 10+ years of product management experience, with a focus on innovative consumer-facing products or complex platform ecosystems.
- Extensive experience in a Staff or Lead capacity, including significant experience mentoring PMs and influencing cross-functional VP-level stakeholders.
- Systems Expertise: Exceptional ability to navigate the intersection of hardware and software, translating technical constraints into elegant user solutions.
- Data-Driven Storytelling: Mastery of using large-scale data to identify trends, validate hypotheses, and drive mission-critical business decisions.
- Product Instincts: A "customer-first" mentality with a high bar for quality and a knack for simplifying inherently complex logistical challenges.
- Proven track record of launching 0-to-1 products within the Autonomous Vehicle, AI, or Automotive sectors.
- Deep understanding of the hybrid technology/operations nature of modern mobility platforms.
- Experience managing high-value, multi-year technical partnerships with external hardware OEMs or software firms.
- Entrepreneurial background with experience scaling products in highly ambiguous and regulated environments.
The salary range for this role is $265,000-$331,300 for San Francisco Bay Area based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian’s 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com.
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.