Senior Recruiter: Build Teams Driving Electric Innovation

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.

At Rivian, we re on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever.

This means creating vehicles that shift the world toward a sustainable future, and it starts with the people we hire. Our Talent Acquisition team isn t just "filling roles"; we are the architects of the teams building the next generation of electric vehicles, from Autonomy and R&D to the G&A backbone that supports our global operations.

Note:
This is not an active, single job opening. This is an invitation to join our Talent Community. By applying here, you are expressing interest in future Recruiting and TA Leadership opportunities across our Engineering and G&A verticals.

Why This Role Matters

• Build the teams that build Rivian
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  You ll directly shape the engineering and G&A teams responsible for everything from autonomy and vehicle hardware to finance, legal, and people operations - roles that influence safety, profitability, and our longterm product roadmap.

• Turn "Back to Basics" into a system
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  You ll help translate our Back to Basics focus into concrete recruiter workflows, interview practices, and intake rhythms that remove noise, reduce process debt, and free up time for high impact sourcing and closing.

• Scale sourcing in highly competitive markets
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  You ll design and run sourcing strategies - including AI assisted talent mapping and outbound - for "top 1%" talent across AI/ML, electrical hardware, and niche G&A domains where the market is thin, and expectations are high.

• Elevate candidate experience at scale
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  You ll ensure that every candidate - whether for a single role or part of a broader talent community - experiences a clear, respectful, and timely journey
  , even as we scale globally and optimize for speed.

• Make recruiting more data driven and adventurous
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  You ll turn data and experimentation into everyday practice, using funnel metrics, timetofill, conversion rates, and qualitative feedback to propose changes that make recruiting more effective, not just faster.

Responsibilities

Talent Strategy & Stakeholder Partnership

• Act as a strategic recruiting partner to leaders across EV R&D, Autonomy, Hardware, and G&A, turning headcount plans and org designs into prioritized hiring strategies and clear success profiles.

• Lead intake and calibration for critical roles, clarifying musthave vs. stretch requirements, mapping competencies to interview plans, and coaching managers on structured, evidence based evaluation.

• Provide market and compensation insight for technical and corporate talent, using data and search feedback to influence role design, level, and location decisions in partnership with People and Finance.

Full Cycle Recruiting & Priority Journeys

• Own endtoend recruiting for high impact roles - from first brief and sourcing strategy through debrief, offer, close, and handoff into onboarding.

• Design and run core priority journeys (e.g., workforce planning & intake, interview design & calibration, offer & close, posthire feedback loops) that can be reused across similar role families.

• Drive structured decision making
  : prepare interview panels, facilitate debriefs, and ensure clear documentation of rationale, tradeoffs, and risk for each hiring decision.

Sourcing, Market Mapping & AIEnabled Search

• Build and execute multichannel sourcing plans (direct outreach, referrals, niche communities, events) that consistently generate high caliber pipelines for hardtofill technical and G&A roles.

• Use ATS, CRM, and AI assisted tools to map markets, reengage past talent, prioritize outreach, and track response and conversion rates over time.

• Package and share sourcing playbooks and message frameworks for key profiles (e.g.,…