Senior Manager, Technology & HR Systems

About Us

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.

RV Tech Enterprise IT is building a modern, scalable, and automation-first technology foundation to support a rapidly growing, global organization. Our objective is to design deeply integrated, low-friction systems that scale without requiring large operational teams.

We are seeking a Senior Manager, People Technology & HR Systems to own the strategy, architecture, and delivery of RV Tech’s full People Technology landscape — spanning core HR, talent acquisition, learning, performance, workforce planning, and employee lifecycle platforms.

This role owns RV Tech’s end-to-end People Technology ecosystem
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You will define the multi-year roadmap, future-state architecture, and operating model for all systems supporting the employee lifecycle — from hire to retire. You will partner closely with People, IT, Security, and Finance to ensure platforms are consolidated, integrated, and designed for scale.

You are not a system owner. You are a platform architect and portfolio strategist
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This is a rare opportunity to lead the evolution of People Technology at RV Tech during a phase of transformational growth. You’ll shape the end-to-end employee technology experience, define the future-state architecture for HR, talent, and learning systems, and ensure we scale with simplicity, automation, and operational excellence. If you’re passionate about building integrated platforms, reducing complexity, and leading high-impact teams — and want to make a big impact — we want to hear from you.

This position is located in our Palo Alto office with a flexible 3 days a week in office schedule.

• Own the multi-year People Technology roadmap aligned to business and workforce strategy.
• Define future-state architecture across:
• • Core HR
  • Talent Acquisition / ATS
  • Learning Management (LMS)
  • Performance & Engagement
  • Compensation & Rewards
  • Workforce Planning / Analytics
• Lead platform evaluations, selections, and implementations.
• Drive consolidation and elimination of redundant tools.
• Design system architecture, integrations, data models, and identity patterns.
• Establish scalable support and maintenance models (internal, near-shore, vendors).
• Ensure security, privacy, compliance, and audit readiness.
• Own vendor relationships, commercials, and renewals.
• Build and lead a small team of People Technology platform owners / analysts.
• Define KPIs for reliability, adoption, cost efficiency, and automation.

• Designing simple architectures that scale.
• Translating People strategy into platform strategy.
• Killing complexity early.
• Driving standardization over customization.
• Making integrations and data first-class citizens.

• 10+ years in People Technology / HRIS / Enterprise Applications.
• Experience owning multiple People platforms end-to-end.
• Hands-on experience with modern suites (Workday, Rippling, UKG, SAP Success Factors, or similar) and best-of-breed ecosystems.
• Proven record leading enterprise HR tech transformations.
• Strong understanding of HR, Talent, and Learning processes.
• Experience with APIs, iPaaS, SSO, and identity platforms.
• Strong vendor and commercial management experience.
• Executive-level communication and influence.

Salary Range for Palo Alto applicants: $191,600 - $239,500 USD.

The posted salary represents the lowest and highest ranges RV Tech reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position. Any posted salary range pertains only to the estimated starting pay for the role. Actual starting pay is based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s…