Hiring: Staff Technical Program Manager Company: Rivian Location: Irvine, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 10:28:30 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Embedded Systems, Jira About the job Experience: •7+ years of experience in program management, product management, engineering or similar cross-functional role Required Skills: •As a Technical Program Manager at Rivian, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary software projects from start to finish, managing multiple critical software workstreams embedded software development. •You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. •Work with a team of software and hardware engineers on multiple high-visibility consumer-facing products. •Strategically drive planning and implementation of program and features with the cross-functional teams to hit roadmap goals, tracking progress, analyzing risks, resolve execution issues and communicating status. •Develop and manage program schedules, technical issues, release management and resource needs with engineering and cross-functional teams. •Manage communication of progress/status with stakeholders and leadership in various locations and time zones, own and nurture relationships between cross-functional teams •Implement process improvements to streamline product development and continuously manage risks. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering field •Track record of launching consumer facing software products •Proficiency with bug/task tracking software tools, especially Jira. •Demonstrated capacity to adapt processes to the team composition and be time-efficient with planning and status reporting. •Passion for and demonstrated proficiency in working with cross-functional software teams. •Highly collaborative mindset and strong communication skills. •Understands how to accelerate development pace while balancing technical quality and product/design scope •Time-efficient with use of meetings and asynchronous communication to drive decisions and next steps. •Demonstrated capacity to travel as needed •The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards. Compensation: •The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!