Senior Enterprise Systems Leader, ERP & Manufacturing

Rivian; Normal (IL); On-site; USD 199,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity awards

401(k) plan

Job summary

Rivian’s Enterprise Systems team is seeking a Senior Manager to lead technology strategy, delivery, and operations for enterprise applications across supply chain and manufacturing. You will guide large-scale ERP platforms, drive modernization, and align diverse stakeholders around data-driven decisions.

The role demands deep ERP experience, strong leadership, and hands-on governance of homegrown and cloud-based solutions, including AI-enabled workflow improvements and security considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of experience delivering enterprise technology solutions, including significant experience with ERP platforms like SAP, Oracle, home-grown at scale.
• 5+ years of experience leading engineering, enterprise applications, or technology operations teams.
• Experience supporting Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or other complex industrial operations.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, application integration, data platforms, APIs, and modern cloud technologies.
• Proven ability to make data-informed decisions and establish effective data governance and operating practices.
• Strong understanding of reliability, cybersecurity, observability, performance, and operational excellence for mission-critical systems.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, prioritization, and people-leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing team responsible for enterprise systems supporting Supply Chain and Manufacturing.
• Own the strategy, roadmap, delivery, reliability, and continuous improvement of applications used across planning, procurement, inventory, production, quality, logistics, and supplier operations.
• Partner closely with plant leadership, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, product, finance, security, data, and executive stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions.
• Lead the implementation, integration, and optimization of large-scale ERP and connected enterprise platforms.
• Ensure systems supporting manufacturing‑floor operations are reliable, secure, observable, performant, and fit for critical production environments.
• Balance the use of commercial platforms with the development and responsible management of homegrown applications.
• Drive modernization of legacy systems and enterprise workflows through automation, cloud technologies, APIs, event‑driven architectures, and data platforms.
• Identify and deliver practical AI use cases, including workflow automation, intelligent operations, forecasting, anomaly detection, and decision‑support tools.
• Establish engineering and operational standards covering architecture, testing, cybersecurity, observability, performance, disaster recovery, and service management.
• Communicate technical strategies, risks, tradeoffs, and investment recommendations clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

APIs

Cloud technologies

Cybersecurity

Observability

Reliability engineering

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Information Systems

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Rivian’s Enterprise Systems team is seeking a Senior Manager to lead technology strategy, delivery, and operations for enterprise applications across supply chain and manufacturing. You will guide large-scale ERP platforms, drive modernization, and align diverse stakeholders around data-driven decisions.

The role demands deep ERP experience, strong leadership, and hands-on governance of homegrown and cloud-based solutions, including AI-enabled workflow improvements and security considerations.