Senior TPM, Validation Fleet Orchestration

Rivian Automotive; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Equity awards

401(k) Plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager, Validation Fleet, to own the program that keeps validation assets available, correctly configured, roadworthy, and visible for timing of tests. You will partner with V&V leads and cross-functional teams to align fleet actions with vehicle maturity and test intent.

You will drive fleet allocation, asset changes, and integration of the fleet tracking system with validation plans, ensuring timely planning and clear accountability across programs.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in technical program management, fleet operations, vehicle testing, validation support, or prototype operations.
• Proven ability to run a cross-functional program end to end, driving decisions and accountability without direct authority.
• Strong data hygiene and reporting discipline in Jira, dashboards, and fleet tools, while managing multiple priorities independently.

Responsibilities

• Own validation fleet allocation and shared asset planning across active test fleet — arbitrating competing demand and escalating tradeoffs with a recommendation.
• Own the cascade of design and content change into fleet impact: affected VINs, configuration consequences, readiness impact, and at-risk validation.
• Surface fleet-affecting changes to validation teams with enough lead time to re-plan rather than react.
• Serve as primary liaison to the Test & Development fleet coordinator, balancing validation usage against fleet upkeep, movement, and workshop needs.
• Work with Validation TPMs to source donor assets, brokering trades and reallocations across programs when demand exceeds supply.
• Partner with V&V leads to recommend fleet actions, readiness sequencing, and asset prioritization.
• Integrate the fleet tracking system with the validation asset plans and drive open fleet actions to resolution.
• Improve fleet processes, clarify responsibilities, and help teams work through ambiguity during compressed validation timelines.

Skills

Technical Program Manager

Fleet operations

Validation planning

Change management

Data hygiene & reporting

Jira & dashboards

Tools

Jira

Dashboards

Job description

Rivian is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager, Validation Fleet, to own the program that keeps validation assets available, correctly configured, roadworthy, and visible for timing of tests. You will partner with V&V leads and cross-functional teams to align fleet actions with vehicle maturity and test intent.

You will drive fleet allocation, asset changes, and integration of the fleet tracking system with validation plans, ensuring timely planning and clear accountability across programs.