Lead Organizational Development Partner

at Rivian Automotive, LLC in Normal, Illinois, United States Job Description 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. Role Summary The Lead Organizational Development Partner will be a key member of Rivian's Talent Management Center of Excellence, responsible for designing and operationalizing strategies that improve organizational effectiveness, leadership transitions, change agility, and culture. You will evolve and implement Rivian's organization design and capabilities frameworks, ensuring we have the right roles, structures, and ways of working to support performance at scale. This role blends OD strategy, organizational health analytics, and hands-on partnership with senior leaders across engineering, manufacturing, and technology environments.

Why This Role Matters Shape how Rivian operates at scale: Design and refine the organizational frameworks that determine how teams are structured, how decisions get made, and how work flows in a rapidly growing, global EV and tech company. Turn org health into a business lever: Combine people analytics and organizational diagnostics to help leaders see where structure, capability, and culture are enabling or blocking performance-and what to do about it.

Enable strategic talent decisions:

Drive succession, capability, and org design work that directly informs hiring, promotions, leadership investments, and long-range workforce planning. Connect culture, systems, and strategy: Ensure Rivian's mission, Compass values, and leadership expectations are embedded in how we design organizations, set goals, and lead change-not just in how we talk about them. Responsibilities ResponsibilitiesStrategic OD & Organization Design Develop and execute a comprehensive organizational development and health strategy aligned with Rivian's mission, Compass behaviors, and evolving business priorities. Define and operationalize organization design principles, governance, and review processes to support agility, scale, and clear decision rights across functions. Design and refine operating and capability models that integrate traditional hierarchy, decision frameworks, ways of working, and network-based teaming.

Succession, Capabilities & Talent Management Build and refine succession planning and talent review protocols for executive and critical roles, including process design, tooling, and cadence, to drive agility into the business. Partner with Talent Management, HRBPs, and business leaders to identify critical capabilities, gaps, and targeted interventions at organizational, team, and individual levels. Ensure OD and talent frameworks are integrated with performance, rewards, leadership development, and workforce planning.

Culture, Change & Organizational Health Design and implement culture and program integration strategies that enhance engagement, performance, and continuous learning. Partner with leaders and People teams to diagnose cultural and organizational health issues and build targeted interventions that are practical, measurable, and scalable. Partner with People Analytics to design, interpret, and socialize organizational health metrics (e.g., spans/layers, attrition patterns, engagement trends, capability maps) to inform iterative improvements. Provide guidance on goal-setting methodologies, supporting leaders and teams in translating organizational priorities into clear, measurable goals. Translate enterprise culture and change priorities into function-level roadmaps that reflect local realities while driving toward shared standards.

Consultation, Stakeholder Partnership &... For full info follow application link. Equal Opportnity Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at accessibility@rivian.com. To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account