Manager, Data Science

5 days ago


Palo Alto, United States Rivian Full time
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 Manager of Data Science and Data Engineering will lead a team of data scientists and analytics engineers to drive insights and strategic decision-making for our Service organization. At Rivian, you will collaborate across organizations—including Service, Commercial, Finance, Enterprise, and Strategy—to shape the development of data schemas and machine learning models. This data and models will enhance our forecasting, estimation, optimization and scenario planning for Service. In addition, the role requires a versatile leader who can effectively communicate technical concepts to engineers as well as non-technical stakeholders, building scalable solutions and infrastructure while still impacting short term business goals. The Manager of Data Science and Engineering will report to our Sr. Manager of Business Operations. 


Responsibilities

  • Lead, manage, and hire team of data scientists and analytics engineers, continuing to mentor and develop the team along with maintaining team culture.
  • Guide the technical strategy for analytics engineering and data science initiatives, ensuring a balance between scalability and business impact.
  • Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of data schemas, data infrastructure, and machine learning models within Databricks and dbt.
  • Ensure technical quality and or standards across the team through processes (architecture, code reviews, documentation) and culture (engineering excellence)
  • Collaborate with organizations to develop and execute solutions to support Service data and models.
  • Partner with senior leaders to support strategy and roadmap planning, ensuring the balance of short and long-term needs to support team scalability.
  • Contribute to team’s code base and technical design across variety of problems within Service.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline or equivalent practical experience.
  • Masters or PhD in computer science, mathematics, engineering preferred.
  • Previous experience in automotive, service operations, or logistics preferred.
  • Minimum 7 years of experience of data science and machine learning experience.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience successfully leading data science and engineering teams.
  • Strong project management skills with demonstrated success delivering in an agile manner.
  • Strong communicator, with ability to partner at the most senior levels of organizations and experience presenting and building relationships with internal stakeholders.
  • Ability to train, mentor, and evaluate the technical capabilities of others.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects at once without sacrificing quality.
  • Hands on experience coding or developing in Python, Spark and SQL.
  • Experience with Databricks, MLflow, and dbt is preferred.
  • Knowledge of underlying mathematical foundations of statistics and machine learning with focus areas such as optimization, Monte Carlo, time-series forecasting, regression, supervised and unsupervised techniques.

Pay Disclosure

Salary Range for California Based Applicants: $186,000 to $232,500 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).

Benefits Summary: Rivian provides robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26. Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Rivian covers most of the premiums.



Equal Opportunity

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 candidateaccommodations@rivian.com.

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Rivian may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian affiliates; and (iii) Rivian’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Rivian may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions. 

Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.



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