Sr. Employee Experience Partner, Rewards & Data

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Tier 2 Expert Support: Serve as the primary escalation point for employees and managers regarding complex inquiries in compensation, equity, payroll, global mobility, and benefits.
• Data Stewardship: Execute and oversee Workday transactions and lead comprehensive data audits to ensure the highest level of accuracy across our core people system.
• Process Transformation: Partner closely with our Centers of Excellence (COEs) partners to identify friction points and drive process improvements, with a specific focus on increased automation and efficiency for scale.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead the introduction and implementation of enhancements featuring AI tools to streamline repetitive tasks and enhance the speed of service delivery and quality.
• Content & Enablement: Use data to inform stakeholders to create and curate high-quality content for self-service resources, guides, and FAQs designed to empower employees and drive inquiries toward Tier 1 or automated solutions.
• Insight Generation: Use data and feedback to spot trends in rewards-related questions, proactively suggesting systemic fixes to recurring issues.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work in partnership with the HR Business Partners and COEs to ensure a consistent, empathetic, and compliant experience across all rewards-related touchpoints.
• Reporting and analytics: Deliver clear, actionable reports and data-driven insights to the People team to support informed decision-making and workforce planning.

Qualifications

• Experience: 3+ years of experience in HR in one or more of the following areas: total rewards, global mobility, HR operations, or a leadership advisory role.
• Technical Savvy: Proficiency in Workday and ServiceNow, along with a strong interest in leveraging AI to solve operational challenges.
• Subject Matter Expertise: A practical understanding of compensation, equity, relocation, immigration, and benefits compliance, paired with a passion for process enablement.
• Problem-Solving Skills: An analytical mindset capable of distilling complex data into simple, actionable insights for both leaders and employees.
• Communication & Design: Experience building toolkits, guides, or training materials that make complex people processes easy to understand.
• Adaptability: Comfort navigating a fast-moving, matrixed environment while managing multiple priorities with precision.
• Proactive Mindset: A desire to build from the ground up, iterate on current processes, and constantly seek out "the better way."
• Reporting: Minimum of 3+ years of experience building and maintaining custom Workday reports.