Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Rivian is an automotive company seeking a Field Recruiter to support their Service and Sales organization. The role involves acting as a talent advisor, establishing a data-driven recruiting process, and ensuring a high-quality candidate experience while driving recruitment strategies.
Responsibilities
- Act as a partner to leaders across Commercial, turning headcount plans into prioritized hiring strategies and clear success profiles
- Provide market and compensation insights for commercial talent to influence recruiting strategy and decisions
- Lead intake and calibration sessions, mapping competencies to interview plans and coaching managers on evidence-based evaluation
- Own end-to-end recruiting for high-volume roles—from initial brief and sourcing strategy to offer, close, and handoff
- Execute multi-channel sourcing plans (direct outreach, referrals, and AI-enabled search) to generate pipelines for hard-to-fill commercial roles and locations
- Facilitate debriefs and drive structured decision-making, ensuring a clear documentation of rationale and tradeoffs for every hire
- Identify and remove process friction in the recruiter journey, simplifying scheduling and feedback loops to protect candidate experience
- Leverage AI and ATS to automate manual tasks without eroding candidate quality or experience
- Ensure every candidate receives a clear, respectful, and timely journey, acting as a brand ambassador for Rivian’s mission
Skills
- 2-5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience in high-growth environments, with a strong track record in Automotive Service, Sales, Customer Service, or Commercial operations
- Proven success owning complex searches, influencing senior stakeholders, and shaping strategy for roles
- Demonstrated ability to execute talent mapping and long-term nurture strategies for hard-to-fill passive talent
- Experience using funnel metrics (pass-through rates, time-to-fill) to diagnose bottlenecks and influence hiring decisions
- Proficiency with iCIMS ecosystems and a practical view of where AI/automation adds value to the recruiting process
- Ability to prioritize and maintain high standards across multiple concurrent searches in a fast-paced environment
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