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**
* Provide legal support regarding state laws that regulate Rivian's business including, but not limited to sales, service, delivery and other customer facing business units.
* Establish or revise existing legal compliance strategies for sales, service and delivery rollout.
* Provide legal support to the overall Policy team efforts to understand the impacts of various state laws to Rivian's business and support Policy team efforts to change laws that are impediments to Rivian's business model.
* Cross team with various Rivian divisions, including Legal, Corporate Strategy, Retail, Service, Delivery, Digital Commerce, Customer Experience, Communications and others with respect to tactics and strategies most supportive of Rivian's business plans.
**Qualifications**
* A minimum of 5 to 8 years of legal experience in government, corporate in-house and/or with a large law firm dealing with state laws governing automotive manufacture, distribution, sales and service, or analogous areas.
* Familiarity with automotive commercial legal issues at the state level.
* Understanding of the impacts of federal laws to state regulation of motor vehicles.
* A track record of superior accomplishment and ability.
* A thorough understanding of policy, legislative procedure and regulatory processes.
* Demonstrated ability to multi-task on diverse issues simultaneously.
* Strong written and oral communication skills.
* Juris Doctor (or equivalent) from a recognized and reputable educational institution.
* Willingness to travel (approximately 30%).
* Direct experience with automotive franchise law related to direct sales of electric vehicles is preferred.
* Direct state level experience on regulation of sales and service of motor vehicles is preferred.
#### **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.**