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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Technical Program Manager - **Company:** Rivian - **Location:** Palo Alto, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Automation of Tests, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Information Engineering, Firmware, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Scrum Methodology, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Information Technology, Atlassian Tools - **Published:** October 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-technical-program-manager-ota-rivian-and-volkswagen-group--10445703 ## About the Role * BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related technical fields with 5+ years relevant experience * 6+ years of Technical or Engineering Program Management experience * Experience with Atlassian-based applications, including Jira and Confluence, bonus points if you've worked with the APIs directly * Experience with the entire Software Development Lifecycle from user story creation to validation and maintenance. * Experience working with complex systems in either a technical or programs capacity * Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to think strategically and develop solutions quickly and effectively. * Expert with agile, waterfall, or kanban development processes * Passionate about process improvement and developing strong cross-functional relationships * Experience with Software Defined Vehicles is preferred but not required ## Description Over the Air Updates are critical to RV Tech's ability to deliver the latest fixes and features to customers internally and externally. The OTA organization is an end-to-end integrated firmware development, systems integration, system architecture, test automation, cloud development, release operations, data engineering, and test automation distributed across sites in Palo Alto CA, Irvine CA, Belgrade Serbia, and Berlin Germany. Due to the criticality of OTA to RV Tech's operations, the complexity of the system, and the inherently distributed nature of the team; having a strong TPM ensuring consistent coordination and execution internally to the OTA org and externally with stakeholder organizations is critical to ensuring the success of our product. This role requires a strong personality can drive outcomes without direct ownership, a system mindset that can see how the constituent parts feed into the larger picture, and a natural leadership ability to bring the human parts together to achieve the technical goal., * Work directly with the leadership team to ensure the execution of our teams technical vision * Lead tactical development processes (grooming, pointing, sprint planning) * Facilitate strategic development processes (program planning, quarterly planning) and decomposition into tactical exercises * Coordinate with OTA team leads to ensure work scope is clear, dependencies are clear, and stakeholders are primed to support each other. * Coordinate with counterpart TPMs external to the OTA team to ensure we're prepared for changes that will impact us or requests for work/support we need to budget for * Push engineering leaders and developers to follow the development norms and processes * Design and maintain agile processes for tracking and executing OTA projects across a variety of domains and contexts, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies 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. 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Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies 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) record keeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law. 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