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Delivery Manager jobs on OPT require employers comfortable sponsoring H-1B visa or bridging through STEM OPT extensions. Most roles sit inside tech, consulting, or logistics firms, where program management credentials and agile experience translate directly into the project oversight responsibilities these positions demand.
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Address: 3275 E Winslow Ave, Appleton, WI 54911
Rivian is seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Retail and Delivery Manager to help us scale with purpose and precision. As a leader in our field organization, you will drive performance, lead a high-impact team, and ensure that every customer interaction reflects our brand values and commitment to excellence. In this role, you'll own the full customer journey—from initial customer engagement through to vehicle delivery—overseeing all sales and delivery operations within your location, including sales execution, logistics, and last-mile delivery. The Manager will oversee field sales activities and daily operations across their assigned location(s), drive accountability for team productivity, and ensure performance goals are met across daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly metrics.
The Retail and Delivery Manager will be accountable for creating a highly productive environment in which customers have a meaningful and memorable experience, employees are motivated and engaged, and the business performs and thrives. The ideal candidate will take a customer-first approach, demonstrate a strong drive for competitive sales, thrive in ambiguous and unexpected environments, and tackle challenges with a flexible and solution-oriented mindset. In addition to driving day-to-day execution, you’ll collaborate cross-functionally to bring local activations to life, expand our community presence, and continuously refine processes through data-driven insights. With a deep passion for people, you’ll lead by example—motivating teams, cultivating culture, and driving measurable results that align with Rivian’s mission and values.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that the customer experience is best-in-class across your region: authentic, engaging, educational and aligned with Rivian’s core values and culture
- Drive sales performance and execute strategic initiatives across your location(s) to achieve revenue targets and market share growth
- Own, track, and deliver on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), ensuring the team is invested in the related company-wide strategic objectives while driving individual location and employee performance
- Responsible for ensuring flawless execution across all stages of the vehicle delivery process—including vehicle preparation, customer paperwork, logistics coordination, and final vehicle handoff
- Partner with Service, Vehicle Operations and other departments to analyze operations and processes to recommend changes that will drive efficiency and lower operating expenses
- Optimize the staffing model to align resources with customer demand, designing efficient schedules and shift patterns that maximize efficiency and deliver a best-in-class customer experience
- Collaborate cross-functionally to plan and execute activations, events, and strategies that drive brand awareness, traffic, product education, lead generation, demand generation, retention, and conversion
- Manage operations in alignment with the financial plan, including revenue plan, payroll budget, and overall store P&L
- Enforce high fidelity in document execution to prevent errors and safeguard revenue
- Maintain compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations as well as Rivian company policy and procedures
- Take on additional projects, duties and assignments as required and/or by request from the leadership
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in field sales; 2+ field leadership, preferably multi-unit management
- Retail, sales, hospitality or similar fields highly preferred; experience in a direct-to-consumer business model and/or commission-based sales organization a plus
- Strong understanding of the electric vehicle industry, including market dynamics, customer needs, and regulatory considerations
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant working experience
- Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends and/or holidays; ability and willingness to travel up to 75% based on business needs
- Extensive experience with P&L, POS and CRM software
- Expertise in human resources, including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, payroll, and performance management
- Comfortable operating large, high performance vehicles and conducting demo drives with customers
- Must have a valid driver’s license in the state of residence that you will be driving/operating a vehicle (or state that you are commuting daily to/from) and possess an exceptional driving record; If driver’s license isn’t in the appropriate state, you must be eligible to obtain one within the first 60 days of employment
- No drug or alcohol related driving incidents in the last 3 years; No more than 1 serious moving violation in the last 3 years; No driving related suspensions or revocation of Driver License within a 3-5 year period. Will be subject to continuous Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) monitoring
- Ability to obtain and maintain local sales licenses if applicable in your state
Physical Requirements:
- Willingness to work in various working conditions including being in a full service retail location or service center, including working outdoors and operating vehicles in unpredictable weather conditions
- Physical exertion may be required to perform occupational tasks (sitting up to 2 or more hours at a time, standing for up to 8 or more hours a day, walking, bending, kneeling, laying, twisting, carrying, reaching, stretching, pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 50 lbs)
- Frequent use of hands for purposes of grasping and using tools correctly, entering data, writing communications, or calling customers or internal partners
- Ability to see, read and interpret documents such as governmental regulations, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions or schematics
Competencies:
- Excellent written and verbal language skills in English, additional languages a plus
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in utilizing sales data and metrics
- Results-driven with a focus on achieving and exceeding sales targets
- An obsessive approach to elevating the customer experience and commitment to taking every opportunity to over-deliver when it comes to delighting and interacting with our community
- Possess an entrepreneurial mindset and apply a scrappy and resourceful approach to everything you do. Solve problems and overcome challenges with creativity and ingenuity
- Ability to build and maintain relationships, solicit cooperation, and achieve results through collaboration while managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Outstanding verbal and written communication required
- Skilled use of project management tools and well versed in memo and presentation building; Confluence, Smartsheet, and MS Office/Google suite
RIV Level: 6
Address: 3275 E Winslow Ave, Appleton, WI 54911
Rivian is seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Retail and Delivery Manager to help us scale with purpose and precision. As a leader in our field organization, you will drive performance, lead a high-impact team, and ensure that every customer interaction reflects our brand values and commitment to excellence. In this role, you'll own the full customer journey—from initial customer engagement through to vehicle delivery—overseeing all sales and delivery operations within your location, including sales execution, logistics, and last-mile delivery. The Manager will oversee field sales activities and daily operations across their assigned location(s), drive accountability for team productivity, and ensure performance goals are met across daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly metrics.
The Retail and Delivery Manager will be accountable for creating a highly productive environment in which customers have a meaningful and memorable experience, employees are motivated and engaged, and the business performs and thrives. The ideal candidate will take a customer-first approach, demonstrate a strong drive for competitive sales, thrive in ambiguous and unexpected environments, and tackle challenges with a flexible and solution-oriented mindset. In addition to driving day-to-day execution, you’ll collaborate cross-functionally to bring local activations to life, expand our community presence, and continuously refine processes through data-driven insights. With a deep passion for people, you’ll lead by example—motivating teams, cultivating culture, and driving measurable results that align with Rivian’s mission and values.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that the customer experience is best-in-class across your region: authentic, engaging, educational and aligned with Rivian’s core values and culture
- Drive sales performance and execute strategic initiatives across your location(s) to achieve revenue targets and market share growth
- Own, track, and deliver on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), ensuring the team is invested in the related company-wide strategic objectives while driving individual location and employee performance
- Responsible for ensuring flawless execution across all stages of the vehicle delivery process—including vehicle preparation, customer paperwork, logistics coordination, and final vehicle handoff
- Partner with Service, Vehicle Operations and other departments to analyze operations and processes to recommend changes that will drive efficiency and lower operating expenses
- Optimize the staffing model to align resources with customer demand, designing efficient schedules and shift patterns that maximize efficiency and deliver a best-in-class customer experience
- Collaborate cross-functionally to plan and execute activations, events, and strategies that drive brand awareness, traffic, product education, lead generation, demand generation, retention, and conversion
- Manage operations in alignment with the financial plan, including revenue plan, payroll budget, and overall store P&L
- Enforce high fidelity in document execution to prevent errors and safeguard revenue
- Maintain compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations as well as Rivian company policy and procedures
- Take on additional projects, duties and assignments as required and/or by request from the leadership
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in field sales; 2+ field leadership, preferably multi-unit management
- Retail, sales, hospitality or similar fields highly preferred; experience in a direct-to-consumer business model and/or commission-based sales organization a plus
- Strong understanding of the electric vehicle industry, including market dynamics, customer needs, and regulatory considerations
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant working experience
- Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends and/or holidays; ability and willingness to travel up to 75% based on business needs
- Extensive experience with P&L, POS and CRM software
- Expertise in human resources, including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, payroll, and performance management
- Comfortable operating large, high performance vehicles and conducting demo drives with customers
- Must have a valid driver’s license in the state of residence that you will be driving/operating a vehicle (or state that you are commuting daily to/from) and possess an exceptional driving record; If driver’s license isn’t in the appropriate state, you must be eligible to obtain one within the first 60 days of employment
- No drug or alcohol related driving incidents in the last 3 years; No more than 1 serious moving violation in the last 3 years; No driving related suspensions or revocation of Driver License within a 3-5 year period. Will be subject to continuous Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) monitoring
- Ability to obtain and maintain local sales licenses if applicable in your state
Physical Requirements:
- Willingness to work in various working conditions including being in a full service retail location or service center, including working outdoors and operating vehicles in unpredictable weather conditions
- Physical exertion may be required to perform occupational tasks (sitting up to 2 or more hours at a time, standing for up to 8 or more hours a day, walking, bending, kneeling, laying, twisting, carrying, reaching, stretching, pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 50 lbs)
- Frequent use of hands for purposes of grasping and using tools correctly, entering data, writing communications, or calling customers or internal partners
- Ability to see, read and interpret documents such as governmental regulations, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions or schematics
Competencies:
- Excellent written and verbal language skills in English, additional languages a plus
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in utilizing sales data and metrics
- Results-driven with a focus on achieving and exceeding sales targets
- An obsessive approach to elevating the customer experience and commitment to taking every opportunity to over-deliver when it comes to delighting and interacting with our community
- Possess an entrepreneurial mindset and apply a scrappy and resourceful approach to everything you do. Solve problems and overcome challenges with creativity and ingenuity
- Ability to build and maintain relationships, solicit cooperation, and achieve results through collaboration while managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Outstanding verbal and written communication required
- Skilled use of project management tools and well versed in memo and presentation building; Confluence, Smartsheet, and MS Office/Google suite
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Delivery Manager
Target companies with established OPT hiring pipelines
Large tech firms and consulting companies hire Delivery Managers on OPT regularly. Focus on organizations that have sponsored work visas before, their HR teams already understand the process and won't be surprised by your authorization timeline.
Highlight your PMP or agile certifications upfront
Delivery Manager roles are credential-driven. Listing PMP, CSM, or SAFe certifications in your resume header signals immediate readiness and shifts the conversation away from your visa status toward your qualifications and technical project management depth.
Frame your OPT timeline around project cycles
Employers think in delivery roadmaps. If your OPT has 18 months remaining, present that as two full sprint cycles or one complete product delivery window, language that resonates with hiring managers evaluating your fit for live programs.
Use STEM OPT extension eligibility as a negotiating point
If your degree is in computer science, information systems, or engineering, you likely qualify for a 24-month STEM OPT extension. Mentioning this early gives employers a longer sponsorship runway and reduces hesitation about the H-1B lottery timeline.
Demonstrate cross-functional leadership with numbers
Delivery Managers are evaluated on outcomes. Quantify team sizes managed, delivery timelines hit, and budget oversight experience. Concrete metrics make your value undeniable and take hiring attention off authorization paperwork.
Ask about internal mobility and H-1B sponsorship policy early
During recruiter screens, ask whether the company sponsors H-1B petitions for current employees. This filters out employers who only tolerate OPT now but have no intention of continuing sponsorship after your authorization period ends.
Delivery Manager OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Delivery Manager on F-1 OPT?
Yes. F-1 OPT authorizes full-time employment in roles directly related to your field of study. Delivery Manager positions typically align with degrees in computer science, information systems, business administration, or engineering. Your work must remain within the field your OPT was authorized for, confirm that alignment with your DSO before accepting an offer.
Do Delivery Manager roles qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
They can, depending on your degree. If you hold a STEM-designated degree and your employer is E-Verify registered, you may qualify for a 24-month extension beyond your initial 12-month OPT period. Delivery Manager roles at tech companies and IT consulting firms commonly meet this threshold. Check your degree's CIP code with your DSO to confirm eligibility.
How do I find Delivery Manager jobs that sponsor OPT students?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters for employers open to sponsoring international candidates. Searching there surfaces Delivery Manager openings at companies already familiar with OPT authorization and H-1B sponsorship, which cuts down significantly on outreach to employers who won't engage with visa-dependent candidates.
What happens to my Delivery Manager job if my OPT expires before H-1B approval?
If your H-1B petition is filed before your OPT expires and you receive a receipt notice, you're covered by cap-gap protection through September 30 of that year. This allows you to continue working without interruption. If you don't receive an H-1B selection, you'll need to stop working or shift to a different status. Planning for this timeline with your employer is critical.
Are Delivery Manager roles difficult to get sponsored compared to engineering roles?
Sponsorship for Delivery Manager roles is generally achievable at mid-to-large companies, though it's less automatic than for software engineering positions. The role's business-facing nature means some employers classify it as a management rather than technical function, which can affect their willingness to sponsor. Targeting firms in tech, cloud infrastructure, or IT services improves your odds considerably.