Product Guide III (part-time) - Boston Spaces

Rivian Rivian · Auto · Boston, MA · Customer Service

This is a part-time Product Guide III role at Rivian in Boston, focused on customer engagement, brand representation, and driving sales through memorable experiences. The role involves welcoming, educating, and assisting customers, managing leads, demonstrating vehicles, and maintaining retail standards. It requires strong customer service skills, product knowledge, and experience with POS/CRM systems. The role is customer-facing and aims to build loyalty and trust.

What you'd actually do

  1. Welcome, engage, and educate customers, providing a positive and inclusive experience for everyone who visits; ensuring their needs are met, and their expectations are exceeded.
  2. Responsible for achieving key performance indicators such as leads captured, lead capture rate, lead-to-drive rate, sales orders influenced, and customer experience (NPS & survey results).
  3. Engage with Rivian customers and identify the unique needs to create an individualized experience including demonstration drives and customer deliveries.
  4. Demonstrate a commitment to achieving commercial business objectives and supporting brand initiatives, including demand generation, lead generation, product deep-dives, gear demos, trip planning, food and beverage offerings, and community events.
  5. Possess a high level of brand and product expertise, staying up to date on all required training and courses.

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years’ experience in customer service, automotive, clean energy solutions, field marketing, sales, education, or hospitality environment preferred.
  • At least 18 years of age.
  • Must be 21+ years of age to operate any Rivian vehicle.
  • High School Diploma, GED, or other recognized high school equivalency credential required.
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule to support customers on nights, weekends and/or holidays; ability and willingness to travel based on business needs to support other market launches and operations.
  • Must have a valid driver’s license in the state/province of residence that you will be driving/operating a vehicle (or state that you are commuting daily to/from).
  • 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.
  • Strong understanding of written and spoken English.
  • Ability to see, read and interpret documents such as governmental regulations, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions or schematics.
  • Energetic, enthusiastic, and engaging customer interaction style.
  • Ability to understand and articulate concepts in the technology and automotive space.
  • Resilience and ability to overcome objections using active listening and critical thinking.
  • Ability to multi-task while providing exceptional quality of work.
  • Excellent written and verbal language skills in English, additional languages a plus.
  • Ability to learn quickly, thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing timelines.
  • 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.

Nice to have

  • Experience using POS and CRM software preferred.
  • Working knowledge of Google Workspace with the ability to learn new tools quickly.
  • Must have or be eligible to obtain a sales license, notary license, and/or food handling certification (within the first 90 days of employment) if applicable in the state/province of your assigned work location.