Manager, Immigration – Global Mobility Center of Excellence

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Oversee and develop immigration strategies, processes, protocols, and policies for business travelers, international assignments, and local hires within a designated geographic area.

• Manage and address intricate immigration escalations.

• Drive enhancements with the immigration provider to optimize regional service delivery.

• Offer project-based immigration support to business stakeholders.

• Create and provide immigration training and education for employees, managers, HR, and stakeholders.

• Supervise guidance and resources for regional work authorization strategies, sponsorship pathways, and compliance standards.

• Maintain regional guidelines for work authorization pathways, eligibility for sponsorship, and processing timelines.

• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, Operations, Payroll, Tax, Global Security, Legal, and local HR.

• Develop immigration readiness plans for new office openings, country entries, and emerging business programs.

• Create immigration process flows, operational documentation, and compliance requirements for new entities.

• Support regional immigration crisis preparedness and response; develop contingency plans and coordinate mitigation efforts.

• Contribute to future-state immigration operating models, workflows, and cross-functional intake processes.

• Monitor changes in regulations and update processes to ensure ongoing compliance.

• Lead the regional immigration aspects of program transitions, redesigns, and system enhancements.

• Travel quarterly to Connecticut and occasionally internationally within the assigned region.

⛳️ Requirements

• Typically requires a University Degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field with at least 5 years of experience, or, in the absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience.

• Experience in immigration and work authorization compliance for local hires, assignments, relocations, business travel, and multi-jurisdictional pathways.

• Proven experience in leading global/regional compliance programs and complex case strategies.

• Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into operational guidance.

• Experience collaborating with external counsel and immigration service providers, including vendor oversight.

• Skilled in problem-solving by identifying root causes, designing solutions, and executing outcomes.

• Project management abilities to deliver complex projects in dynamic environments and proactively address emerging challenges.

• Must possess authorization to work in the U.S. without company immigration sponsorship now or in the future.

• No security clearance is required.

• Preferred: experience with global mobility tax and social security considerations.

• Preferred: background in international HR operations or assignment management.

• Preferred: experience in matrixed global environments.

• Preferred: government contracting experience.

• Preferred: familiarity with global employment practices, entity setups, and international onboarding.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.

• 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contributions.

• Lifetime Income Strategy option.

• Tuition reimbursement program.

• Student Loan Repayment Program.

• Life insurance and disability coverage.

• Optional pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, and ID theft protection.

• Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits.

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning support.

• Adoption Assistance.

• Autism Benefit.

• Employee Assistance Plan, providing up to 10 free counseling sessions.

• Healthy You Incentives wellness rewards program.

• Doctor on Demand virtual doctor visits.

• Bright Horizons child and elder care services.

• Teladoc Medical Experts second opinion program.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Flexible work schedules.

• Employee Scholar Program.

• Paid time off and holidays.

• Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs; payments are not guaranteed.

• Primarily remote work from home.

• Travel to site locations as necessary.