Manager, Immigration – Global Mobility Center of Excellence

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

📋 Description

• Supervise and formulate immigration strategies, processes, protocols, and policies for business travelers, international assignments, and local hires within a specific geographic area.

• Handle and resolve intricate immigration escalations.

• Promote ongoing process enhancements with the immigration service provider.

• Offer project-based immigration assistance to business stakeholders.

• Create and deliver immigration training and educational resources to employees, managers, HR personnel, and stakeholders.

• Manage guidance and resources concerning regional work authorization strategies, sponsorship pathways, and compliance standards.

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

• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, Operations, Payroll, Tax, Global Security, Legal, and local HR to ensure compliant immigration deployment pathways.

• Establish immigration readiness plans for new office openings, country entries, and evolving business initiatives.

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

• Assist in regional immigration crisis preparedness and response, coordinating contingency processes.

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

• Track regulatory changes and modify processes for continual compliance.

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

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

⛳️ Requirements

• A University Degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field with at least 5 years of experience, or alternatively, 12 years of relevant experience without a degree.

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

• Experience in leading global or regional compliance programs and complex case strategies.

• Skill in interpreting regulatory requirements and converting them into operational guidance.

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

• Ability to identify root causes, design solutions, and implement outcomes effectively.

• Project management experience in delivering complex projects in dynamic environments.

• Familiarity with global mobility tax and social security considerations is preferred.

• Background in international HR operations or assignment management is preferred.

• Experience working in matrixed global settings is preferred.

• Background in government contracting is preferred.

• Knowledge of global employment practices, entity setups, and international onboarding is preferred.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for company immigration sponsorship now or in the future.

• No security clearance required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.

• 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and a separate employer retirement contribution, including a 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 services, and ID theft protection.

• Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits.

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning services.

• Adoption Assistance.

• Autism Benefit.

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 complimentary 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 work schedules.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Employee Scholar Program.

• Paid time off and holidays.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available.