Immigration & Global Mobility Specialist, Americas

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About the job

The Immigration & Global Mobility Specialist Americas oversees end-to-end work authorization immigration and mobility processes for employees and candidates across the Americas region. This role currently manages all U.S. employment-based immigration casework and will expand to include Canada Mexico and South America as the teams footprint grows.

Serving as the central point of coordination between external immigration counsel HR teams hiring managers and foreign national employees this position ensures timely compliant and employee-focused support for immigration and mobility matters across the region.

This position is based inHouston TX. We are open to candidates based in Richmond VA.

As a part of the team you will:

• Manage the full lifecycle of U.S. employment-based immigration cases (H1B L1 TN E3 permanent residency etc.) including the coordination of endtoend global mobility processes for employees relocating internationally including LongTerm Assignments (LTA) ShortTerm Assignments (STA) and Foreign Local Hires (FLH).

• Develop workflows for expanding immigration services support to Canada Mexico and South America in partnership with the Central Global Mobility Manager to ensure alignment in regional practices with global mobility and immigration frameworks.

• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows enhance operational consistency and improve the overall employee experience.

• Maintain compliant and accurate auditable records including Public Access Files (PAFs) immigration status tracking and I9 updates.

• Support foreign national onboarding and crossborder transitions identifying potential issues early and escalating as needed.

• Maintain tracking systems and develop reporting metrics and insights for HR and leadership including program performance resource needs and regional trends.

• Liaise with external immigration attorneys and coordinate case documentation preparation and communication.

• Manage relationships with immigration counsel tax providers and relocation partners ensuring quality service delivery cost effectiveness and accurate invoice processing.

• Counsel Talent Acquisition managers HR partners and employees on immigration requirements work authorization pathways risks and case strategy.

• Provide consultation to employees managers and HR while managing international assignments including longterm and shortterm assignments and foreign local hires to ensure alignment across immigration tax considerations and relocation requirements and logistics.

What you know:

You have a Bachelors degree in Business or a related field (or equivalent work experience) and:

• A minimum of 3 years of corporate immigration or global mobility experience managing U.S. employmentbased immigration matters (L1 TN H1B E-3 etc.); 5 years preferred

• Strong understanding of immigration compliance case processing cross-border mobility considerations and documentation requirements.

• Experience supporting Canada Mexico or South America immigration programs preferred.

• Excellent communication and customer service skills with global and culturally diverse employee populations.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fastpaced deadlinedriven environment with sound judgment and confidentiality.

• Experience managing vendors and collaborating with crossfunctional stakeholders is a strong plus.

• Familiarity with immigration case management platforms (e.g. INSZoom) desired.

• Strength in process improvement critical thinking regional awareness and operational discipline.

We care about diversity inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidates fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

Whats in it for you

Alfa Laval offers a competitive salary and full benefits package including medical/dental/vision/life 401(k) plan and more. At Alfa Laval we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your total compensation package. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job family background skills and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location. The base salary for this role is $80000 - $105000.

Alfa Laval is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications merit or business need without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.

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