Global Mobility Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Program Strategy & Policy
• Design, own, and continuously evolve the global assignment policy framework, covering long-term, short-term, and other international mobility arrangements
• Partner with senior HR stakeholders and business leadership on mobility decisions, providing mobility expertise early in the planning process
• Tax, Payroll & Compensation
• Manage relationships with external tax advisors and mobility vendors (Big 4, specialist firms); oversee tax equalization, hypothetical tax processing, and year-end tax filings
• Cook up shadow payroll, dual payroll, and split payroll structures across jurisdictions in partnership with local payroll teams
• Establish and maintain assignment compensation components, including cost-of-living, housing, hardship, and other mobility allowances, in partnership with Total Rewards, ensuring market competitiveness and alignment with current benchmark data
• Immigration & Compliance
• Partner with local immigration teams within HR to coordinate visa, work permit, and compliance for all internationally mobile employees; manage external immigration counsel
• Monitor legislative and regulatory changes across key host countries (Americas, APAC, EU); assess and communicate business impact
• Ensure certificates of coverage, social security agreements, and statutory benefit eligibility are managed accurately for all assignees
• Assignee Experience
• Serve as the senior escalation point for assignees across the full assignment lifecycle — pre-departure, on-assignment, and repatriation
• Manage relocation service providers (DSP, household goods, temporary housing) and hold them to defined SLAs and service standards
• Finance & Cost Management
• Own the end-to-end financial management of the global mobility program, including assignment cost projections, total cost-of-mobility budgeting, forecasting, and intercompany recharge processes in partnership with Finance
• Provide robust cost estimates for proposed assignments, advising stakeholders on cost implications, policy application, and optimization opportunities while balancing business needs and employee experience
• Monitor and report mobility spend, program performance, key metrics, and risk indicators, delivering actionable insights to HR, Finance, and business leadership to support decision-making and governance
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management
• Partner with HR Business Partners; develop training and guidance materials to enable HRBPs to manage routine mobility queries independently
• Manage RFP, selection, SLA governance, and annual performance reviews for all mobility vendors (tax, immigration, relocation, data providers)
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition on mobility considerations for international new hires; partner with Talent Management on assignment-to-career pathway design

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of progressive experience in global mobility or mobility tax with demonstrated experience in a program leadership role
• Demonstrated experience owning policy design, governance frameworks, and vendor management in a global mobility context
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of expatriate tax, shadow payroll mechanics, and international immigration across multiple jurisdictions
• Strong financial acumen; experience owning a mobility budget, building cost models, and reporting to senior Finance and HR stakeholders
• Proven ability to manage and influence cross-functional stakeholders — HR, Finance, Legal, and senior business leadership — in a global environment
• Experience with Americas, APAC, and EU mobility programs simultaneously; comfort navigating multi-jurisdictional complexity
• Strong communication skills; ability to translate technical mobility and tax concepts into clear guidance for non-specialist audiences
• Experience with assignment management platforms and HRIS integration (Workday preferred)

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.