Lead, Immigration

About the role

Snap Inc. is a technology company focused on empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Global Immigration team within Snap’s People Team ensures Snap can recruit, hire, and retain top talent worldwide. This role is a new individual contributor position added to manage the increasing volume and complexity of Snap’s global immigration program. You will collaborate with Snap’s two existing in-house immigration specialists and external immigration counsel to scale the U.S. immigration program.

Responsibilities

• Manage U.S. employment-based immigration matters for candidates and team members, including nonimmigrant and immigrant processes such as H-1B, TN, L-1, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1 OPT/STEM OPT, and green card-related cases.
• Support green card and permanent residence workflows, including coordination of case initiation, employee communications, PERM-related activities, and stakeholder education.
• Maintain strong compliance practices, including case tracking, records management, posting/public access file processes, audit readiness, and accurate documentation standards.
• Manage and escalate complex or sensitive cases with external immigration counsel, balancing legal guidance, employee experience, business continuity, and Snap policy.
• Share knowledge with recruiters, HR partners, and business leaders to raise capability and consistency across the immigration process.
• Drive process improvements across the U.S. immigration program to improve program quality and efficiency.
• Adjust Snap immigration programs and practices to deal with changes in U.S. immigration law and operating norms.
• Draft clear, succinct, and timely memos to team members and leaders to communicate U.S. immigration policy changes.

Skills

• Deep working knowledge of U.S. employment-based immigration programs, including nonimmigrant and immigrant case types, timelines, and operational risk points.
• Strong understanding of how immigration intersects with recruiting, onboarding, mobility, compensation, location changes, and employee lifecycle events.
• Ability to translate technical immigration concepts into clear, practical guidance for non-experts.
• Excellent project management, prioritization, and follow-through across a high-volume case portfolio with competing deadlines.
• Strong vendor-management and stakeholder-management skills, including experience working with outside counsel and cross-functional partners.
• High attention to detail and operational discipline in a compliance-heavy environment.
• Sound judgment, discretion, and empathy when handling sensitive employee matters and evolving policy environments.
• Comfort managing competing interests and knowing when to escalate.
• Experience leveraging process improvement techniques to enhance workflows, program effectiveness, and scalability.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of relevant experience managing U.S. employment-based immigration matters in an in-house, law firm, or external vendor environment.
• Hands-on experience supporting a range of U.S. visa and permanent residence processes, including H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, F-1/OPT/STEM OPT, and green card workflows.
• Experience partnering with external immigration counsel and internal stakeholders to drive compliant, timely case outcomes.
• Experience managing confidential information with professionalism and discretion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of immigration practices and law in Canada, UK, and Middle Eastern countries.
• Experience supporting immigration in a multinational technology company.
• Experience with Workday.
• Experience identifying automation or AI-enabled process improvements in operational workflows.
• Track record of gathering, cleansing, and analyzing data to support program strategies.

Schedule

This role follows a “default together” approach, requiring team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.

Pay

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions, and may be negotiable within the salary range.

• Zone A (CA, WA, NYC): $142,000–$214,000 annually.
• Zone B: $135,000–$203,000 annually.
• Zone C: $121,000–$182,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave.
• Comprehensive medical coverage.
• Emotional and mental health support programs.
• Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success.