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US Immigration Specialist

Uber · Seattle, WA · 2 wk ago
Legal$102k/yrFull-time

About the Role

The Uber Global Relocation & Immigration (GRI) team is looking for a US Immigration Program Manager to own immigration service delivery and strategic compliance for the United States. In this role, you will be instrumental in ensuring US immigration compliance and a great experience for Uber stakeholders, relocating employees, and assignees.

Team

People / Subteam: Human Resources

What You’ll Do

  • Partner across the GRI team to tailor global immigration offerings to the specific talent needs of the US business, ensuring regional nuances are addressed while maintaining global consistency.
  • Build strong relationships with US-based stakeholders across Talent Acquisition, HR, and business leadership to strategically position GRI’s immigration services as a key enabler to achieving international talent priorities.
  • Proactively monitor the US regulatory landscape and lead impact analyses of legislative or policy changes; design and implement strategies to mitigate risk and protect the business.
  • Ensure consistent, compliant implementation of US immigration policies while driving operational efficiency and a strong employee experience.
  • Lead GRI’s immigration support for key US-based projects such as new entity set-up, maintaining legal readiness, mergers and acquisitions, and organizational restructures.
  • Serve as the primary escalation point for complex case matters not resolved by Uber’s People Operations team or Uber’s vendor on-site support; identify scalable solutions and drive continuous improvement.
  • Lead and contribute to global GRI projects that support the broader immigration program and the evolution of global mobility services.
  • Develop and deliver stakeholder education through training, documentation, and resources to increase program awareness and engagement.
  • Lead the regional relationship with Uber’s US immigration vendor. Partner with them to execute strategy, ensure case SLAs are being met, and monitor regional invoices and billing.
  • Analyze program metrics to drive process improvements that increase speed, quality, compliance, and cost efficiency, including automation opportunities.

Basic Qualifications

  • Minimum 5+ years of US global mobility experience.
  • Deep expertise in US employment-based immigration, including Nonimmigrant visa categories (H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN, F-1 OPT, etc.) and immigrant visa programs.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience managing external vendors within a large-scale, outsourced global mobility program.
  • Experience in an in-house corporate environment, across immigration, relocation, and tax.
  • Proven ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
  • Strong strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and project management skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence within a complex, global matrix organization using data-driven insights.
  • Working knowledge of mobility tax and relocation program design.
  • Experience designing or evolving mobility and immigration programs.

Pay

  • Chicago, IL: USD $102,000 - USD $113,000 per year
  • New York City, NY: USD $113,000 - USD $125,000 per year
  • San Francisco, CA: USD $113,000 - USD $125,000 per year
  • Seattle, WA: USD $102,000 - USD $113,000 per year

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