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