Immigration Manager

Company: Expedia, Inc.
Location: Seattle
Posted on: November 6, 2024

Job Description:

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.Why Join Us?To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a global hybrid work setup (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We're building a more open world. Join us.Immigration ManagerIntroduction to team:The Immigration Manager influences, advises, and leads the implementation, communication, change management, and administration of global immigration programs to support the achievement of organizational objectives consistently and transparently. This role requires leveraging immigration expertise with knowledge of business objectives while collaborating effectively with Business Partners and business leaders across supported business units.In this role, you will:

• Lead a team of two Immigration Specialists: Ensure delivery of accurate and timely HCAP and PERM support for America's population and meeting deadlines for cyclical activities. Serve as an expert consultant on immigration-related talent matters.
• Conduct detailed analysis for designing immigration programs aligned with industry trends and EG strategy, while remaining compliant to local laws and regulations.
• Regularly analyze immigration external and internal trends and both educate and convey proactive "Go Get What's Next" actions.
• Support leaders through large-scale enterprise-wide projects involving immigration, ensuring clarity and operational excellence.
• Deliver immigration projects accurately, provide status updates to leadership, ensure accuracy of immigration data to reduce impacts on other COE teams like payroll and tax, and coordinate with EMEA/APAC Immigration Lead on location-specific nuances.
• Proactively identify immigration risks and provide risk reduction solutions for the Americas/Canada immigration program.
• Identify immigration policy update recommendations.
• Lead planning and implementation for org-wide projects requiring coordination with multiple geographies, including team updates, project plan tracking, risk assessment, and communication. Coordinate with EMEA/APAC Immigration Lead on location-specific nuances.
• Ensure accuracy of immigration global process and reporting documentation, ensure accuracy of data in Workday and from immigration providers, and provide feedback on requirements and scoping to the tech team.
• Create program-level immigration updates to keep leaders/stakeholders aware of legislative or process changes that would impact their employees or organization, in coordination with EMEA/APAC lead.Experience and qualifications:
  • 7+ years of relevant experience in immigration management.
  • Demonstrated success in supporting large-scale immigration programs.
  • Strong executive presence with excellent presentation skills and business acumen.
  • Success in independently driving forward initiatives of broad scope & complexity (e.g., Global or Business unit-wide).
  • Advanced ability to build rapport with client groups to positively influence decisions at senior leadership levels.
  • Understanding of business needs with capability in leveraging immigration expertise to meet those needs.
  • Analytical capability with proficiency in managing Excel analysis.
  • Experience with Workday, Service Now and Jira a plus.The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $110,500.00 to $155,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $177,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual's knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.Accommodation requestsIf you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the .We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia, Hotels.com, Expedia Partner Solutions, Vrbo, trivago, Orbitz, Travelocity, Hotwire, Wotif, ebookers, CheapTickets, Expedia Group Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert, CarRentals.com, and Expedia Cruises.Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify.
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