OpenAI

Global Mobility Manager, Strategic Initiatives

OpenAI$125K — $150K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in corporate immigration or global mobility program management
  • In-depth knowledge of U.S. employment-based immigration processes and major visa categories
  • Proven experience in M&A, restructurings, or entering new markets
  • Ability to simplify complex legal requirements into practical frameworks and policies
  • History of managing cross-functional programs and influencing stakeholders
  • Skills in utilizing data and systems for enhancing compliance and efficiency
  • Strong communication skills with an emphasis on sound judgment.

Responsibilities

  • Set strategic roadmap and governance for global mobility and immigration
  • Lead U.S. permanent residence strategy including compliance and continuous improvement
  • Manage immigration aspects of M&A, divestitures, and market entry
  • Develop global expansion strategy ensuring compliance in new international locations
  • Create reusable frameworks and change-management plans for mobility initiatives
  • Collaborate with various departments to anticipate implications and drive decisions
  • Establish metrics to assess compliance, quality, and employee experience
  • Oversee external partnerships and ensure service delivery meets quality standards.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead high-impact strategic initiatives
  • Work with a cross-functional team including Legal and Corporate Development
  • Focus on tangible program evolution in a multinational environment
  • Engage in significant business transformations like M&A and restructurings
  • Access to innovative tools and solutions for enhancing operational effectiveness.
Full Job Description
About the role

In this role, you will lead high-impact strategic initiatives, including U.S. permanent residence strategy, M&A, organizational change, and global expansion.

This is a senior individual-contributor role for a builder who can translate legal and operational complexity into clear, practical solutions. Reporting to the Head of Global Mobility & Immigration, you will partner with the broader team and lead through expertise and influence across Legal, Corporate Development, Recruiting, People, Finance, business teams, and external counsel to turn emerging business needs into scalable programs, policies, and durable controls.

What you'll do
  • Set the roadmap, principles, governance, and operating model for priority global mobility and immigration initiatives.
  • Lead the U.S. permanent residence strategy, including PERM planning, controls, communications, compliance and continuous improvement.
  • Own immigration and mobility workstreams for M&A, divestitures, restructurings, entity changes, and new-market entry-from diligence through integration.
  • Lead global expansion strategy, ensuring work authorization, business travel, and compliance in rapidly growing international jurisdictions.
  • Build reusable playbooks, decision frameworks, risk assessments, and change-management plans.
  • Partner with Legal, Corporate Development, Recruiting, People, Finance, and business leaders to identify implications early and drive sound decisions.
  • Establish dashboards and program-health measures covering compliance, cycle time, quality, cost, vendor performance, and employee experience.
  • Manage external counsel and vendor partners through clear service levels, quality standards, budgets, and outcomes.
  • Use systems, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve case handling, documentation, communications, and leadership visibility.

You might thrive in this role if you
  • Bring 7+ years of progressive experience in corporate immigration, global mobility, or related program management.
  • Have deep knowledge of U.S. employment-based immigration, including PERM, I-140, adjustment of status, and major nonimmigrant visa categories.
  • Have built or materially improved a complex immigration or mobility program in a fast-growing, multinational environment.
  • Bring experience supporting M&A, restructurings, entity changes, new-market entry, or another significant business transformation.
  • Can turn technical requirements into practical policies, controls, workflows, and clear guidance for employees and business partners.
  • Have a track record of leading complex cross-functional programs, influencing senior stakeholders, and driving decisions through ambiguity.
  • Use data, systems, and automation to improve compliance, visibility, efficiency, and service quality.
  • Communicate with precision, exercise sound judgment, and balance employee experience with business and compliance needs.


About OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and John Schulman. OpenAI's mission is to develop and promote friendly AI for the betterment of humanity. The company has developed a number of cutting-edge AI technologies, including GPT-3, a language processing system that can generate human-like text. OpenAI has received funding from a number of high-profile investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
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