Senior Immigration Specialist

Summary

Join Deel as a Senior Immigration Specialist and manage the relocation, immigration, and mobility needs of our global workforce. You will collaborate with HR, legal, and tax teams to ensure seamless support for employees on international assignments, maintaining compliance with local regulations. This role is crucial for expanding Deel's global talent pool and facilitating employee movement across regions. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with immigration laws, assessing right-to-work requirements, processing immigration applications, liaising with local providers, and providing support to EORs and clients. The position requires managing the entire employment life cycle for non-nationals and ensuring quality mobility operations. You will also contribute to special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in global mobility, immigration, or international HR (with a focus on Germany)
• Fluency in English and German languages
• Strong knowledge of global relocation, immigration, and tax compliance in Germany
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (HR, Legal, Tax, Finance) to manage mobility processes
• Familiarity with global mobility tools and vendor management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with employees at all levels
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple cases concurrently
• Detail-oriented and proactive in managing complex mobility cases
• Experience with policy development and process optimization
• Ability to stay current on international tax and immigration laws and adapt to regulatory changes
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Ensuring and maintaining compliance in their assigned country in accordance with relevant immigration laws and regulations, operational rules and RACI
• Assessing right-to-work requirements for Employee of Records (EORs)
• Processing immigration-related administrative tasks such as preparing and submitting immigration applications to the local authorities
• Liaising with local providers to complete immigration assessments
• Strong understanding of country specific visa processes, compliance requirements and is a subject matter expert in their areas of ownership
• Auditing, maintaining, and updating internal and external mobility-related knowledge in collaboration with stakeholders
• Providing support to EORs and clients for mobility-related questions or concerns through all available communication channels
• Managing the entire employment life-cycle for non-nationals including onboarding and offboarding
• Responsible for ensuring the quality of the mobility operations in the assigned countries
• Work on special projects, as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

Relevant certifications (e.g., GMS) are a plus

Benefits

• Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location
• Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country
• The flexibility of remote work, including optional WeWork access