Global Mobility Lead

San Francisco · New York City · 6+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Sep 24, 2026

At a glance

Perplexity is looking for a Global Mobility Lead to build and run programs that help employees join, move, and work across borders.
This role owns mobility policies, immigration casework, and vendor relationships while partnering with Legal, Finance, and People Ops.

Own the mobility policy suite end to end: relocation, permanent transfers, short-term and long-term international assignments, remote/cross-border work arrangements, and business travel thresholds.
Run individual mobility cases from scoping to landing: package design, cost estimates, immigration sequencing, tax and social-security implications, payroll setup, relocation logistics, and post-arrival support.
Manage employment-based immigration casework in partnership with outside counsel, owning internal timelines, start-date reality checks, and manager/candidate communication.
Own daily immigration intake and case execution, including employer questionnaires, supporting documents, employment verification letters, signatures, counsel follow ups, and case closure.
Own right-to-work compliance across jurisdictions such as I-9 and E-Verify in the US, Home Office share-code checks in the UK, and equivalent checks in the EU and other markets.
Decide and document the entity/employment model for each new market with Finance and Legal.
Own the mobility vendor stack including immigration counsel, relocation, tax, EOR, and global payroll by managing scope, SLAs, cost, and performance.
Model and track mobility cost, obtain and document required approvals before committing sponsorship or spend.
Build the tracking layer for mobility case pipeline, immigration deadlines and expirations, and compensation comparisons.
Stand up mobility dashboards and write employee-facing documentation.

6+ years of experience in global mobility, with real ownership of cross-border moves and immigration casework.
Working fluency in US employment-based immigration and at least one other major jurisdiction's work-authorization regime.
Strong analytical skills, comfortable in spreadsheets and HRIS reporting.
Judgment about risk, knowing when to escalate to Legal and how to say no clearly.
Excellent written communication to draft policies, verification letters, offer rationales, and executive-facing recommendations.
Comfort with ambiguity, high volume, and shifting priorities.