Senior Manager, Global Mobility

Affirm Affirm · Fintech · Canada, United States · Remote · People Planning, Places & Ops

Senior Manager, Global Mobility to lead and evolve Affirm’s global mobility strategy—anchored in immigration as the core driver of this work, and complemented by remote work and global mobility programs. This role defines how Affirm hires, moves, and supports talent across borders. You will set the vision and build the frameworks that guide immigration sponsorship, remote work enablement, and temporary and permanent mobility, ensuring each is executed with clarity, consistency, and strong alignment to business priorities. Immigration is the largest and most critical component of this role. You will own a global immigration program with a significant focus on U.S. strategy, shaping sustainable, long-term pathways for talent while navigating an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.

What you'd actually do

  1. Strategy Ownership: Own and evolve Affirm’s global mobility strategy across immigration, remote work, and global assignments
  2. Policy & Framework Design: Establish globally consistent policies and decision frameworks for immigration, cross-border work, and permanent transfers, with appropriate local flexibility
  3. Operational Scale: Build scalable processes and tooling to support global mobility in a remote-first environment
  4. Compliance & Risk Mitigation: Partner with internal Legal and external counsel to deliver compliant, forward-looking immigration and mobility programs
  5. Leadership Advisory: Advise senior leaders on immigration, mobility, and location decisions, incorporating evolving regulatory requirements and impacts, and balancing business needs, cost, and employee experience

Skills

Required

  • 10–12+ years of experience in global mobility and immigration
  • deep expertise in U.S. immigration
  • Experience owning and evolving programs in a multi-jurisdiction, remote-first or distributed environment
  • Strong understanding of immigration, employment, and remote work compliance considerations
  • Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels
  • Proven experience influencing cross-functional and senior stakeholders
  • Strong judgment and ability to navigate ambiguity and complex tradeoffs
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complexity into clear, practical guidance
  • Experience managing vendors and building and scaling programs

What the JD emphasized

  • Immigration is the largest and most critical component of this role
  • deep expertise in U.S. immigration
  • Strong understanding of immigration, employment, and remote work compliance considerations
  • navigate ambiguity and complex tradeoffs