Global Mobility and Immigration Manager

Location: Hybrid in San Francisco or New York City, United States

Salary: $125,000–$225,000 per year; equity offered. USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions.

Company

Perplexity is the employing organization for this People department role.

What you will do

• Own the mobility policy suite covering relocation, permanent transfers, international assignments, cross-border work, and business travel thresholds.
• Manage individual mobility cases from scoping through landing, including package design, cost estimates, immigration sequencing, tax, payroll, relocation logistics, and post-arrival support.
• Lead employment-based immigration casework with outside counsel, including H-1B, L-1, TN, E-3, O-1, F-1 OPT/CPT, and employer-sponsored permanent residence cases.
• Own right-to-work compliance, immigration intake, documentation, case timelines, and case closure across multiple jurisdictions.
• Decide employment and entity models for new markets with Finance and Legal, and manage immigration, relocation, tax, EOR, and global payroll vendors.
• Build mobility tracking, dashboards, cost models, and employee-facing documentation for predictable mobility and compensation decisions.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in global mobility, including direct ownership of cross-border moves and immigration casework.
• Working fluency in U.S. employment-based immigration and at least one other major work-authorization regime, such as the UK, EU, or Canada.
• Strong analytical skills with spreadsheets and HRIS reporting; able to build and explain defensible models.
• Sound judgment regarding legal, classification, permanent-establishment, sponsorship, and compliance risks.
• Excellent written communication for policies, verification letters, offer rationales, and executive recommendations.
• Comfort working with ambiguity, high volume, and shifting priorities.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time U.S. employees receive equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter, and dependent-care benefits.
• Employees outside the U.S. receive benefits tailored to their region of residence.
• International mobility work spans the U.S., UK, EU, Canada, and other markets.
• Compensation decisions consider experience, expertise, and local market conditions.