Talent Mobility Policy Specialist, Immigration

Job Description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA .

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 10 years of experience in immigration, HR, or global mobility, including experience with US employment-based immigration policy and practices

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or JD
• 10 years of experience managing or overseeing US employment-based immigration applications/petitions
• Experience crafting and implementing immigration and/or HR policies
• Understanding of US immigration laws

About the job

Google's known for our innovative technologies, products and services -- and for the people behind them. Whether you are making our staffing systems more efficient, planning for our growth, building relationships on college campuses or cultivating the next generation of computer scientists, you have an eye on the staffing needs of Google and the broader hiring landscape. You are focused on cultivating outstanding candidates for Google's long-term hiring needs, and work across a cross-functional and international group of staffing teams. You are both scrappy and resourceful, creative and driven -- and excited to share the magic of working at Google.

Mobility, Policy, and Advisory (MP&A) is a community of expertise at Google focusing on designing the policy and programs that will support Googlers and our evolving workforce needs. The team is comprised of re-location, tax, and immigration experts. We partner with multiple stakeholders across the organization (e.g., Legal, HR, Corporate Tax, etc.) to combine fair, consistent, and personalized experiences with market-leading mobile programs.

In this role, you will focus on our US immigration program and ensure that we are creating fair policies that support Googlers effectively and efficiently.

Great just isn't good enough for our People Operations team (known elsewhere as "Human Resources"). We bring the world's most innovative people to Google and provide the programs that help them thrive. Whether recruiting the next Googler, refining our core programs, developing talent, or simply looking for ways to inject some more fun into the lives of our Googlers, we bring a data-driven approach that is reinventing the human resources field. You’ll play an essential role advancing a more diverse, accessible, equitable, and inclusive Google through our hiring, promotion, retention, and inclusion practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop our US Immigration policy guidelines, including eligibility criteria, and partner with others to ensure that these guidelines are transparent to our employees.
• Partner with key stakeholders, including people partners, internal and external legal partners, public policy, and more to ensure that our policies and positions are compliant and employee-centric.
• Design processes to manage exceptions fairly and equitably. Identify and report on metrics for the program.
• Advise and consult on exception requests, complex cases, and decisions.

Locations

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .

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