Senior Global Mobility and Immigration Specialist
CAD 114,000 - CAD 120,500 per year
Key Skills
Job Description
We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team
There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
Why this role is on the menu
Every Instacart employee on a work visa relies on timely, accurate immigration guidance to maintain status and travel with confidence. We are building a more resilient program: a white glove experience backed by a best-in-class external immigration partner and a clearly owned internal function.As our Senior Immigration & Global Mobility Specialist, you will own the vendor relationship, partner closely with our Employment Legal team, and shift Tier 1 support to our vendor and a contingent worker, freeing you to focus on the complex cases and high-stakes moments that matter most. Twelve months from now, employees will have a smoother, more self-service immigration experience, and the program will run on documented process instead of institutional memory.
The secret ingredients we're looking for
You are a hands-on immigration expert who is equally comfortable owning a vendor relationship and rolling up your sleeves on a case. You thrive on a very small team, work independently, and know exactly where and when to escalate. You are curious, willing to stretch into new territory, and good at turning constraints into opportunities. You can explain nuanced immigration issues clearly to employees, managers, and directors, and you handle sensitive matters with care and urgency.
Must-have pantry staples (Minimum Qualifications)
- 7+ years of US business immigration experience, with recent in-house corporate experience (or law firm experience paired with program-level ownership)
- End-to-end knowledge of employment-based immigration: nonimmigrant (H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN, E-3) and immigrant (PERM, I-140, adjustment of status)
- Hands-on compliance ownership: I-9 and reverification, Public Access Files, DOL requirements, audit readiness
- Experience managing outside counsel and immigration or relocation vendors, including SLAs and invoice review
- Experience supporting budget tracking and spend forecasting in partnership with Finance or a budget owner
- Proven ownership of workflows, SOPs, and reporting on case metrics
- Ability to advise and partner with HR, Talent Acquisition, Legal, and business leaders
- Working exposure to global mobility, such as relocation coordination, transfers, and cost estimates
Optional garnishes (Preferred Qualifications)
- Experience working with global immigration vendors.
- Comfort with Workday and case or ticketing tools (Jira Service Desk, ServiceNow, or Salesforce)
- M&A diligence and integration, or vendor RFP experience
- Policy design, remote work policy, or tax vendor coordination
- Dashboards and data skills (Excel, Google Sheets) and KPI setting
- Using generative AI to automate reporting and policy summaries
#LI-Remote
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
Core Responsibilities
The specialist will manage the immigration vendor relationship and partner with the Employment Legal team to provide high-level immigration guidance. They will also be responsible for streamlining immigration processes, ensuring compliance, and handling complex case escalations.
Requirements
Candidates must have at least 7 years of US business immigration experience with a strong background in both nonimmigrant and immigrant visa processes. Proficiency in managing outside counsel, budget forecasting, and internal compliance audits is required.
Benefits
- Equity grant
- Annual refresh grants
- Flexible work environment
About Instacart
Industry: Software Development
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Instacart is a leading grocery technology company that partners with more than 2,200 retail banners – representing nearly 100,000 stores – to transform how people shop for the groceries they need from the retailers they trust, while creating flexible earning opportunities for shoppers. Through the Instacart Marketplace, Instacart Enterprise platform, and Instacart Ads ecosystem, the company powers ecommerce, fulfillment, in-store technology, AI offerings, and advertising for partners. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.