At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.

Job Description Summary:
As an integral part of PayPal’s Mobility Immigration & Operations Team, the Immigration Specialist is responsible for supporting the Americas Immigration Program, to ensure lawful work authorization for our dynamic and diverse workforce. This includes supporting the administration of the company’s immigration program, internal stakeholder consulting and support, visa expiration review and guidance, and service partner management. We are seeking a highly collaborative and proactive immigration subject matter expert to assist with managing this integral function, which is critical to the company’s success. Must be a strong communicator, both verbal and written, with experience relaying complex subject matters in a concise and easily understandable fashion. The Mobility and Immigration Operations Team manages the immigration and relocation program for PayPal worldwide. The team is responsible for setting the policy for physically relocating employees and their household goods, ensuring employees have the legal right to work in the new location, and for providing individual tax services to ensure compliance with local requirements.

Job Description:
You will be responsible for supporting the Americas Immigration Program, to ensure lawful work authorization for our dynamic and diverse workforce. This includes supporting the administration of the company’s immigration program, internal stakeholder consulting and support, visa expiration review and guidance, and service partner management We are seeking a highly collaborative and proactive immigration subject matter expert to assist with managing this integral function, which is critical to the company’s success. Must be a strong communicator, both verbal and written, with experience relaying complex subject matters in a concise and easily understandable fashion.

In your day-to-day role you will execute the following:

• Support the management of the immigration processes and operations for employer-sponsored visas and permanent residency applications and coordinate resolutions to complex matters in partnership with the Mobility Americas Lead, in-house Immigration and Employment Law colleagues, and external immigration counsel.
• Responsible for day-to-day communications among candidates, employees, managers, internal stakeholders, external counsel, and/or vendors regarding immigration issues, and counsel employees and managers on immigration policies, and set expectations on best practice, process, and timeline.
• Oversee immigration processes/operations related to employer-sponsored visas and permanent residence petitions and continuously assessing where improvements/enhancements may be needed.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships with key business clients and HR teams to enable Mobility and Immigration related policies, tasks and situations are appropriately addressed.
• Closely monitor changes in immigration policies/regulations to ensure full compliance with (Americas) immigration laws, assess impact to program, and communicate to stakeholders timely.
• Conduct benchmarking and provide recommendations on immigration best practices to remain competitive in the marketplace.
• Coordinate with external counsel for managing case status reporting and review and track vendor invoices and payments related to the global immigration program.
• Conduct periodic reviews of Immigration Guidelines and Procedures to ensure they align with the organization’s goals and objectives.
• From time to time, may be requested to assist with in-bound Americas relocations and assist keeping all interested parties updated.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience with US immigration in both NIV (e.g., H-1B, Blanket L-1, F-1 OPT) and IV (e.g., PERM, I-140) related matters either in-house or in a law firm; experience working on a Global Mobility team is a plus.
• Strong communicator, customer focused, ability to work cross-collaboratively across different HR groups and Legal.
• Solution and data-oriented approach to problem-solving and proven experience in project management and policy development.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Intercultural sensitivity and adept with handling sensitive and confidential data.
• Ability to demonstrate attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, with an emphasis on Excel.
• Experience developing stakeholder-facing immigration reports.
  
  
  

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:

To learn more about our culture and community visit https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/default.aspx

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.

As part of PayPal’s commitment to employees’ health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.

REQ ID R0106787