Lead Specialist - Global Mobility

Dyson Institute; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson Institute is seeking a Lead Specialist Global Mobility to drive international assignments, transfers, and relocation programs across Asia Pacific and other key markets. You will advise HR, leaders, and employees to ensure compliant, employee-focused mobility solutions.

Partner with vendors and internal teams to optimize processes and policy governance. The role requires experience in mobility, immigration, and international HR, with strong stakeholder management and cross-cultural

Qualifications

• Required Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in global mobility, international HR, immigration, or expatriate management.
• Good understanding of international assignment management, relocation programs, and immigration processes.
• Experience working with external mobility vendors and service providers.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• High degree of cultural awareness and cross-cultural sensitivity.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of international assignments, permanent transfers, localization arrangements, and other global mobility programs.
• Serve as primary contact for employees, managers, HRBP, and stakeholders throughout mobility lifecycle.
• Provide guidance on mobility policies, relocation, assignment structures, and immigration requirements.

Skills

Global mobility

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Workday

Equus/Mobility systems

Job description

About Us Dyson is a global technology enterprise. We solve the problems others choose to ignore, with surprising new inventions that defy convention and simply work better. We're growing fast and our ambition is huge – more categories, more locations and more people. Pioneering technology takes more than just inventive engineers. At Dyson, we take a problem-solving approach to everything we do. And across our support teams, We're proud to be different. And importantly, we support change to maintain our rapid growth. Our People team are responsible for activating our unique philosophy and values to deliver a truly Dyson people experience. Its essential that we attract and hire the best talent and retain them to build a solid foundation for our future growth. And our rapid growth means the organisation feels fast-moving, constantly changing, so there's opportunity to make a difference and influence the right change.

About the Role We are seeking an experienced and proactive Lead Specialist Global Mobility to support the delivery of our global mobility and immigration programs across Asia Pacific and other key markets. This role will serve as a trusted advisor to HR, business leaders, and employees, ensuring the successful management of international assignments, permanent transfers, business travel compliance, and immigration processes across the mobility moves. As a key member of the Global Mobility team, you will partner closely with stakeholders across the business to provide practical, compliant, and employee-focused mobility solutions that support organizational growth and talent deployment strategies. You will manage complex mobility cases, oversee external service providers, and contribute to the continuous enhancement of global mobility policies, processes, and employee experiences.

Key Responsibilities

Mobility Operations

Manage the end-to-end delivery of international assignments, permanent transfers, localization arrangements, and other global mobility programs.

Act as the primary point of contact for employees, managers, HR Business Partners, and key business stakeholders throughout the mobility lifecycle.

Provide expert guidance on mobility policies, relocation support, assignment structures, immigration requirements, and associated compliance considerations.

Conduct mobility consultations and pre-departure briefings to ensure employees are fully informed regarding compensation, benefits, relocation services, immigration requirements, and assignment expectations.

Build strong partnerships with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Reward, Payroll, Tax, Legal, and Finance teams.

Immigration and Compliance

Partner with immigration providers to ensure timely and compliant processing of work authorization and immigration matters.

Monitor immigration and mobility compliance requirements across APAC and other assigned regions.

Escalate and mitigate potential compliance risks while ensuring adherence to company policies and local regulations.

Support business traveler and remote work compliance initiatives as required.

Vendor Coordination

Manage day-to-day interactions with mobility vendors.

Monitor service delivery and employee feedback.

Assist with issue resolution and service improvements.

Employee Experience

Deliver exceptional employee support throughout the mobility journey.

Provide tailored guidance for complex and senior-level transfers and assignments.

Support leadership and executive mobility cases, ensuring a high-touch service experience when required.

Process Improvement and Projects

Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of global mobility policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.

Participate in regional and global mobility projects, including technology enhancements, process optimization initiatives, and policy reviews.

Qualifications and Experience

Required Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Experience in global mobility, international HR, immigration, or expatriate management.

Good understanding of international assignment management, relocation programs, and immigration processes.

Experience working with external mobility vendors and service providers.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

High degree of cultural awareness and cross-cultural sensitivity.

Preferred

• Experience supporting APAC mobility programs.
• Knowledge of international tax and employment considerations related to global mobility.
• Experience with HRIS and mobility management systems such as Workday, Eqqus, or similar platforms.
• Project management experience and exposure to mobility transformation initiatives.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Partnership
• Customer Focus
• Global Mindset
• Collaboration and Influence
• Results Orientation
• Attention to Detail
• Risk and Compliance Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Change Agility

Equal Opportunity

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don't think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.

At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic.

This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds.

Dyson employs 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners.

At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education.

Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter.

We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world.

The future doesn't just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas.