Manager, Global Mobility & People Relations

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

World Class Health Benefits

Health Savings and Flexible Spending

401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company

Paid Vacation and Sick Time

12 Paid Holidays

Parental Leave & Milk Stork program

Tuition Reimbursement

Life & Disability Insurance

Well-being and Employee Assistance

Job summary

Renaissance seeks a Manager, Global Mobility & People Relations to oversee global mobility, immigration, and related HR programs. You will manage vendor relationships, lead policy development, and guide leaders on HR practices across cross-functional teams.

The role partners with HRBPs and COEs, delivering projects and ensuring compliant, data-driven decisions. Strong communication and program management are essential for this advisory, hands-on position.

Qualifications

• Experience with global mobility, immigration, or relocation programs, or managing a mobility or immigration vendor.
• Ability to manage external vendors to service levels and budget.
• 5+ years of progressive HR experience in a COE or HR generalist role, with in-depth knowledge of HR principles and policies.
• Working knowledge of employment law and employee relations practice, with sound judgment on sensitive and confidential matters.
• Credibility with senior stakeholders and the ability to coach, challenge, and influence managers.
• Strong project and program management skills: scoping, planning, stakeholder management, and on-time delivery across cross-functional teams.
• Experience improving and documenting processes, ideally with a systems or automation component.
• Excellent communication and change-management skills.
• Comfort with HR and project software, for example UKG and project or collaboration tools.
• Highly organized, with the ability to run multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Own expatriate and immigration programs at the policy level, ensuring a consistent, compliant experience.
• Manage relocation, immigration, and tax vendors against service levels, timelines, and budget.
• Serve as escalation point for mobility and immigration matters across vendor, employees, managers, and HR.
• Track cases, visa and filing deadlines, and program costs so that nothing time-sensitive is missed.
• Maintain and update mobility and relocation policies as business needs change.
• Work with Legal and vendors to keep mobility and immigration activity compliant.
• Provide regular reporting on program status, cost, and risk to HR leadership.
• Guide employees and managers on policies, HR practices, and COE topics.
• Partner with SMEs to keep employee-facing policies current and draft new ones as needed.
• Meet with employees regarding policy complaints and concerns; elevate as appropriate.
• Partner with HRBPs and COEs to deliver HR projects, including year-end, talent review, and strategic initiatives.
• Assist leaders in understanding people data and compliance items.
• Plan and deliver projects from scoping through execution and post-launch review.
• Maintain documentation, playbooks, and SOPs so key processes are repeatable and not person-dependent.
• Manage project trackers.
• Drive change management for new processes and systems.

Skills

Global Mobility

Immigration

Vendor Management

HR Generalist

Project Management

Change Management

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Education

HR degree or related

SHRM/PMP is a plus

Tools

UKG

Project tools

Job description

About Renaissance

When you join Renaissance®, you join a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology! Renaissance’s solutions help educators analyze, customize, and plan personalized learning paths for students, allowing time for what matters—creating energizing learning experiences in the classroom. Our fiercely passionate employees and educational partners have helped drive phenomenal student growth, with Renaissance solutions being used in over one-third of US schools and in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Every day, we are connected to our mission by exemplifying our values: trust each other, win together, strive for the best, own our actions, and grow and evolve.

Manager, Global Mobility & People Relations Job Description

This role owns Renaissance's global mobility and immigration programs at the policy and oversight level, ensuring a consistent, compliant, and positive experience for employees who relocate or work across borders, with day-to-day execution of immigration, tax, and relocation casework delivered by an external partner. It also serves as a People Relations Manager: working closely with HR Business Partners and HR Centers of Excellence to provide HR guidance to Renaissance leaders and employees, and, together with HR Operations, acting as a go-to resource for employee questions. The role also leads selected HR programs and process improvements across the function. It is an advisory, hands-on role for someone who builds trust with leaders and employees, uses data to inform people decisions, and can move multiple workstreams forward at once.

In this role as Manager, Global Mobility & People Relations, you will be responsible for:

Global Mobility Program Oversight

• Own expatriate and immigration programs at the policy level, ensuring a consistent, compliant experience.
• Manage relocation, immigration, and tax vendors against service levels, timelines, and budget.
• Serve as escalation point for mobility and immigration matters across vendor, employees, managers, and HR.
• Track cases, visa and filing deadlines, and program costs so that nothing time-sensitive is missed.
• Maintain and update mobility and relocation policies as business needs change.

Compliance & Reporting

• Work with Legal and vendors to keep mobility and immigration activity compliant.
• Provide regular reporting on program status, cost, and risk to HR leadership.

People Relations & Business Partnership

• Guide employees and managers on policies, HR practices, and COE topics.
• Partner with SMEs to keep employee-facing policies current and draft new ones as needed.
• Meet with employees regarding policy complaints and concerns; elevate as appropriate.
• Partner with HRBPs and COEs to deliver HR projects, including year-end, talent review, and strategic initiatives.
• Assist leaders in understanding people data and compliance items.

Program & Project Management

• Plan and deliver projects from scoping through execution and post-launch review.
• Maintain documentation, playbooks, and SOPs so key processes are repeatable and not person-dependent.
• Manage project trackers.
• Drive change management for new processes and systems.

Qualifications

• Experience with global mobility, immigration, or relocation programs, or managing a mobility or immigration vendor.
• Ability to manage external vendors to service levels and budget.
• 5+ years of progressive HR experience in a COE or HR generalist role, with in-depth knowledge of HR principles and policies.
• Working knowledge of employment law and employee relations practice, with sound judgment on sensitive and confidential matters.
• Credibility with senior stakeholders and the ability to coach, challenge, and influence managers.
• Strong project and program management skills: scoping, planning, stakeholder management, and on-time delivery across cross-functional teams.
• Experience improving and documenting processes, ideally with a systems or automation component.
• Excellent communication and change-management skills.
• Comfort with HR and project software, for example UKG and project or collaboration tools.
• Highly organized, with the ability to run multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Bonus Points

• Exposure to tax, finance, compensation or employee benefits programs.
• SHRM-CP/SCP, PHR/SPHR, CIPD, or PMP certification is a plus.

Salary Range: The base range for this position is $109,500 - $150,525. This range is based on national market data and may vary by experience and location.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Benefits for eligible US employees include

• World Class Health Benefits: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Telehealth
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match
• Paid Vacation and Sick Time Off
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Well-being and Employee Assistance Programs

Benefits listed apply to eligible U.S. employees in accordance with Renaissance’s benefits eligibility criteria. Contractor and other non‑employee roles are not eligible for Renaissance employee benefits.

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Reasonable Accommodations

Renaissance also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact Talent Acquisition.

Employment Authorization

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