Senior Talent (Global) Mobility Manager

Location/s: Croydon or London
Recruiter contact: Nikki George

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit  

Mott MacDonald’s support services are the driving force behind our organisation enabling us to run efficiently and effectively. The team works collaboratively to offer specialist advice, best practice and technology to all areas of our business specifically designed for our global reach.

About the business unit  

Mott MacDonald’s support services are the driving force behind our organisation enabling us to run efficiently and effectively. The team works collaboratively to offer specialist advice, best practice and technology to all areas of our business specifically designed for our global reach.

Role Profile

The Senior Talent Mobility Manager provides functional leadership for our team of mobility professionals based across regional and central territories including the UK, US, India, Singapore and Australia. The role has governance, compliance and policy oversight for the Mott MacDonald global business including international working of commuters, assignees (long term TEQ/host based) together with permanent international transfers and international new hires. The role works in partnership with the Travel and Finance teams to manage Short term assignees and provides specialist advice for business travel as required.

This role drives our talent mobility agenda, ensuring that strategies and policies are aligned with our group people strategy. It plays an integral role in building relationships with business and HR leaders to ensure a seamless service delivery across the globe.

Through our hybrid regional / centre of excellence operating model, this role has overall responsibility for the end-to-end policies and processes that move our people and their families internationally. This role requires team leadership and a deep understanding of global mobility policies and processes, governance, compliance and technology, combined with demonstrated stakeholder relationship management and the need to be hands on for operational delivery as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for the end-to-end delivery of the Talent Mobility service, policies, processes and supporting technology at a global level, focusing on providing a seamless service to employees transferring internationally on assignment, permanent international transfers, international new hires and international commuters.
• Accountable for process and quality service delivery.
• Governance and compliance oversight for expat tax, immigration and relocation in group policy.
• Develop and manage relationships with the People Team and senior leaders, to deliver and meet business needs within our Mott MacDonald mobility framework.
• Escalation point globally for regional global mobility business partners and senior stakeholders regarding policy advice and interpretation, governance and compliance.
• Development and overall responsibility for maintaining a suite of mobility policies that meet the needs of the business whilst ensuring compliance.
• Team leadership with a strong focus on compliance, customer service and operational excellence underpinned by a “One HR” ethos. Directly responsible for the leadership of the centre of excellence talent mobility team and indirectly for the regional mobility specialists.
• A deep focus on-going continuous improvement of mobility services and contribute to all relevant projects (across service functions) which require mobility input.
• Mitigate risks by ensuring accurate management of mobility associated compliance processes.
• Financial responsibility for the mobility budget including expense and invoice approval.
• Accountability for the global vendors retained to support the Global Mobility program – ensuring value for money combined with excellent employee experience.

Having recently undertaken an RFP, this role will be responsible for the change management of vendor services where required.

Candidate profile

• Expertise in stakeholder management, particularly a matrix leadership structure.
• Building relationships, and working with executive leaders across international borders.
• Good understanding of technology and systems that support talent mobility
• Deep understanding and knowledge of international employment tax, immigration, social security and relocation for internationally mobile employees from long term assignees to commuters.
• Understanding and knowledge of international tax and social security challenges relating to equity participation and bonus delivery, resulting from an employee moving internationally is ideal, but not essential.
• Deep experience of global mobility policies and their application to business operations and employees, as well as developing policies to meet changing business needs.
• Demonstrated prior success in leading and developing global mobility teams with a strong focus on customer service, operational excellence and standardisation of approach where appropriate.
• Good practical knowledge and experience in the delivery of expatriate services to an assignee population including client service, policy, payroll, process and technology.
• Experience of leading tender exercises for global vendors and transitioning to new vendors as required along with managing performance and adherence to contract commitments.
• Proven excellence in creating and delivering mobility policies, projects and programmes.
• Able to thrive in a fluid, fast changing and unstructured environment.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. 

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UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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