[Hiring] Manager, Global Mobility & People Relations @Renaissance Learning North America

Role 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.

Responsibilities

• 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; escalate 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.

Benefits

• 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