Global Mobility Manager

What you'll do

• Lead global mobility delivery, actively managing cases alongside the team while maintaining oversight of the global portfolio and providing expertise and judgement on complex, sensitive and high-risk moves.
• Set the direction and priorities for the global mobility function, translating business and People strategy into a practical, scalable and effective mobility model.
• Lead, coach and develop a globally distributed mobility team, creating clear accountability, strong capability and consistent ways of working across regions.
• Partner with senior leaders, HRBPs and People teams on complex mobility and talent matters, providing practical advice on mobility, immigration, tax and employment implications.
• Own and progressively evolve the global mobility operating model, including how work is delivered across Mobility, People Operations, technology and external partners.
• Drive continuous improvement of mobility services, using data, case trends, and stakeholder feedback to simplify processes, strengthen controls, and improve the employee experience.
• Identify opportunities to use technology, AI, and automation to improve efficiency, consistency, and service delivery.
• Ensure appropriate governance and compliance across mobility activities, maintaining effective policies, controls and documentation, and partnering with internal specialists and external advisers as required.
• Own key mobility vendor relationships, ensuring external partners provide effective service, expertise and value.

Who you are

• An experienced global mobility professional with strong knowledge of mobility practices and the associated immigration, tax and employment considerations across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong business judgement and problem-solving capability, with experience navigating complex and sensitive mobility matters.
• Strong people leadership skills, with experience leading and developing geographically distributed teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility across senior leaders, HRBPs, People teams and external partners.
• Ability to operate effectively at different levels, moving comfortably between strategic thinking, team leadership and hands-on case delivery.
• Technology and process minded, with a strong focus on scalable service delivery, employee experience, simplification, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Focused on delivering a high-quality employee experience while balancing business needs, risk and operational effectiveness.

Who we are

At Optiver, our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe.

What you'll get

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• A performance-based bonus structure, enabling all of our employees to benefit from our global profit pool.
• 27 paid vacation days plus all UK public holidays.
• Daily breakfast and lunch, along with support on commuting expenses.
• Private medical insurance, pension scheme, and ClassPass fitness membership.
• Training and continuous learning opportunities, including access to conferences and tech events.
• International transfer opportunities for global career growth.

How to apply

Apply directly via the form below. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via our recruitment inquiry form.

Please note:

• We do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role
• We cannot accept applications via email

Diversity statement

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.