Global Immigration and Mobility Manager

Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow (Hybrid) | Practice Area: Corporate Services | Department: Global HR Operations | Type: Permanent

Shape global immigration excellence. Support our people. Ensure compliance across borders.

At Capco, we are looking for a Global Immigration and Mobility Manager to oversee and enhance our processes across the countries in which we operate.

You will play a key role in ensuring immigration compliance, managing UK visa sponsorship requirements and coordinating international immigration activities. You will provide specialist guidance, oversee immigration and mobility service relationships and partners and maintain effective compliance controls, working closely with our wider HR teams and business stakeholders, to navigate complex immigration challenges, identify opportunities for process improvement and ensure our practices remain aligned with evolving legislation.

• →Manage UK sponsorship and coordinate international immigration: Oversee UK visa sponsorship activities, including applications, extensions, CoS, visa expiry monitoring, sponsor reporting obligations. Coordinate immigration and visa requests across EMEA and APAC with internal stakeholders and the Group’s global mobility function.
• →Maintain visa compliance and operational controls: Maintain UK sponsorship records, documentation and compliance obligations. Coordinate with local HR teams on country-specific immigration documentation requirements, identify risks and support improvements to existing controls.
• →Manage Immigration and Mobility Partner relationships: Oversee relationships with the Group’s Global Mobility function and external immigration and tax advisers, leading regular service meetings, monitoring case progress and supporting effective service delivery..
• →Provide Specialist Immigration Guidance: Act as a trusted point of contact for immigration matters, including high-priority and sensitive cases. Provide specialist UK sponsorship advice and support immigration assessment and approvals for cross-border working, international transfers, overseas remote working and new business activities, coordinating specialist advice where required..
• →Deliver Insights and Continuous Improvement: Monitor regulatory developments, maintain relevant immigration management information and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, processes and service delivery, .

• Immigration Expertise: Demonstrable experience managing immigration processes, with comprehensive knowledge of UK immigration legislation, visa sponsorship, Home office regulations and the Sponsor Management System (SMS).
• Global Immigration and Mobility Knowledge: Understanding of international immigration practices and cross-border mobility arrangements, with the ability to interpret regulatory requirements, support compliant processes across multiple jurisdictions.
• Stakeholder and Partner Management: Experience building effective relationships and collaborating with internal stakeholders and external service providers, including managing complex and sensitive immigration cases.
• Operational and Analytical Skills: Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the  ability to manage multiple priorities, coordinate projects, analyse management information to support operational improvements.
• Communication and Problem-Solving: Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound judgement and the ability to navigate sensitive or time-critical immigration matters with accuracy, discretion and attention to detail.

• Experience supporting immigration and mobility activities across Europe, APAC and the United States.
• Experience establishing or improving immigration quality assurance frameworks, compliance controls and audit readiness.
• Familiarity with immigration supplier performance monitoring against SLAs and KPIs.
•  Understanding of international employee tax, social security and payroll implications associated with global mobility.
• Experience developing immigration reporting, management information and process improvements within an international HR operations environment.

We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible and straightforward for everyone. If you need any adjustments at any stage, just let us know – we’ll be happy to help.
We value each person’s unique perspective and contribution. At Capco, we believe that being yourself is your greatest strength. Our #BeYourselfAtWork culture encourages individuality and collaboration – a mindset that shapes how we work with clients and each other every day.

Please apply by Monday 9th November - successful candidates will be contacted on Tuesday 10th with details of a 3 stage recruitment process.