Global Mobility & Immigration Partner (San Francisco)

ZipLine

San Francisco, CA 94110

United States

Posted July 1, 2025

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Valid until July 31, 2025

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About Zipline
Do you want to change the world? Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges by building, manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally, wherever they are. From powering Rwanda’s national blood delivery network and Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart, to enabling healthcare providers to bring care directly to U.S. homes, we are transforming the way things move for businesses, governments and consumers. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Through our technology that includes robotics and autonomy, we are decarbonizing delivery, decreasing road congestion, and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.

About Zipline
Do you want to change the world? Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges by building, manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally, wherever they are. From powering Rwanda’s national blood delivery network and Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart, to enabling healthcare providers to bring care directly to U.S. homes, we are transforming the way things move for businesses, governments and consumers. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Through our technology that includes robotics and autonomy, we are decarbonizing delivery, decreasing road congestion, and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.
Join Zipline and help us to make good on our promise to build an equitable and more resilient global supply chain for billions of people.
We are growing our People Operations team, dedicated to delivering personalized partnership to our most valued asset: our employees. We are looking for a seasoned Global Mobility & Immigration Specialist to manage the U.S. immigration lifecycle for all new hires and foreign national employees as well as to support our US and Global employees as they travel around the world.
You will serve as a vital strategic advisor to stakeholders, leads, people and leadership teams to provide insight and guidance across the immigration and mobility landscape to bolster Zipline's growth and operational objectives.
You will be entrusted with highly sensitive information and are expected to exercise the utmost discretion while supporting and collaborating with cross-functional partners.
What You'll Do

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of advising clients on complex immigration matters, including non-immigrant visas and permanent residency. They will also be able to provide strategic guidance on how to optimize immigration processes and procedures to meet business needs
Provide advice and strategic direction to employees, managers, HR and other stakeholders regarding immigration cases
Partner closely with the recruiting team to assess feasibility of new hire immigration sponsorship and advise recruiting partners on critical steps and timelines to start for new hires and employee transfers
Work closely with our legal team on export control oversight
Create and run reports and dashboards and contribute to the monitoring and maintenance of employees' immigration statuses, including monitoring expiration dates, filing dates to ensure regulatory compliance
Establish strong relationships with our external vendors including our immigration firm and corporate housing vendors, and establish government connections
Develop educational townhalls addressing employee needs; examples: H-1B lottery 101, International Travel, New Administration Legislation etc.
Consider existing FN population, current administration policies, and company growth plans to foresee future pain points and partner with key stakeholders to pitch forward thinking solutions
Use your deep domain expertise, benchmarking data, and knowledge of the immigration legislation to review our existing immigration policies and update them accordingly
Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and program health
Support all current employee immigration needs from kicking off extensions, to assessing what long term paths are available to residency, to travel advisory
Communicate updates and timelines frequently with employees
Support company wide business travel visitor visas from B-1’s to Schengen Visa applications
Advisor on all international hiring outside of existing entities; this will include EOR management (deel)

What You'll Bring

Minimum of 5+ years in overall Global Mobility and Immigration experience consisting of:
5+ years of experience in U.S. and global immigration including corporate immigration experience with NIV (L-1A/B, H-1B, TN, E-3, J-1, O-1, F-1/J-1/L-1 conversion to H-1B) and IV matters (PERM - including MM, I-140, OR, etc.)
2+ years of experience with global mobility
Experience in global business taxation
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Providing strategic guidance on how to optimize immigration processes and procedures to meet business needs
Experience should come from in house corporate setting or immigration firm experience
Experience required in corporate immigration U.S. inbound and Global Visas (US, EMEA, APAC, etc.).
Experience working in a role that requires a high degree of confidentiality
Excellent written and oral communication
Demonstrated strong teamwork and collaborative skills working in a dynamic and changing multinational organization
Having a penchant for developing user friendly documentation making employees' lives easier
Incredibly responsive and empathetic
Strong organizational skills and proven ability to track and deliver across competing priorities.

What Else You Need to Know
This is an onsite role in South San Francisco .
The starting cash range for this role is $130,000 - $150,000. Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role. The final cash pay for this role will depend on a variety of factors, including a specific candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, working location, and projected impact. The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; overtime pay; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.
Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies.
We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!