Global Mobility Partner (Contract)

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby, science meets art, and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team, you’ll see and hear the results of your work everywhere, from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that, we need the absolute best talent. We’re big enough to give you all the resources you need, and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits, not to mention a Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where, when, and how you do your best work.

About the Role

This is a full-time contractor position with an anticipated duration of approximately six months. The Global Mobility Partner will support Dolby's immigration, relocation, and cross-border employee programs and serve as a trusted point of contact for employees, managers, HR, Recruiting, internal partners, and external vendors. The role requires strong employment-based immigration knowledge, sound judgment, and the ability to manage routine and moderately complex matters independently while escalating higher-risk or non-standard issues appropriately.

Success in this role means quickly learning Dolby's programs and systems, taking ownership of cases, communicating clearly with employees and stakeholders at all levels, and delivering a responsive employee experience without compromising accuracy, compliance, cost, or operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Immigration, Mobility, and Employee Support

- Manage U.S. employment-based immigration matters with external counsel and internal stakeholders, including H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, F-1 OPT/STEM OPT, EAD-based work authorization, and employment-based permanent residence processes.
- Review employee and candidate information to identify sponsorship needs, filing dependencies, work authorization concerns, travel considerations, deadlines, and matters requiring legal review or escalation.
- Coordinate immigration case initiation, documentation, status tracking, employee lifecycle changes, and required follow-up while maintaining clear boundaries between program administration and legal advice.
- Manage domestic and international relocation, temporary assignment, and cross-border cases from initiation through completion, guiding employees through benefits, documentation, timelines, and next steps.
- Evaluate and make decisions on temporary remote work, office transfer, and permanent remote work requests in accordance with company policy, business requirements, and applicable compliance considerations.
- Provide timely, empathetic, and practical support that keeps the employee experience in view while applying policy and balancing compliance, cost, and business needs.

Stakeholder and Vendor Partnership

- Build collaborative relationships with employees, managers, HR, Recruiting, People Operations, Payroll, Tax, Legal, and other partners, and communicate effectively with employees and leaders at all organizational levels.
- Translate complex immigration and mobility requirements into clear, audience-appropriate guidance and set realistic expectations regarding timing, responsibilities, and potential risks.
- Partner with immigration counsel, relocation management companies, tax providers, and other vendors to initiate services, resolve issues, address delays, and maintain case progress.
- Escalate urgent, sensitive, or high-risk matters appropriately and exercise discretion when handling confidential immigration, compensation, tax, and personal information.

Program Operations and Improvement

- Maintain accurate immigration and mobility data across internal systems, vendor platforms, trackers, and employee records; monitor milestones, expiration dates, expenses, and outstanding actions.
- Coordinate mobility-related information with Payroll and Tax when relocation payments, benefits, assignment compensation, or cross-border arrangements may have reporting implications.
- Support reporting, audits, document preservation, reconciliations, and compliance activities.
- Identify recurring operational issues and improve documentation, workflows, reporting, employee communications, and automation; support additional Global Mobility projects as priorities evolve.

Qualifications

Required

- 5+ years of experience in Global Mobility, corporate immigration, employment-based immigration, relocation, or a closely related HR function, including meaningful hands-on immigration experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge of U.S. employment-based immigration, including H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, F-1 OPT/STEM OPT, EAD/work authorization concepts, I-94 and petition validity, and employment-based permanent residence.
- Experience coordinating cases with external immigration counsel or within a corporate immigration environment and recognizing deadlines, dependencies, risks, and escalation points.
- Experience managing multiple employee matters or projects in a deadline-driven environment while providing responsive, employee-centered support.
- Strong relationship-building, written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to communicate confidently and appropriately with employees, managers, executives, vendors, and cross-functional partners.
- Strong organization, follow-through, attention to detail, judgment, learning agility, and ability to prioritize independently as business needs change.
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and work effectively across functions and time zones.

Preferred

- Experience supporting both immigration and relocation within a corporate Global Mobility function.
- Experience working with immigration law firms, relocation management companies, tax providers, and mobility case-management or reporting tools.
- Familiarity with global mobility tax and payroll concepts, including taxable relocation benefits and assignment-related compensation.
- Experience improving processes, building program documentation, or implementing workflow automation.
- Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.

The Atlanta Area hourly rate range for this position is $40–$45/hour, which can vary outside these locations. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, competencies, experience, market demands, internal parity, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific range during the hiring process.

Dolby will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of San Francisco Police Code, Article 49, and Administrative Code, Article 12

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Dolby is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our success depends on the combined skills and talents of all our employees. We are committed to making employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, family status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.