Global Mobility Lead, NA

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137K-189K Annually
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We're a global snacking company empowering people to snack right.
The Role
The Global Mobility Lead oversees Mondelēz's Global Mobility program in North America, ensuring compliance, managing teams, and optimizing employee experiences. This role requires strategic leadership and expertise in tax and immigration.
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Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.
The Global Mobility Lead, North America, is a seasoned and strategic leader responsible for implementing and optimizing Mondelēz International's Global Mobility program within the North American region. This role combines a global framework with regional market best practices and legal requirements to effectively support the organization's mobile talent strategy.
Leading the North American Global Mobility team, you will partner closely with corporate and functional HR, business leaders, and external vendors to drive consistency, fairness, and internal equity through standardized processes and procedures. This position requires a "builder" and "roll up your sleeves" approach, encompassing all facets of global mobility, including tax, payroll, equity, immigration, relocation, and various international move types (permanent, temporary, commuting).
You will champion the employee experience, possess deep operational knowledge of Rewards (Compensation & Benefits), social security, and tax, navigate complex immigration challenges, and demonstrate a passion for continuous learning to stay ahead of mobility trends and regulations in an ever-changing global matrix environment.
This role is hybrid out of our East Hanover, NJ or Chicago, IL office.
How you will contribute
Strategic Program Leadership:
  • Implement and continuously optimize Global Mobility policies and programs, aligning with global strategy and regional needs while addressing business talent gaps.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert to leadership, driving policy rollouts and developing regional models for staffing and vendor management.

Team Leadership & Development:
  • Manage, coach, and develop a high-performing Global Mobility team to ensure optimal capability and productivity.

Complex Case Management & Consultation:
  • Provide expert guidance on complex cross-border move scenarios and manage day-to-day VIP & critical cases, including briefings on package offerings, including compensation, payroll, and tax.

Compliance & Risk Management:
  • Collaborate with Legal, Finance, and Compliance to monitor and ensure adherence to global immigration, tax, and employment laws.
  • Manage global compliance risks for all cross-border movements, ensuring timely collection of tax equalization settlements and preparation of global tax returns.

Vendor Management & Partnerships:
  • Manage strategic business partnerships and external service providers to ensure excellent delivery of quality benefits and services, while controlling costs.

Operations & Financial Oversight:
  • Oversee Global Mobility operations with an in-depth understanding of tax equalization, balance sheets, payroll issues, and key benefits.
  • Analyze key data/metrics, and implement improvements based on surveys to enhance employee experiences.
  • Establish continuous performance and quality improvement plans to monitor mobile populations and ensure flawless execution of processes.
  • Manage invoicing, cost recharge processes, budgeting for international movers, and partner with Finance for effective accruals.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree is required.
  • Minimum of 10+ years of experience in Global Mobility, preferably gathered in the Consumer Goods industry.
  • Minimum of 5+ years of people leadership experience, including leading global mobility teams at an international level, with a focus on North America. Experience in the Americas is a plus.
  • Expertise in tax, social security, and immigration requirements for North America is essential.
  • Proven experience managing complex program/operations delivery with a strong emphasis on delivering exceptional employee/customer experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to engage and collaborate effectively with senior leaders, managers, and organizational executives.
  • Exceptional cross-functional coordination skills, managing interactions with diverse stakeholders.
  • Strong communication (verbal and written) and analytical skills are required, with proficiency in Microsoft Suite.
  • Good analytical skills with a strong customer service orientation.
  • Highly motivated, adaptable, and capable of thriving under pressure.
  • Meticulous attention to detail and proactive issue resolution skills.

Salary and Benefits:
The base salary range for this position is $137,300 to $188,815; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.
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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
90,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately 90,000 individuals around the world.

Our Purpose
Our purpose is to empower people to snack right. We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

Our Brands
We’re leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum.

Our People
Our 90,000+ colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Our Values and Leadership Commitments of Love our Consumers and Brands, Grow Every Day, and Do What's Right shapes our culture – what we believe in, stand for, and what guides our actions and decisions. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are.

Our Strategies
We are uniquely positioned to lead the future of snacking with strong leadership in our categories, an unparalleled portfolio of global and local brands, and a solid footprint in fast-growing markets. Aimed at delivering sustainable growth, our strategic plan is centered around three strategic priorities:

• Growth: accelerate consumer-centric growth
• Execution: drive operational excellence
• Culture: build a winning growth culture

Why Work With Us

We offer passionate, energetic and curious people a huge choice of careers in our fun, fast-paced, global business. We operate in four regions: Asia, Middle East & Africa; Europe; Latin America; and North America. And in over 80 countries our people are united in a common purpose to empower people to snack right.

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