Lead, Global Mobility

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Get to Know the Team

The global mobility team is part of the dynamic People Experience team. This small but collaborative group is committed to building a forward-looking and future-ready people function at Grab. Our focus is on delivering top-notch benefits programmes that enhance employee well-being and satisfaction.

Get to Know the Role

The Global Mobility Lead is an exciting opportunity to build a Global Mobility Program ground up. You will focus on all aspects of Global Mobility across Immigration, Relocation and Tax.

You will focus on building our Global Mobility Program while ensuring we have programs in an evolving external environment. You will also focus on finding ways to scale these with the employee experience at the forefront while keeping us compliant. As a result, you will often be the face of Pops (People Operations) and seen as a respected advisor, a friendly face with a reputation for your passion in out serving our employees and managers. This is an onsite individual contributor role reporting to the Head of People Experience.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Define the north star of the Global mobility programme at Grab
• Develop a clear strategy across immigration, relocation and tax
• Ensure that the company is aware off and protected from various risks arising out of mobility
• Advise and educate team members on regulations and approaches to international mobility and taxation
• Immigration:
  • Ensure that all our employees have the right to work in their countries
  • Manage operations for employment visa applications, renewals for existing employees and new hires independently
  • Be a trusted advisor to all partners to ensure several considerations are taken into account for various programmes
• Relocation
  • Work closely with our relocation provider to ensure comfortable relocation for employees.
  • Hold the providers to a very high standard of delivery
  • Work on constantly refining our policies and programs to keep us competitive in the market.
• Tax:
  • Be a trusted advisor to partners on all tax matters
  • Work closely with payroll teams to ensure taxes are accurately accounted for
  • Advise on cross border tax issues especially when it comes to equity related taxes and income
  • Track taxes for international assignments and expats in their home and host countries. Ensure they are filed in a timely manner

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Min 8 years of experience in Global Mobility operations and programs with an emphasis on immigration and tax
• High level of comfort balancing day to day operations and strategy
• Experience with taxation and immigration requirements in South East Asian countries
• Experience in vendor management is a must
• Familiarity with labour regulations in South East Asian countries.
• Ability to analyse data and drive data based decisions
• Strong Project and Change Management skills
• Passion for out-serving our people
• Analytical and stakeholder focused mindset
• Navigate ambiguous situations to provide workable solutions
• GMS Certification
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft office similar tools

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours

What We Stand For at Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.