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About the Role

Snap's Global Immigration team is seeking an experienced Lead, Immigration to manage and scale Snap’s U.S. immigration program. This new individual contributor role will collaborate with internal immigration specialists and external counsel to ensure Snap can recruit, hire, and retain top talent globally by managing U.S. immigration processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage U.S. employment-based immigration matters, including nonimmigrant and immigrant processes (H-1B, TN, L-1, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1 OPT/STEM OPT, green card).
• Support green card and permanent residence workflows, including case initiation, employee communications, PERM activities, and stakeholder education.
• Maintain compliance through case tracking, records management, posting/public access file processes, audit readiness, and documentation.
• Manage and escalate complex or sensitive cases with external immigration counsel, balancing legal guidance, employee experience, business continuity, and company policy.
• Share knowledge with recruiters, HR partners, and business leaders to improve immigration process capability and consistency.
• Drive process improvements to enhance program quality and efficiency.
• Adapt Snap immigration programs and practices to changes in U.S. immigration law and operating norms.
• Draft clear memos to communicate U.S. immigration policy changes to team members and leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of relevant experience managing U.S. employment-based immigration matters in an in-house, law firm, or external vendor environment.
• Hands-on experience supporting H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, F-1/OPT/STEM OPT, and green card workflows.
• Experience partnering with external immigration counsel and internal stakeholders.
• Experience managing confidential information with professionalism and discretion.

Skills

• Deep working knowledge of U.S. employment-based immigration programs, including nonimmigrant and immigrant case types, timelines, and operational risks.
• Strong understanding of how immigration intersects with recruiting, onboarding, mobility, compensation, location changes, and employee lifecycle events.
• Ability to translate technical immigration concepts into clear, practical guidance for non-experts.
• Excellent project management, prioritization, and follow-through skills.
• Strong vendor-management and stakeholder-management skills.
• High attention to detail and strong operational discipline.
• Sound judgment, discretion, and empathy.
• Comfort in managing competing interests and knowing when to escalate.
• Experience leveraging process improvement techniques.
• Working knowledge of immigration practices and law in Canada, UK, and middle eastern countries (Preferred).
• Experience supporting immigration in a multinational technology company (Preferred).
• Experience with Workday (Preferred).
• Experience identifying automation or AI-enabled process improvements (Preferred).
• Track record of gathering, cleansing, and analyzing data to support program strategies (Preferred).

Location

• United States

Work Type

• Hybrid (4+ days in office)

Experience Level

• 6+ years of relevant experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Salary/Compensations

• Zone A (CA, WA, NYC): $142,000-$214,000 annually
• Zone B: $135,000-$203,000 annually
• Zone C: $121,000-$182,000 annually

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage
• Emotional and mental health support programs
• Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success (RSUs)

About the Company

• Snap Inc. is a technology company focused on improving the way people live and communicate through its camera. The company operates Snapchat, Specs Inc., Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.
• Snap believes that being together in person helps build culture faster, reinforce values, and serve the community, customers, and partners better through dynamic collaboration.

Equal Opportunity

• Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
• EOE, including disability/vets.
• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.