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About the Role

Jump Trading Group is seeking an experienced Immigration Partner to lead and manage immigration matters across the EMEA region. This role involves acting as a subject-matter expert on UK and EMEA visa categories, work permits, ILR applications, and global business travel visas, partnering with various internal teams to deliver a seamless and compliant immigration service.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of EMEA immigration cases (UK, Netherlands, France and Switzerland).
• Lead and prepare ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain) applications, ensuring accuracy and submission readiness.
• Coordinate global business travel visa requirements for employees travelling globally.
• Act as the primary point of contact for employees, line managers, and HR Business Partners on immigration-related queries.
• Maintain robust right-to-work and sponsor-licence compliance, including SMS reporting and record-keeping.
• Manage and challenge external immigration counsel and vendors for quality and cost efficiency.
• Monitor legislative and policy changes across EMEA jurisdictions and translate their impact into clear guidance.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, automate case tracking, and improve the employee experience.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on candidate sponsorship assessments, cost projections, and offer-stage immigration planning.
• Produce management reports.

Requirements

• At least 3+ years' hands-on experience in a similar position.
• Demonstrable expertise in UK immigration (Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility, ILR, sponsor licence management).
• Working knowledge of key EMEA jurisdictions (e.g. France, Netherlands, Switzerland).
• Strong understanding of global business travel visa frameworks, Schengen rules, and short-term work authorisation regimes.
• Familiarity with right-to-work compliance, SMS, and Home Office reporting obligations.
• Relevant legal qualification or OISC / IAA accreditation desirable but not essential.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex immigration rules.
• Proactive and forward-thinking, anticipating risks and policy changes.
• Customer-focused mindset, with a track record of delivering an exceptional employee and stakeholder experience.
• Ability to streamline and continuously improve processes, leveraging technology and data.
• Highly collaborative, with proven success working across HR, Legal, Talent, Finance, and external counsel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Sound judgement, discretion, and the ability to manage confidential and sensitive information with integrity.
• Resilient and organised, comfortable managing a high-volume caseload across multiple jurisdictions and time zones.
• Exposure to AI tools and willingness to dive deep into future AI enhancements.

Skills

• UK immigration law
• EMEA immigration law
• Global business travel visas
• Right-to-work compliance
• Sponsor licence management
• SMS reporting
• Process improvement
• Data analysis
• Collaboration
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• AI tools

Location

• EMEA

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Experienced

Education Level

• Relevant legal qualification or OISC / IAA accreditation desirable

Benefits

• Private Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
• Travel Medical Insurance
• Group Pension Scheme
• Group Life Assurance and Income Protection Schemes
• Paid Parental Leave
• Parking and Commuter Benefits

About the Company

• Jump Trading Group is committed to world-class research, empowering talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to push scientific boundaries and apply cutting-edge research to global financial markets.
• Our culture is unique, characterized by constant innovation, fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak.
• We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incentivizing collaboration and mutual respect.
• Research outcomes drive superior risk-adjusted returns, and we design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world.
• We fund start-ups across industries and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.