Overview
Immigration Manager – Boston, United States of America
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What You’ll Do
Under the general direction of the North America HR Immigration Director, you will be responsible for the development and management of the immigration programs across our North America region, including Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica. You will also provide support for U.S. immigration functions. You will work closely with the North America Immigration team, the North America Compliance team more broadly, local office HR teams, foreign nationals in need of immigration services, and external immigration legal counsel. This will include:
- Structured program design and strategic thinking —you will be supporting the development of our growing North America regional immigration team, helping to bring scalable frameworks, strengthen international expertise and bring clear structure and forward-looking guidance as the function continues to grow
- Building relationships – strong written and verbal communication skills are a must. Our team liaises with everyone from our entry level employees to senior leadership; this role requires you have a strong ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with members at all levels of the organization.
- Balancing a diverse set of work – you will manage many different processes with multiple steps and various deadlines. This role necessitates that you’re able to drive responsibilities autonomously and balance competing priorities.
- Attention to detail – the work we do is very important and requires a unique amount of thoughtful engagement and precision. Having an eye for accuracy and detail is key.
- People development and collaboration – as a Manager, BCG values a strong culture of mentorship and development. As you build relationships across the Immigration team, you will contribute to developing colleagues through coaching, knowledge sharing, and thoughtful collaboration. Over time, this role may also provide opportunities for broader people leadership as our regional function continues to grow.
What You’ll Bring
- A bachelor’s degree
- 4+ years of experience, with a solid understanding of U.S., Canadian, Mexican or broad global immigration experience preferred
- Experience working with Canadian or Mexican immigration is preferred, including understanding different work permit categories, the Canadian permanent residency process and general Mexican immigration knowledge with experience in developing global programs
- Experience in supporting a variety of complex immigration processes and projects, including experience in U.S. immigration in helping to determine green card strategy through the entire PERM lifecycle; messaging immigration strategies to foreign nationals and stakeholders
- Solid working knowledge of non-immigrant employment-based U.S. immigration categories like H-1Bs, L-1s, TNs, and student work authorization
- Experience in partnering with external vendors to develop effective ways of working and engagement models to provide the best employee experience
- Familiarity with Workday preferred
- The ability to perform successfully in a fast-paced, global, intellectually intense, service-oriented environment, keeping with BCG’s values and culture
Who You’ll Work With
You’ll sit on our North America Immigration team with responsibilities across all of our North America region including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica. Our team was created over a decade ago but has doubled in size in just the last few years! The team is made up of nine individuals, sitting in Boston.
Additional info
Format
At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person work is essential to our culture, mentorship, and professional development. That’s why we operate on a hybrid model, with the expectation that team members will be in the office 3 to 5 days per week. This role is designed for those who thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment and is not intended for remote or virtual work.
Compensation
Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
The base salary range for this role is $112,000 – $138,000.
This is an estimated range and specific base salaries within the range depend on factors such as office location, experience, and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.
In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a discretionary bonus of up to 16% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.
At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees – and their eligible family members.* That’s zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks.
All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
- Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
- Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
- Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
- Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
- Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
- Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
- Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
- Paid sick time on an as needed basis
*Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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