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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 3+ million users who trust us with more than $100 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
About the People Operations Team
Our People Operations Team is growing to help foster an environment where all Wealthsimple employees can thrive. We champion a human-centric approach, striving to simplify complex processes and ensure a supportive, compliant, and equitable workplace for all.
About the Role
The Mobility Lead will help Wealthsimple manage and scale our global mobility and employee relations functions. This is a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic role that combines specialized immigration expertise with broader employee relations operations.
Reporting to the Senior Director, HR Services and Employment Legal, you will be instrumental in fostering a fair, compliant, and supportive workplace for Wealthsimplers. You will be our subject matter expert on Canadian immigration while also providing critical operational support on a variety of employee relations matters. This role is perfect for someone who is passionate about helping people navigate complex processes and thrives on simplifying and scaling programs.
What you'll do:
- Mobility & Immigration:
- Program Administration & Case Management: Administer Wealthsimple’s mobility program by overseeing the end-to-end immigration process for new and existing employees. This includes administering and processing applications for work permits, visas, and permanent residency.
- Strategic Advising: Act as the primary internal expert, providing strategic advice and clear, helpful guidance on immigration matters to employees, managers, and the People team.
- Operational Excellence & Compliance: Operationalize the mobility function by developing, implementing, and maintaining compliant policies, resources, and workflows. This includes managing our relationship with external immigration counsel to ensure our processes are efficient, user-friendly, scalable, and fully compliant with applicable laws and regulations.
- Employee Relations Support, Education, Resources & Training:
- Program Support: Assist with the seamless operation and execution of various employee relations programs.
- Resource Development: Create simple, accessible, self-service resources (like guides and FAQs) for employees and managers on topics related to immigration and the broader employee relations function.
- Training & Education: Develop and deliver engaging training sessions for the People team, managers, and teams to build their understanding of key mobility and employee relations topics.
- Proactive Solutions: Analyze trends in mobility and employee relations cases to identify opportunities for improvement and propose proactive solutions to enhance the employee experience.
What you'll bring:
- Deep Immigration Expertise: Significant hands-on experience managing corporate immigration cases (work permits, LMIAs, PR applications) for employees located in Canada and the USA.
- A Process-Improvement Mindset: A proactive and operational approach, with a passion for simplifying complex processes and making them better.
- Excellent Communication Skills: The ability to explain complex legal and immigration concepts in a clear, simple, and human way, both in writing and verbally.
- Strong Analytical Skills: The ability to apply legal principles to practical workplace scenarios and identify potential risks and solutions.
- A Human and Approachable Demeanour: A compassionate and collaborative style that builds trust with employees and stakeholders.
- Bilingualism: The ability to speak French is a strong asset.
Why Wealthsimple?
🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business
🌴 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
📚 Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
🛫 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!
Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.
Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple
We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI, and tooling to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.
DEI Statement
At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement
Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.
