Global Mobility Manager

Drive end-to-end international mobility with strategic impact, ensuring seamless global assignments aligned with business needs and compliance. Be the trusted expert connecting leaders, assignees, and partners to deliver world-class mobility solutions in a dynamic global environment.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Manage international assignees and permanent transfers throughout the entire relocation and assignment life cycle, ensuring alignment with business needs, global mobility standards, and group strategy.
• Oversee the implementation of global mobility standards in compliance with the legal frameworks of involved countries and statutory compliance requirements.
• Serve as the main point of contact in global mobility situations, working closely with business leaders, global mobility team members, country HR and payroll teams, transferees/assignees, and external stakeholders.
• Act as a driver and subject matter expert in projects involving workforce relocation.
• Handle complex international situations, including international tax and social security aspects, as well as ad-hoc projects.
• Engage with business units to understand context and needs in order to propose the most relevant global mobility package or options.
• Prepare assignment/transfer proposals, including cost projections (cost-to-company comparative), net-for-employee comparatives, legal documentation, compensation statements, and review of international mobility aspects such as labor legislation, immigration, compensation structure, benefits, social schemes, pension plans, health coverage, income taxes, cost allocations, and currency issues.
• Present proposals to transferees/assignees.
• Manage local and global processes related to transferees/assignees, such as budgeting, annual pay review, HR system actions, payroll and recharge execution, and coordination of tax equalization settlements.
• Manage global providers for tax, relocation, immigration, and health insurance.
• Ensure correct billing processes and invoice payment for external mobility providers.
• Lead global mobility vendor requests for proposal.
• Identify, suggest, and implement ongoing process improvements for global mobility programs.

We Offer

• A highly visible HR leadership role in a global Center of Expertise with the ability to have a big impact.
• Independent and entrepreneurial leadership, strong ownership, proven solution and decision maker.
• A culture that values diversity where people are at the heart of the company.
• The opportunity to work for a company that cares about environment and sets and achieves ambitious sustainability objectives.
• A fair and competitive remuneration and benefits package.
• A constant learning experience for our employees with robust feedback and coaching for their personal and professional success.

You Bring

• Global mobility management experience as an HR professional within a company and/or a global mobility consultant in Big4 or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in the global mobility area.
• Finance and tax aptitudes; understanding and handling complex international tax situations; understanding figures and analytical aspects.
• Influencing and navigating in a global matrix environment and processes.
• Understanding general principles of compensation & benefits.
• Ability to manage priorities and to deliver results within short deadlines; good planning and organization skills.
• Service oriented, flexible with approaches, time, people; motivated to excel in execution and fast pace.
• Good emotional intelligence to manage appropriately the various actors involved in Global Mobility.
• Excellent communication (verbal, written, presentation) and interpersonal skills.
• Team player, valuing diversity & inclusiveness.
• Self-awareness, stay calm, listen, focus on positive, high level of motivation and of integrity.
• Business acumen.
• Innovation, breakthrough ideas.
• Knowledge in Success Factors, Office 365; understanding of HR processes and systems.
• Language: fluent in English, others as per region.

About dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them.
Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future.Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.