Global Internal Mobility Manager | S3 | Human Resources

As the Global Mobility Manager, you'll put the customer (candidate, employee and People Manager) first deliver in delivering excellent service. You'll be responsible for the management and co-ordination of international assignments, secondments and permanent hires into and out of the UK business, aligned to our wider Talent Strategy, focusing on delivering a superb experience for all involved.

You'll be the central point of contact for International Mobility in the UK, partnering to provide expertise, guidance and support through a process that you'll help to simplify and evolve to become truly people centric. You'll work closely with global stakeholders across Santander and liaise with external partners to provide support on critical items, such as tax implications, reward considerations, immigration and visa compliance, and onboarding of new international transfers to the UK.

The difference you'll make:

• Co-creating and executing as one HR team; our talent strategy, career growth, and development to enable our strategic business plans, creating real business change and agility


• Contributing your expertise to the definition and build of the multi-year and near-term strategy for Strategic Talent, Learning Strategy, Recruitment & Onboarding Strategy, and the Strategic workforce planning framework


• Partnering with Business Leaders, People Managers and employees to articulate international mobility opportunities, and define best practices to meet specific needs


• Working closely partnership with the Strategic People Partners, Strategic People Solutions Team and Culture & Reward CoEs to ensure execution of the strategies and frameworks are aligned and provide a super people experience


• Delivering strategies locally with a global mindset to align to Santander Group's vision, strategy, and priorities. Engage with their Group peers to successfully influence and translate the Global vs Local strategy


• Contributing to the development of Talent Experience enablers: employer branding initiatives, to attract and retain top talent, on-boarding programmes to ensure a smooth transition for new employees and talent moves
  
  These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:


• Demonstrable experience of leading global/international mobility from within a UK-based organisation, ideally with expertise in the locations in which Santander operates


• An excellent understanding of the international mobility landscape and practices and how it links to wider business strategy


• Strategic thinking with experience in developing comprehensive expert insights from interpreting data and approaches to support effective mobility strategies


It would also be nice for you to have:

• Excellent communication and influencing skills and capable of operating in an ambiguous, always changing, and dynamic environment


• Ability to establish, build and maintain effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders at all levels


• Specific and demonstrable domain knowledge and expertise related to international visa and immigration requirements, international tax and reward considerations


What else you need to know:

This role is based in Milton Keynes

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Global Mobility Manager to join our Talent Experience Management Team. As part of our wider People Interactions functions, you'll support us in transforming how we deliver super talent experiences throughout the entire candidate and employee lifecycle at Santander.

International Mobility sits at the core of our promise to our people; creating and enabling a wealth of opportunities across the global Santander organisation to help our people grow and develop their careers. We have several international mobility programs at Santander, including our Mundo program where more than 2,000 colleagues have taken part in international assignments across our global network.

We're happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you're interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion

At Santander we're creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we'll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.


• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don't contribute yourself. We'll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.


• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.


• £6,000 car allowance per year.


• Company funded individual private medical insurance.


• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.


• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.


• Share in Santander's success by saving or investing in our share plans.


• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.