Global Consular Lead

Overview

This role leads and scales the organization’s consular services for business travelers across the global immigration practice. You will own business visa and travel authorization filings at embassies, consulates, and visa application centers worldwide, and serve as the authoritative voice on post-specific requirements and business visitor rules.

As the organization expands country coverage, service capacity, and its partner network, you will be the senior leader responsible for driving that expansion. You will also collaborate with the global immigration team on multi-country travel needs tied to market entry and acquisitions.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end consular filings for business, visitor, and transit visas worldwide
• Develop filing strategies by nationality, residence, and destination, including emergency processing
• Advise clients on business visitor permissibility and permitted activities to reduce compliance risk
• Serve as the escalation point for HR, mobility, and travel management clients on timelines and requirements
• Hire, train, and manage consular specialists and coordinators; set quality and turnaround standards
• Build and manage a global network of in-country counsel, visa agents, and couriers
• Partner with product and engineering to automate consular workflows in the organization’s platform

Requirements

Must-haves

• 7+ years of consular or business visa experience at a global immigration firm, mobility provider, or in-house team
• 3+ years leading people or a consular/visa function
• Hands-on knowledge of business visa requirements across Europe/Schengen, UK, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Latin America, and Africa
• Experience managing in-country counsel and vendor networks
• Clear written communication skills for non-expert audiences

Nice-to-haves

• Exposure to business travel compliance programs or market entry advisory
• Experience scaling a global consular or visa services function
• Background working at an embassy, consulate, or visa application center
• Additional language proficiency

Location

Global (worldwide, including embassies, consulates, and visa application centers)

About the role fit

• You want to build and own a global consular practice, manage high-volume deadline-driven work across multiple jurisdictions and time zones, and combine visa expertise with operational and team-building responsibilities.
• This may not be the right fit if you prefer a narrowly scoped role without cross-functional or advisory demands, find high-volume time-sensitive caseloads draining, or are not ready to hire, develop, and hold a team accountable to clear standards.