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Compensation Specialist roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA as an Economist occupation. Canadian citizens can present their offer letter and credentials at the U.S. border or a consulate without a lottery or cap. Mexican citizens apply through a U.S. consulate. Employers provide a support letter demonstrating the role meets TN requirements, which you present with your application materials.
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Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.
Compensation Overview
The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.
Salary Range
$153,700.00 - $253,700.00
Target Openings
1
What Is the Opportunity?
Are you committed to professional growth and exceptional client service? Imagine a career as a Travelers lawyer where you can be the best you. As an Associate Managing Attorney with Travelers you'll be responsible for leading and managing a group of lawyers in the delivery of high quality and proactive case handling results for Travelers' insured customers. Responsible for recruitment, retention, development and performance management of assigned staff. As a technical line of business expert, you will have the opportunity to use your legal expertise and litigation skills to independently handle an appropriate number of moderate to complex legal matters and deliver optimal results for Travelers' insured customers. Travelers offers the strength of a national legal organization committed to your professional development while maintaining a local focus so you can be positioned as a strong legal advocate and valued business partner.
What Will You Do?
Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead and manage the office within the line of business, practice group or satellite office, including acting as backup for Managing Counsel in absence of Managing Counsel.
- Ensure that the line of business, practice group or satellite provides outstanding advocacy to clients and achieves excellent results on own cases and those assigned to Counsel within the practice group.
- Assist in managing the office to meet all financial expectations of the program. Ensures office compliance with Staff Counsel reporting requirements, including monthly reports, productivity standards, Code of Conduct and company ethics initiatives and office best practices.
- Responsible for all talent management, including but not limited to staffing, performance management, ensuring engagement, professional development and compensation.
- Drive and promote a culture of inclusion, engagement, integrity, and teamwork designed to lead to successful and cost-effective results.
- Assign cases and initiatives to assigned Staff Counsel, matching experience, knowledge and skill level of attorneys, while adhering to specialization philosophy and established procedures.
- Maintain caseload expectations set by Managing Counsel, ensuring completion of, initial case analysis, litigation plans, case evaluations, summaries, legal research, pretrial reports, trial reports and other required items (all case handling guidelines) in a timely and quality manner.
- Develop and implement strategies to address any identified office development opportunities including prompt follow up and resolution of issues. Conduct training as needed.
- Maintain high quality standards and ensure excellent service to clients/customers by employing methods and strategies commensurate with the provision of high quality legal and customer services. Review files monthly focusing on quality as articulated on Quality Review Form. Use file review database. Provide feedback and coaching to attorneys.
- Assist with initiatives within the office and throughout the Staff Counsel program. Achieve desired results through effective advocacy and trial skills.
- Ensure clients are counseled effectively through prompt and appropriate communication, sharing expertise and legal advice to clients and other business partners on legal matters and changes in the law.
- Assist Managing Counsel in ensuring the office(s) adheres to high ethical standards of professionalism and integrity.
- Ensure office(s) compliance with all elements of Staff Counsel expectations.
- Handle an appropriate caseload as determined in consultation with the Managing Counsel.
- Support and collaborate with Managing Counsel around the analysis and utilization management information to drive performance and execute upon value proposition strategies, utilizing office resources and technology to assure a smooth workflow and cost effectiveness.
- Complete and submit all required reports, time records, expense reimbursements requests and other materials appropriate to performance of job duties in a timely manner.
- Serve as part of the Staff Counsel Leadership team by providing meaningful and thoughtful input to program-wide initiatives and by chairing committees on selected projects, participates in Regional Reviews and handles national projects, attend management meetings and contributes to Staff Counsel Program initiatives, as requested by Regional Counsel or Head of Staff Counsel.
- Understands the external legal, business and tort environment and keeps current on trends and issues affecting our business.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
- Trial experience.
- Superior writing skills.
- Strong lawyering skills, including trial skills.
- Strong change leadership skills; ability to describe business rationale for change and gain understanding and adoption across a large and diverse organization.
- Demonstrates personal integrity and adherence to a high degree of professionalism and ethical competency.
- Strong ability to collaborate in a team environment.
- Ability to prepare and present information and advice in a clear, concise, logical and well-organized manner to variety of business partners.
- Influential presentation skills that thoroughly demonstrate business acumen.
- Proven ability to influence at all levels and to develop effective strategies and implement/execute on those strategies.
- Utilizes and promotes the use of technology, leverages and maintains a level of proficiency with job-related technologies.
- Demonstrates personal accountability that influences the team to perform in a similar manner.
- Exhibits relentless drive to meet deadlines and expectations.
- Superior business, legal and financial acumen.
- Encourages constructive problem solving.
- Continually challenges status quo.
- Ability to effectively provide direct feedback and effectively manage under performers.
- Proven change management skills.
- Organizational credibility.
- Focuses on big picture and long-term business and/or product line goals.
What is a Must Have?
- Juris Doctorate or equivalent International legal degree; graduate of an accredited law school.
- 7 years of experience as a practicing attorney.
- Prior project leadership and/or demonstrated informal or actual management experience.
- Active license (in good standing) to practice law in the state(s) in which representation is required.
- Regularly handles hearings, trials, dispositive motion arguments, depositions or other court proceedings and has the ability to transport to those meetings. Valid driver's license required depending on the location.
What Is in It for You?
- Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
- Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
- Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
- Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
- Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.
Employment Practices
Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.
In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.
If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.
Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.
To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.
Who Are We?
Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.
Compensation Overview
The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.
Salary Range
$153,700.00 - $253,700.00
Target Openings
1
What Is the Opportunity?
Are you committed to professional growth and exceptional client service? Imagine a career as a Travelers lawyer where you can be the best you. As an Associate Managing Attorney with Travelers you'll be responsible for leading and managing a group of lawyers in the delivery of high quality and proactive case handling results for Travelers' insured customers. Responsible for recruitment, retention, development and performance management of assigned staff. As a technical line of business expert, you will have the opportunity to use your legal expertise and litigation skills to independently handle an appropriate number of moderate to complex legal matters and deliver optimal results for Travelers' insured customers. Travelers offers the strength of a national legal organization committed to your professional development while maintaining a local focus so you can be positioned as a strong legal advocate and valued business partner.
What Will You Do?
Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead and manage the office within the line of business, practice group or satellite office, including acting as backup for Managing Counsel in absence of Managing Counsel.
- Ensure that the line of business, practice group or satellite provides outstanding advocacy to clients and achieves excellent results on own cases and those assigned to Counsel within the practice group.
- Assist in managing the office to meet all financial expectations of the program. Ensures office compliance with Staff Counsel reporting requirements, including monthly reports, productivity standards, Code of Conduct and company ethics initiatives and office best practices.
- Responsible for all talent management, including but not limited to staffing, performance management, ensuring engagement, professional development and compensation.
- Drive and promote a culture of inclusion, engagement, integrity, and teamwork designed to lead to successful and cost-effective results.
- Assign cases and initiatives to assigned Staff Counsel, matching experience, knowledge and skill level of attorneys, while adhering to specialization philosophy and established procedures.
- Maintain caseload expectations set by Managing Counsel, ensuring completion of, initial case analysis, litigation plans, case evaluations, summaries, legal research, pretrial reports, trial reports and other required items (all case handling guidelines) in a timely and quality manner.
- Develop and implement strategies to address any identified office development opportunities including prompt follow up and resolution of issues. Conduct training as needed.
- Maintain high quality standards and ensure excellent service to clients/customers by employing methods and strategies commensurate with the provision of high quality legal and customer services. Review files monthly focusing on quality as articulated on Quality Review Form. Use file review database. Provide feedback and coaching to attorneys.
- Assist with initiatives within the office and throughout the Staff Counsel program. Achieve desired results through effective advocacy and trial skills.
- Ensure clients are counseled effectively through prompt and appropriate communication, sharing expertise and legal advice to clients and other business partners on legal matters and changes in the law.
- Assist Managing Counsel in ensuring the office(s) adheres to high ethical standards of professionalism and integrity.
- Ensure office(s) compliance with all elements of Staff Counsel expectations.
- Handle an appropriate caseload as determined in consultation with the Managing Counsel.
- Support and collaborate with Managing Counsel around the analysis and utilization management information to drive performance and execute upon value proposition strategies, utilizing office resources and technology to assure a smooth workflow and cost effectiveness.
- Complete and submit all required reports, time records, expense reimbursements requests and other materials appropriate to performance of job duties in a timely manner.
- Serve as part of the Staff Counsel Leadership team by providing meaningful and thoughtful input to program-wide initiatives and by chairing committees on selected projects, participates in Regional Reviews and handles national projects, attend management meetings and contributes to Staff Counsel Program initiatives, as requested by Regional Counsel or Head of Staff Counsel.
- Understands the external legal, business and tort environment and keeps current on trends and issues affecting our business.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
- Trial experience.
- Superior writing skills.
- Strong lawyering skills, including trial skills.
- Strong change leadership skills; ability to describe business rationale for change and gain understanding and adoption across a large and diverse organization.
- Demonstrates personal integrity and adherence to a high degree of professionalism and ethical competency.
- Strong ability to collaborate in a team environment.
- Ability to prepare and present information and advice in a clear, concise, logical and well-organized manner to variety of business partners.
- Influential presentation skills that thoroughly demonstrate business acumen.
- Proven ability to influence at all levels and to develop effective strategies and implement/execute on those strategies.
- Utilizes and promotes the use of technology, leverages and maintains a level of proficiency with job-related technologies.
- Demonstrates personal accountability that influences the team to perform in a similar manner.
- Exhibits relentless drive to meet deadlines and expectations.
- Superior business, legal and financial acumen.
- Encourages constructive problem solving.
- Continually challenges status quo.
- Ability to effectively provide direct feedback and effectively manage under performers.
- Proven change management skills.
- Organizational credibility.
- Focuses on big picture and long-term business and/or product line goals.
What is a Must Have?
- Juris Doctorate or equivalent International legal degree; graduate of an accredited law school.
- 7 years of experience as a practicing attorney.
- Prior project leadership and/or demonstrated informal or actual management experience.
- Active license (in good standing) to practice law in the state(s) in which representation is required.
- Regularly handles hearings, trials, dispositive motion arguments, depositions or other court proceedings and has the ability to transport to those meetings. Valid driver's license required depending on the location.
What Is in It for You?
- Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
- Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
- Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
- Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
- Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.
Employment Practices
Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.
In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.
If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.
Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.
To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as a Compensation Specialist
Align your credentials to economist classification
TN visa classification for Compensation Specialists falls under the Economist category, so your degree must be in economics, human resources, or a closely related field. A degree in business administration alone may not satisfy a CBP officer without supporting documentation.
Request a support letter before your offer letter
Ask your prospective employer to prepare a support letter outlining the role, your qualifications, and how you meet TN eligibility requirements. Bring this letter with you to your consular interview (if Mexican) or present it at the U.S. port of entry (if Canadian). Your application cannot proceed without this employer support letter.
Search for TN-experienced employers on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to find Compensation Specialist roles at employers with recent visa filings who understand work visa sponsorship. Targeting employers experienced with visa processes saves time and avoids companies unfamiliar with supporting TN applicants through the port of entry or consulate application.
Flag the Economist SOC code in job applications
When applying, confirm the role maps to Standard Occupational Classification code 19-3011 for Economists or 13-1141 for Compensation and Benefits Managers. CBP officers verify occupational fit at the port of entry, so mismatched job titles create unnecessary friction.
Prepare a TN support letter that matches your duties
Your employer's support letter must describe duties that are substantively analytical or advisory in compensation design, not purely administrative. CBP officers scrutinize letters where the listed duties resemble clerical HR work rather than professional-level economic analysis.
Understand Mexican citizens face a 5,500 annual cap
Unlike Canadian applicants who face no numerical limit, Mexican professionals compete within a 5,500 annual TN allocation. Apply early in the fiscal year and confirm with your employer that they're prepared to move quickly once you have your documents in order.
Compensation Specialist TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Compensation Specialist role qualify for TN visa sponsorship?
Yes, Compensation Specialist roles typically qualify under the TN Economist category when your duties include analyzing compensation data, designing pay structures, or conducting wage benchmarking studies. CBP evaluates whether the actual job duties are professional and analytical in nature, not just the title. Your employer's support letter and your degree credentials must both reflect that substantive analytical work.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Compensation Specialist positions?
TN is generally faster and more predictable for Compensation Specialists than H-1B visa. There's no annual lottery for Canadians, no cap-subject wait, and Canadian citizens can get approved at a port of entry the same day. H-1B requires a lottery selection that only covers roughly one in four registrants. The tradeoff is that TN requires you to maintain nonimmigrant intent, while H-1B permits dual intent toward a green card.
What documents does my employer need to provide for my TN application?
Your employer must provide a signed support letter on company letterhead that describes your job title, duties, qualifications required, the professional nature of the role, and the anticipated length of employment. For Compensation Specialist roles, the letter should specifically reference analytical or advisory duties. If you're a Canadian citizen, you'll present this letter at the U.S. border or port of entry. If you're a Mexican citizen, you'll submit this letter as part of your application at a U.S. consulate. No government labor certification is required for TN status.
How can I find Compensation Specialist jobs where employers will support TN sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically to help Canadian and Mexican professionals find jobs with TN visa sponsorship. Filtering for employers with TN experience upfront avoids the common frustration of reaching an offer stage only to discover the hiring team has never handled TN paperwork and won't start learning mid-process.
Can I switch Compensation Specialist employers while on TN status?
Yes, but you need a new TN approval tied to the new employer before you start working there. Your TN status is employer-specific, so your current approval becomes invalid the moment you change jobs. Canadians can obtain a new TN at a port of entry quickly, while Mexican citizens must go through the consulate, which adds processing time to factor into your transition plan.