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Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualized spend flows in and out of 70,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books.
The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving.
We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome.
The median Ramp customer saves 5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same.
If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it.
About the Role
People Operations at Ramp is about creating the environment where people can do the best work of their careers. As we grow and expand globally, we're growing our Global People Operations team from one to two people to keep pace with the scale and complexity of our global expansion. In this role, you'll help own Ramp's immigration and global mobility function — managing the full lifecycle of visa cases, supporting employee relocations, and building the infrastructure we need to stay compliant as we expand into new countries. You’ll work side-by-side with your fellow Global People Operations Associate — as well as Legal, Finance, and the broader People team — to navigate an evolving regulatory landscape while keeping the experience human and clear for the people going through it.
This is a hands-on role where you'll balance operational rigor with good judgment — knowing when to add structure and when to stay flexible. Above all, you'll bring genuine care for the people you support and take full ownership of the work.
Immigration:
- Manage U.S., UK, and Canadian visa cases across the full lifecycle — from offer stage through renewals and permanent residency (in partnership with external counsel)
- Serve as one of Ramp's internal immigration experts
- Advise recruiters on visa eligibility and sponsorship options as part of the hiring process
- Help shape the strategy behind our immigration program — benchmarking against market practice, defining our policies and approach, and selecting and managing the vendors and counsel we rely on
- Expand immigration support to new countries as we grow
Global Mobility & Relocation:
- Design and manage a relocation process that feels seamless and well-supported for employees and their families
- Manage end-to-end international relocation cases
- Advise People Partners, recruiters, and business leaders on mobility-related questions with clear, practical guidance
- Make complex immigration and mobility requirements accessible for employees navigating high-stakes processes
- Expand this relocation process to new countries as we grow
Global Infrastructure & Compliance:
- Serve as Ramp's internal connector across Legal, Finance, Payroll, HRBPs, the business, and immigration counsel — bringing these threads together to help us stand up compliant employment each time we enter a new country
- Own compliance for all countries in which Ramp operates, including cross-border remote work, business travel, and international employment classification
- Build the playbook so we're ready to go — payroll, employment law, immigration, and cultural considerations — every time we scale into a new market
- Establish international business travel guidelines so employees can travel across borders for Ramp business as needed, without running into visa issues
What You Need
- 5+ years of experience across a sub-set of People Operations, global mobility, immigration, and compliance in a global context
- Strong vendor management skills — you know how to get the most out of immigration counsel and relocation partners
- Experience building processes from scratch at a scaling company
- Autonomy and ownership: you take full accountability, follow through on commitments, and don't let things fall through the cracks
- Genuine kindness and compassion: you care deeply about the people you support, especially when they're navigating high-stakes, high-stress situations
- Exceptional attention to detail: you catch them before they happen
- Outstanding communication skills: you can translate complex situations into plain language for employees, leaders, and their families
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks, comfort with ambiguity, and a bias toward action balanced with sound judgment on compliance risk
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience standing up immigration/mobility functions in additional countries beyond the US/UK/Canada (e.g., APAC, EU, LatAm)
- Prior experience at a high-growth startup navigating rapid global expansion
Benefits available to all full-time Ramp employees (Global)
- Flexible PTO
- Centralized home-office equipment ordering
- Health and wellness stipend
- Budget for intra-office travel
- Weekly coffee stipend
United States
- 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
- One Medical annual membership
- 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp
- Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
- Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay
- Pet insurance
- In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
- Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)
Canada
- Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life
- Life, AD&D, and disability coverage
- Fertility drug coverage (up to $4,000 lifetime)
- Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP)
- Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay
- Employee Assistance Program and virtual care through Lumino Health
United Kingdom
- Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite
- Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi
- Workplace pension through Penfold, with salary sacrifice option
- Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay with additional time available at reduced pay
Referral Instructions
If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.
Other notices
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Beware of recruiting scams: Ramp will only contact you through official @Ramp.com email addresses and will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information during the hiring process.
Ramp Applicant Privacy Notice
Compensation Range: $110K - $155K
About Ramp
Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualized spend flows in and out of 70,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books.
The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving.
We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome.
The median Ramp customer saves 5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same.
If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it.
About the Role
People Operations at Ramp is about creating the environment where people can do the best work of their careers. As we grow and expand globally, we're growing our Global People Operations team from one to two people to keep pace with the scale and complexity of our global expansion. In this role, you'll help own Ramp's immigration and global mobility function — managing the full lifecycle of visa cases, supporting employee relocations, and building the infrastructure we need to stay compliant as we expand into new countries. You’ll work side-by-side with your fellow Global People Operations Associate — as well as Legal, Finance, and the broader People team — to navigate an evolving regulatory landscape while keeping the experience human and clear for the people going through it.
This is a hands-on role where you'll balance operational rigor with good judgment — knowing when to add structure and when to stay flexible. Above all, you'll bring genuine care for the people you support and take full ownership of the work.
Immigration:
- Manage U.S., UK, and Canadian visa cases across the full lifecycle — from offer stage through renewals and permanent residency (in partnership with external counsel)
- Serve as one of Ramp's internal immigration experts
- Advise recruiters on visa eligibility and sponsorship options as part of the hiring process
- Help shape the strategy behind our immigration program — benchmarking against market practice, defining our policies and approach, and selecting and managing the vendors and counsel we rely on
- Expand immigration support to new countries as we grow
Global Mobility & Relocation:
- Design and manage a relocation process that feels seamless and well-supported for employees and their families
- Manage end-to-end international relocation cases
- Advise People Partners, recruiters, and business leaders on mobility-related questions with clear, practical guidance
- Make complex immigration and mobility requirements accessible for employees navigating high-stakes processes
- Expand this relocation process to new countries as we grow
Global Infrastructure & Compliance:
- Serve as Ramp's internal connector across Legal, Finance, Payroll, HRBPs, the business, and immigration counsel — bringing these threads together to help us stand up compliant employment each time we enter a new country
- Own compliance for all countries in which Ramp operates, including cross-border remote work, business travel, and international employment classification
- Build the playbook so we're ready to go — payroll, employment law, immigration, and cultural considerations — every time we scale into a new market
- Establish international business travel guidelines so employees can travel across borders for Ramp business as needed, without running into visa issues
What You Need
- 5+ years of experience across a sub-set of People Operations, global mobility, immigration, and compliance in a global context
- Strong vendor management skills — you know how to get the most out of immigration counsel and relocation partners
- Experience building processes from scratch at a scaling company
- Autonomy and ownership: you take full accountability, follow through on commitments, and don't let things fall through the cracks
- Genuine kindness and compassion: you care deeply about the people you support, especially when they're navigating high-stakes, high-stress situations
- Exceptional attention to detail: you catch them before they happen
- Outstanding communication skills: you can translate complex situations into plain language for employees, leaders, and their families
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks, comfort with ambiguity, and a bias toward action balanced with sound judgment on compliance risk
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience standing up immigration/mobility functions in additional countries beyond the US/UK/Canada (e.g., APAC, EU, LatAm)
- Prior experience at a high-growth startup navigating rapid global expansion
Benefits available to all full-time Ramp employees (Global)
- Flexible PTO
- Centralized home-office equipment ordering
- Health and wellness stipend
- Budget for intra-office travel
- Weekly coffee stipend
United States
- 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
- One Medical annual membership
- 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp
- Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
- Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay
- Pet insurance
- In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
- Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)
Canada
- Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life
- Life, AD&D, and disability coverage
- Fertility drug coverage (up to $4,000 lifetime)
- Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP)
- Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay
- Employee Assistance Program and virtual care through Lumino Health
United Kingdom
- Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite
- Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi
- Workplace pension through Penfold, with salary sacrifice option
- Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay with additional time available at reduced pay
Referral Instructions
If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.
Other notices
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Beware of recruiting scams: Ramp will only contact you through official @Ramp.com email addresses and will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information during the hiring process.
Ramp Applicant Privacy Notice
Compensation Range: $110K - $155K
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Position yourself for L-1A intracompany transfer
If you currently work for a multinational's foreign affiliate, the L-1A is your fastest path. It bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely and is designed precisely for executives transferring into a U.S. managerial or executive role.
Document your executive authority explicitly
USCIS scrutinizes Global Director petitions for genuine executive function. Your resume and offer letter must clearly show you direct departments, set organizational goals, and exercise wide latitude, not just manage individual contributors or execute others' decisions.
Understand that premium processing can be critical
At the director level, delayed work authorization has real business consequences. Many employers use H-1B or L-1 premium processing as standard practice for senior roles, confirm this during the offer negotiation stage, not after signing.
Build a record that supports an O-1A if needed
Global Directors with speaking engagements, published work, board memberships, or industry awards may qualify for the O-1A extraordinary ability visa. This is especially useful for candidates who miss the H-1B lottery or don't have an intracompany transfer path.
Align your degree field with your functional area
H-1B specialty occupation requirements apply even at the director level. A business administration, international management, or field-specific graduate degree strengthens your petition considerably and reduces the risk of a USCIS request for evidence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which visa types are most commonly used to sponsor Global Director roles?
The H-1B visa, L-1A, and O-1A are the three most common paths. The L-1A is ideal for candidates transferring from a foreign affiliate of a U.S. company, as it's designed for executives and managers and skips the lottery. The H-1B applies broadly, and the O-1A suits candidates with significant industry recognition or an established professional profile. You can browse Global Director roles with sponsorship on Migrate Mate.
Does a Global Director role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS considers roles requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field to be specialty occupations. Global Director positions typically require degrees in business, international management, finance, or a related discipline. Generic management degrees are sometimes challenged, so the petition is stronger when the degree field aligns directly with the director's functional area, such as engineering, finance, or marketing.
Is a master's degree required to get sponsored as a Global Director?
Not always required, but it significantly strengthens the petition. A bachelor's degree plus substantial progressive experience is sufficient for H-1B eligibility. However, for L-1A blanket petitions and O-1A applications, demonstrated executive achievement often matters more than degree level. Many employers at the director level have a de facto preference for candidates with graduate degrees, particularly for international or strategy-focused roles.
How does the L-1A visa work for Global Directors moving from a foreign office?
The L-1A allows multinational employers to transfer executives and managers from a foreign affiliate, subsidiary, or parent company to the U.S. entity. You must have worked for the related company abroad for at least one continuous year within the past three years. Approval requires proving the U.S. role is genuinely executive or managerial. The L-1A is also a common stepping stone toward an EB-1C green card, which is reserved for multinational executives and managers.
What makes a Global Director petition more likely to receive a Request for Evidence?
USCIS frequently issues RFEs when the job description blends executive duties with hands-on work, when the organization chart doesn't clearly show subordinate staff, or when the petitioning company is small and the director title seems inconsistent with the company's scale. A well-prepared petition includes a detailed organizational chart, a job description focused on strategic and executive functions, and evidence that qualified employees report to the role.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Global Director jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.