US Immigration Attorney - Director

Vialto Partners is a market leader in global mobility services. Our purpose is to Make Global Work Feel Borderless and Boundless.

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The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Director-level U.S. immigration lawyer to lead strategic client relationships, oversee complex U.S. immigration engagements, and contribute to the leadership and coordination of US immigration programs.

This is a senior leadership role with significant client, people, and program responsibility. You will serve as a trusted advisor to corporate clients, helping them navigate complex immigration matters while shaping immigration strategies that support their broader talent and global mobility objectives.

You will lead and develop attorneys and immigration professionals, oversee the quality and delivery of legal services, advise senior client stakeholders, and partner across Vialto's global network to deliver coordinated immigration solutions.

The role also provides an opportunity to influence how immigration services are delivered by championing technology, automation, data, and process improvements that enhance the client and employee experience.

What You'll Do

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, providing strategic U.S. immigration counsel and practical solutions aligned with business and talent objectives.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, developing a deep understanding of each client's business, workforce, immigration priorities, and risk considerations.
• Help clients develop and evolve strategic immigration programs, using insights, data, and analytics to enhance the employee experience, manage compliance risk, support workforce planning, and identify opportunities for greater efficiency.
• Lead a portfolio of multinational clients across a range of industries, overseeing both U.S. immigration delivery and aspects of global immigration program coordination.
• Provide governance across global immigration programs, including service-level performance, responsiveness, escalations, regional coordination, and consistent client delivery.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex immigration matters, providing clear legal guidance and working collaboratively with clients and internal teams to reach effective solutions.
• Lead complex business immigration engagements and ensure high-quality, timely, and commercially responsive service.
• Partner with client legal, HR, tax, global mobility, and senior leadership teams to identify immigration strategy, governance, policy, process, and service-delivery needs.
• Lead, mentor, and develop attorneys, caseworkers, and other immigration professionals, fostering technical excellence, collaboration, accountability, and professional growth.
• Provide legal oversight of case strategy and immigration matters, including reviewing and approving work and signing immigration filings where appropriate.
• Analyze complex immigration matters and translate legal and regulatory considerations into clear, practical recommendations for clients and stakeholders.
• Develop perspectives on emerging U.S. and global immigration trends and advise clients on how regulatory, geopolitical, workforce, and mobility developments may affect their immigration programs.
• Champion the thoughtful use of technology, automation, analytics, and process improvements to enhance immigration program delivery and client experience.
• Contribute to business development activities, including building professional networks, identifying opportunities to expand client relationships, and supporting the growth of Vialto's immigration practice.
• Uphold Vialto's standards of professional conduct, ethics, quality, confidentiality, and risk management in all client engagements.

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree.
• Admission to practice and good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• 10+ years of experience practicing U.S. immigration law, with significant experience in employment-based/business immigration.
• Demonstrated experience advising corporate clients on complex immigration matters and immigration program strategy.
• Experience managing significant client relationships, including senior stakeholder communication and complex escalations.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or developing attorneys and/or immigration professionals.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. business immigration law and the ability to provide practical, commercially informed legal advice.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear recommendations for both legal and non-legal audiences.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with sound professional judgment and a strong commitment to quality and client service.
• High standards of ethics, professionalism, confidentiality, and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience coordinating multinational or global immigration programs.
• Experience overseeing large or complex corporate immigration engagements.
• Experience working across global mobility, HR, tax, legal, or related corporate functions.
• Experience using data and analytics to advise clients or improve immigration program performance.
• Experience leading technology, automation, or process-improvement initiatives within immigration or professional services.
• Experience contributing to business development, account growth, or strategic relationship management.

What We Offer

This role offers the opportunity to lead sophisticated immigration engagements, advise global organizations, develop high-performing teams, and help shape the future of immigration service delivery within a global mobility

organization.

The position offers a competitive base salary, annual incentive opportunity, and comprehensive benefits.

Additional Information

Location: San Diego, CA or West Coast United States
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Arrangement: Hybrid or Remote

Vialto Partners is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities without regard to any status protected by applicable law.

Artificial intelligence may be used as part of the application and recruitment process.