Service
Fractional Head of Global Mobility
A part-time global mobility leadership engagement. From $8,000 per month. Six-month minimum. I run your global mobility function until you're ready to hire a full-time head in-house.
Who this is for
- · Companies with steady mobility case volume but no in-house lead.
- · Companies that just finished a Program Build and need someone to run it before hiring.
- · HR teams that need a senior escalation point but can't justify a full-time mobility hire yet.
- · PE-backed companies under cost discipline that still need mobility maturity.
What you get
- · Run governance: chair your mobility review meeting, own the exception log, escalate to leadership when needed
- · Manage your vendor relationships: SLA reviews, performance management, vendor escalations
- · Handle complex and exception cases — the ones your HR team can't resolve alone
- · Produce monthly leadership reporting: spend, headcount under mobility programs, risk register
- · Coach your HR team — so by month six, more cases stay inside HR and fewer escalate
- · Sit on your hiring panel when you're ready to bring a head of global mobility in-house
Process
How the engagement runs.
01
Onboarding
First month: I learn your team, vendors, current cases, policies. We agree on cadence and KPIs.
02
Steady state
1–2 days per week of focused time. Weekly office hours for your HR team. Monthly leadership report.
03
Quarterly review
We look at what's working, what's not, and whether you're ready to hire in-house.
04
Handover
When you hire in-house, I sit on the panel, write the job spec, and onboard your hire cleanly.
Pricing
From $8,000 / month
Retainers start at $8,000 per month for one day per week. $15,000 per month for two days per week. Six-month minimum, then month-to-month. No hourly overage billing — if a case demands extra time, that's on me.
FAQ
Common questions.
- What does a fractional head of global mobility do?
- A fractional head of global mobility runs your mobility function part-time — typically one to two days a week. The role covers governance, vendor management, exception handling, leadership reporting, and HR enablement. It's the same job a full-time head would do, scaled to companies that have the work but not yet the volume to justify a $200K hire.
- Why not just hire an in-house mobility manager?
- Eventually, you should — and I'll tell you when. A full-time hire makes sense once case volume justifies it (typically 100+ active mobility cases a year) and once you have someone for them to report to who understands what good mobility looks like. Until then, a fractional senior is faster to bring in, less expensive over a 24-month horizon, and operates at a level a $130K hire usually can't. When you're ready to hire, I sit on the panel and write the job spec.
- How is this different from outsourcing to a Big 4 firm?
- Same depth, one operator instead of a team of seven, and a fixed monthly retainer. With me, you talk to the person doing the work. With Big 4, you talk to a partner once a quarter.
- Are you available for emergencies?
- Within retainer hours, yes — same business day. Outside retainer, I'll respond and we'll triage.
- How many other clients do you take?
- I deliberately keep this practice small. If I'm not the right fit for your timeline or capacity, I'll say so on the discovery call.
- What if we need to scale up or down?
- Quarterly check-in includes scope adjustment. Up to two days a week, down to half a day, or wind down once you've hired.
- Can you replace our immigration counsel?
- No, and I won't try. I work alongside your counsel — they handle filings, I handle program operations and strategy.
Next step
Tell me about your situation.
Thirty minutes, no deck, no sell. We'll see if this is the right engagement for you.