Global Consular Lead (Global Business Travel Visas)

Manifest Law

8d • $90,000 - $160,000

About The Position

The Global Consular Lead leads and scales Manifest's consular services for business travelers across its global immigration practice. The role owns business visa and travel authorization filings at embassies, consulates, and visa application centers worldwide, and serves as the firm's authoritative voice on post-specific requirements and business visitor rules. The lead will expand country coverage, service capacity, and the partner network, and collaborate with the global immigration team on multi-country travel needs tied to market entry and acquisitions.

This is a hands-on leadership role combining global consular casework, advisory services, team management, and operational development. The lead will build the processes and partner network for the practice and work with product and engineering to capture expertise in Manifest OS and turn it into scalable workflows.

Requirements

• 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.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical work experience.
• Hands-on knowledge of business visa requirements across Europe/Schengen, the UK, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.
• Experience managing in-country counsel and vendor networks.
• Clear written communication skills for non-expert audiences.
• Ability to manage high-volume, deadline-driven work across multiple jurisdictions and time zones.

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.

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 Manifest's platform.
• Collaborate with the global immigration team on multi-country travel needs tied to market entry and acquisitions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior