Episode #114 - 18 Countries. One Global Mobility Model: Thoughtworks’ Centralisation Story | Nati Silveira, Thoughtworks

• How do you centralise Global Mobility across 18 countries without forcing every market into the same way of working?  • Why should you design the organisation first, before designing roles around the people already there?  • How do you get local teams comfortable moving away from long-standing vendors and processes?  • What skills matter most when building a centralised Global Mobility function? In this episode, Paul sits down with Nati Silveira, Head of Global Mobility at Thoughtworks.Nati is British-Brazilian, a proud mum, and has more than 18 years of experience in Global Mobility. At Thoughtworks, she has built a high-efficiency Global Mobility CoE supporting a 10,000+ person tech organisation, covering the full journey from talent supply strategy through to settling in and thriving. When Nati stepped into the global role, Mobility was highly decentralised across 18 countries, with different teams, vendors, processes and local ways of working.Over the following six years, Thoughtworks moved towards one global Mobility model, with a central CoE working alongside Mobility Operations. Together, Paul and Nati explore what that transformation actually took — from organisational design and vendor consolidation to stakeholder management, local resistance and the changing skills needed within a global Mobility team. We hope you enjoy :)