Global Onboarding Team Lead

Title: Global Onboarding Team Lead KBR is a global provider of differentiated, professional services and technologies delivered across a wide government, defense and industrial base. Drawing from its rich 100-year history and culture of innovation and mission focus, KBR creates sustainable value by combining engineering, technical and scientific expertise with its full life cycle capabilities to help our clients meet their most pressing challenges today and into the future. We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in over 29 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver. The Global Talent Acquisition Onboarding Team Lead is responsible for the strategic leadership, coordination, and execution of all pre-employment and onboarding activities to ensure a seamless and compliant transition from candidate to employee. This role serves as the primary liaison between Talent Acquisition, candidates, hiring managers, People Team, People Operations, Global Mobility, and the Global Vetting Team to manage pre-employment requirements, onboarding workflows, background screening, drug testing, compliance documentation, and onboarding communications. In addition to supporting onboarding activities within an assigned region, the Global Onboarding Lead provides functional leadership and oversight to Regional Onboarding Coordinators globally. The role is responsible for establishing standards, driving process consistency, monitoring service delivery, managing onboarding metrics, ensuring compliance, and continuously enhancing the candidate experience across all regions. The Global Onboarding Lead plays a critical role in delivering a world-class onboarding experience while ensuring onboarding and compliance requirements are completed accurately, timely, and in accordance with company policies and local regulations. This role also supports recruiters through ATS administration, operational reporting, process governance, and continuous improvement initiatives. Additional Leadership Responsibilities • Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance, and functional oversight for all Regional Onboarding Coordinators. • Establish global onboarding standards, procedures, service levels, and process documentation. • Ensure consistency in onboarding practices, communications, compliance requirements, and candidate experience across all regions. • Review onboarding metrics and operational performance to identify trends, risks, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities. • Mentor, train, and onboard Regional Onboarding Coordinators. • Facilitate regular team meetings, knowledge-sharing sessions, and best-practice discussions. • Act as the escalation point for complex onboarding, compliance, vetting, and candidate issues. • Partner with Talent Acquisition leadership, and People Operations and Technology teams on onboarding enhancements and system improvements. • Lead global onboarding projects, process transformations, and ATS optimization initiatives. Qualifications, Skills and Experience Required Qualification in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience. …