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The Lead Onboarding Coordinator reports to the Vice President, Training and manages training coordination and new-owner onboarding across the Authority Brands portfolio. This role oversees the shared training calendar, classroom and facilitator scheduling, class resources, and owner readiness from signing through on-site attendance. The position is based in Atlanta, Georgia and requires minimal travel.
Authority Brands' training organization prepares new franchise owners across its portfolio of home services businesses to open and run their businesses. Owners complete online pre-work, then attend live, hands-on training in Atlanta: a common core shared across the portfolio, followed by business-specific training. Common-core subjects may include business planning, financial management, customer experience, sales and marketing, technology, compliance, people management, and day-to-day operating practices applicable across different franchised home services businesses. Contracted partners lead the initial curriculum design; this team delivers the training and owns the curriculum after handoff.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the annual shared training calendar across the portfolio: scheduling every cohort's dates.
- Match classrooms and lab spaces to each class and protect the weeks reserved for company town halls.
- Match certified facilitators to each class from the Director of Training's qualification matrix, with a named backup.
- Balance facilitator teaching loads across the year, and flag conflicts or overloads to the Director of Training.
- Resource each class: materials, kits, equipment and vendor partner sessions.
- Enroll new owners into cohorts from the franchise development handoff.
- Confirm pre-work is complete before a seat is confirmed, and follow up with owners who are behind.
- Send franchisees their travel and logistics communications: dates, location, lodging, what to bring and pre-work reminders.
- Coordinate travel and lodging for attendees and facilitators within policy.
- Work with brand launch teams and franchise business consultants on each owner's timing.
- Report on seats, fill, readiness and facilitator load by brand.
- Supervise the Onboarding Coordinator.
The ideal candidate combines training or program coordination experience, people leadership, customer communication, and scheduling technology skills with the ability to manage shared resources across multiple brands and cohorts.
- 4 or more years coordinating training, events, or programs for multiple groups.
- Experience building annual schedules that match people, rooms, and equipment across many programs.
- Experience supervising or leading others.
- Clear written communication with external customers.
- Strong skills with Microsoft 365 and scheduling or LMS tools.
- Franchise onboarding experience preferred.
- Experience running operations at a corporate training center preferred.
- Travel and lodging management experience preferred.
We believe our greatest assets are our employees, we offer competitive salaries and a full benefits package to include, PTO, paid holidays, 401(k) and more.
Authority Brands Inc. conducts drug screens and background checks on applicants who accept employment offers. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions however we do not sponsor Visa’s at this time.
Authority Brands Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in onboarding lead jobs.
- 3-5 years of experience designing or managing employee onboarding programs
- Proficiency with an HRIS or learning management system such as Workday or an LMS platform
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects across HR, IT, and department stakeholders simultaneously
- Strong written communication skills for building onboarding content, guides, and process documentation
- Experience tracking onboarding KPIs such as new hire retention, time-to-productivity, or program completion rates
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, organizational development, business administration, or a related field
Tips for Your Onboarding Lead Job Search
Tailor your resume to onboarding metrics
Onboarding lead job descriptions almost always ask for measurable outcomes. Reframe your experience around time-to-productivity figures, new hire retention rates, and program completion numbers you actually influenced, even if you weren't the sole driver.
Highlight cross-functional coordination experience
Hiring managers for onboarding leads want proof you've worked across IT, HR, and department managers simultaneously. Call out specific stakeholder groups you coordinated with and what each handoff looked like, not just that you ran orientation sessions.
Target openings by headcount growth signals
Companies actively expanding or post-merger often need onboarding leads urgently. Filter your job search for organizations that recently announced hiring surges, funding rounds, or acquisitions, since those postings usually have faster timelines and more room to negotiate scope.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists onboarding lead openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a structured onboarding program example
Interviewers for onboarding lead roles routinely ask you to walk through a program you built or improved. Prepare a concise breakdown covering the problem you inherited, the changes you made, the stakeholders involved, and the outcome you measured afterward.
Negotiate scope before accepting an offer
Onboarding lead titles can mean anything from running day-one logistics to owning a 90-day program across multiple departments. Before accepting, confirm in writing which employee populations you'll own, whether the role has direct reports, and what your budget authority actually covers.
Onboarding Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most onboarding leads?
The most active employers for onboarding leads right now are G MASS, ALTRUIST, and JPMorganChase, and the most openings are in California, Texas, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand tends to concentrate at organizations going through rapid growth, post-acquisition integration, or large-scale HR modernization initiatives.
How many onboarding lead jobs are remote?
About 79% of onboarding lead openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with remote availability highest for roles focused on digital onboarding programs, learning management system administration, and content development. Roles that require hands-on facilitation of in-person orientation sessions or managing physical onboarding logistics tend to remain on-site.
How do you become an onboarding lead?
Most onboarding leads start in HR coordinator, training coordinator, or people operations roles where they run pieces of the new hire process before owning it fully. Building experience with an HRIS or learning management system is important, as is taking on cross-functional projects that require coordinating with IT, facilities, and department managers. Earning an HR certification and documenting measurable onboarding outcomes strengthens your case for a lead-level role.
Can you get hired as an onboarding lead with little experience?
You can move into an onboarding lead role without years of formal experience if you can show you've owned a process end to end, even a small one. Volunteering to rebuild an orientation checklist, leading onboarding for a new team within your current company, or building a structured new hire guide all demonstrate the program-ownership mindset hiring managers look for in lead candidates.
What does the onboarding lead interview process look like?
Interviews for onboarding lead roles typically start with a recruiter screen focused on your background and program scope, followed by a hiring manager conversation where you'll walk through a specific onboarding program you built or improved. A panel round with HR business partners or department heads is common at mid-size and larger employers. Some companies ask for a take-home project such as redesigning a sample 30-60-90 day plan or auditing a fictional onboarding workflow.
Where can I find and apply to onboarding lead jobs?
You can find and apply to onboarding lead jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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