Global Onboarding & Offboarding Program Manager

Location: US - Watsonville, CaliforniaJob Family: Human ResourcesTime Type: Full timeJob Requisition ID: R0007419Experience Years: 5-10 Years of ExperienceEmployee Type: RegularAbout The OpportunityAs the Global Onboarding & Offboarding Program Manager, you will align with business needs to shape an outstanding onboarding and offboarding experience and the program frameworks to support it—ensuring every employee across 21+ countries feels welcomed, connected, and set up for long-term success throughout their journey with us and beyond. This role directly supports Driscoll’s talent retention and engagement, ensuring a consistent and impactful employee journey. You will lead the design, rollout plan, and continuous improvement of scalable, culturally relevant employee lifecycle programs, strategies, and tools that reflect and reinforce Driscoll’s culture, mission, vision, and values. This role combines strategic design and hands-on execution—ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex problems, bringing structure to ambiguity, and creating human-centered experiences that make a lasting impact. You’ll collaborate closely with HR, Talent Acquisition, IS, Legal, Workplace Services, and Communications to deliver seamless, consistent, and meaningful experiences in the moments that matter—from a new hire’s first day to a thoughtful transition when they leave.ResponsibilitiesGlobal Framework Design & Delivery Develop, refine, and maintain Driscoll’s global onboarding and offboarding frameworks, balancing standardization with local flexibility. Design toolkits, manager guides, and new hire touchpoints that foster clarity, connection, and belonging. Lead cross-regional collaboration to align local practices with global standards while respecting cultural and legal nuances.Program Strategy & Continuous Improvement Establish and track key performance indicators (e.g., time-to-productivity, new hire engagement, early attrition, exit insights). Design and deploy feedback loops and surveys to evaluate effectiveness, translate insights into refinements, and identify both quick wins and long-term improvements. Seek and leverage, share, transfer, scale best internal practices Benchmark and integrate external best practices to evolve and elevate Driscoll’s employee experience. Leverage existing and emerging technologies to continuously elevate the employee experience.Stakeholder Partnership & Change Leadership Serve as a strategic partner to the business and key stakeholders and other global functions to drive adoption of onboarding and offboarding practices. Facilitate global taskforce sessions and stakeholder updates that build alignment, transparency, and accountability. Influence and support change adoption across a highly matrixed, multicultural organization.Operational Excellence Manage the global onboarding and offboarding program calendar, ensuring timely delivery of key milestones and communications. Coordinate with cross-functional partners (e.g., HR Business Advisory for business needs and alignment, IS for access, Legal for compliance, Workplace Services for logistics) to ensure a seamless employee journey. Anticipate risks, remove barriers, and continually improve operational efficiency and experience quality.Candidate Profile 5–7 years of experience in HR, Talent Development, Employee Experience, or a related field. Proven success designing and implementing onboarding, offboarding, or talent programs across multiple countries. Strong cultural awareness and ability to influence in a global, matrixed environment. Skilled in program management, project management, communication, change management, and stakeholder engagement. Proven communication and relationship building skills across all levels Up to 10% of travel Experience with HR systems (Workday, LMS, Qualtrics, intranet platforms) preferred. Data-driven mindset with ability to interpret metrics and turn insights into action. Bilingual or multilingual strongly preferred (Spanish or Chinese a plus).Compensation & BenefitsThe following information is provided in good faith as a general description of the salary range and benefits for the position posted. The actual compensation offered to the successful candidate is dependent upon experience, skills, education, work location, internal pay equity, and other objective job-related factors.The U.S. estimated salary range for this role is: $103,560 to $134,628 Driscoll’s is committed to a culture of care and offers an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. Other benefits include: 401(k) with employer match, profit-sharing participation, paid sick time, paid vacation, paid personal and family care leave, and a free Employee Assistance Program (EAP). More detailed information regarding the benefits package, will be shared during the application process.About DriscollsDriscoll's is the global market leader for fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. With more than 100 years of farming heritage and hundreds of independent growers around the world, Driscoll's is passionate about growing fresh, beautiful and delicious berries. Our values of humility, passion and trustworthiness have guided our mission to delight consumers around the world.Driscoll's exclusive patented berry varieties are developed through years of research using only natural breeding methods – meaning, no GMOs. From farm-to-table, we focus on delivering a high quality, premium berry experience with our many supply chain partners.Driscoll's is the trusted brand for Only the Finest Berries™.Driscoll's es el proveedor líder en la comercialización de Fresas, Frambuesas, Zarzamoras y Arándanos Azules en el mundo. Con más de 100 años de herencia en agricultura y cientos de productores independiente alrededor del mundo, Driscoll's es una compañía apasionada por cultivar Berries frescas, hermosas y deliciosas. Nuestros valores de humildad, pasión y confianza han guiado nuestra misión de deleitar a los consumidores en el mundo.Las variedades exclusivas de Driscoll's han sido desarrolladas a través de años de investigación usando sólo métodos de mejoramiento natural. De la granja a la mesa, nos enfocamos en ofrecer una experiencia de alta calidad con apoyo de nuestros socios de la cadena de suministro.Driscoll's es la marca de confianza de sólo las mejores Berries.Apply Return to Job List