How HR teams are optimizing their onboarding experience

Discover how FanDuel and Atlassian turned fragmented, manual processes into seamless, data‑driven experiences—saving time, cutting costs, and delivering world class employee experiences.

Recently, at Atlassian’s Team ’25 Europe conference, two leaders shared their unique perspectives on how to transform onboarding through technology: Zachary Parris, Head of Distributed Organizational Effectiveness at Atlassian, and Thomas McPhee, Enterprise Senior SaaS Engineer at FanDuel. Delivering a successful onboarding experience depends on close collaboration between multiple teams, particularly HR and IT. In the session, Parris shared how HR worked to enhance the onboarding process, while McPhee explained how IT addressed the technical challenges involved.

Together, their stories demonstrate how HR and IT can collaborate to deliver world-class onboarding experiences that enhance efficiency and employee satisfaction.