Shifa Rahman

🧭 Purpose + Leadership

HR Strategist | Behavioral Insight + Business Analysis | Builder of People-Centered Systems

I’m not your typical HR leader—I come from a psychology background, speak the language of data, and have a track record of redesigning systems to help both people and organization thrive.

Over the last 10+ years, I’ve worked with global leaders, fast-moving startups, and legacy organizations to solve messy people problems, navigate high-stakes transitions, and build frameworks that actually work.

I’ve led restructuring, revamped SOPs, coached non-HR leaders on people management, conducted compensation reviews, and built everything from onboarding programs to performance management systems.

What ties it all together? I lead with clarity, grounded in the belief that people are your greatest asset. With empathy and insight, I balance heart and logic — even in high-pressure environments.

If you're looking for a thoughtful HR partner who brings strategy, empathy, and results — let’s connect.

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🌍 Problem-Solving Focus

Global Perspective. Local Insight. Purposeful Impact.

Global Experience

A global career across North America, the Middle East, and Asia, grounded in strong labor law expertise and exposure to collective agreements.

Industries Worked

Manufacturing
Consultancies
Retail/FMCG
Hotel & Hospitality
Start-up
Business Process Outsourcing
Grain

Transitions

Each move was a strategic step toward expanding my scope, deepening my expertise, and working with more diverse teams and initiatives.

💡 Insightful & Strategic

Turning Metrics into Meaning. Insights into Action.

HR Value Dashboard: A stacked row chart. A heatmap. A pyramid. A scatterplot-style chart.

Accomplishments as Fractional HRBP (in %)

Took on this remote opportunity to step into the business partnering space with an Indian tannery, leading a team of three. Primarily strategic role. Requiring light supervision. High impact.

North America - Supported a trillion-dollar client.

Things moved at lightning speed in this role—high turnover drove aggressive hiring. Cases in high volume. High stakes. Exacting compliance. Zero room for error.

The Middle East - Numbers achieved in fast-paced industries.

Two sectors. Retail & Hospitality. Holistic experience. Organizational & compensation restructuring. Designing & implementing training programs. Redesigning performance management & PIP.

APAC - Beginning of HR career in an unusual way.

Starting off as an Organizational Effectiveness Executive led to the habit of quantifying KPIs. Words that ruled- collaboration, concerns, stakeholders, business objectives and delivery.

💬 What others say?

What Partners Say About Working Together — With Clarity, Care, and Results.

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Shifa doesn’t just deliver reports — she delivers clarity that moves the business forward. Her ability to translate complex HR and performance data into actionable insights helped us realign our priorities and hit key objectives faster. She blends strategic thinking with grounded, human understanding — a rare and powerful mix.

- Arivu Kumar

Shifa brings structure with empathy, and clarity with vision. She helped us rethink our performance approach and made it feel human again.

- Swathi Raj

Shifa doesn’t just deliver reports — she delivers clarity that moves the business forward. Her ability to translate complex HR and performance data into actionable insights helped us realign our priorities and hit key objectives faster. She blends strategic thinking with grounded, human understanding — a rare and powerful mix.

- Arivu Kumar

Shifa brings structure with empathy, and clarity with vision. She helped us rethink our performance approach and made it feel human again.

- Swathi Raj

Shifa doesn’t just deliver reports — she delivers clarity that moves the business forward. Her ability to translate complex HR and performance data into actionable insights helped us realign our priorities and hit key objectives faster. She blends strategic thinking with grounded, human understanding — a rare and powerful mix.

- Arivu Kumar

Shifa brings structure with empathy, and clarity with vision. She helped us rethink our performance approach and made it feel human again.

- Swathi Raj

Let’s create aligned, lasting impact — together.

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