SURBHI SHARMA
Stockholm,Sweden
Summary
Designs and implements talent programs focused on leadership and manager enablement. Expertise in talent management, succession planning, and onboarding, driving effective organizational development. Facilitates collaboration between HR and leadership to ensure role clarity and compliance with Swedish labour law, enhancing operational effectiveness.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Global People Experience Specialist
Sinch
Stockholm
2023.04 - 2025.04
- Worked and contributed to global employee experience initiatives across onboarding, learning, talent development, and organisational design in a fast-paced tech environment.
- Provided hands-on HR support on performance management, engagement topics, and people cases.
- Designed and implemented people experience frameworks and programs to support consistency, clarity, and engagement across regions.
- Worked closely with leaders, HR colleagues, and People Operations on talent management, succession planning, and capability development initiatives.
- Contributed to organisational design and role clarity work by supporting analysis, documentation, and communication of structures and ways of working.
- Supported organisational change from an employee experience and capability perspective, ensuring people programs aligned with evolving business needs.
- Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders globally to embed people experience principles into leadership, onboarding, and learning journeys.
Global Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Partner
Schibsted
Stockholm
2021.02 - 2022.12
- Worked with senior leaders and HR to ensure hiring, promotion, and restructuring decisions were fair and consistent during organizational changes.
- Facilitated leadership discussions during transitions to surface misalignment and agree on expectations and ways of working.
- Advised leaders on people risks and unintended consequences when reshaping teams or roles.
- Contributed to updates of people policies and guidelines to improve clarity and consistency across business units.
- Shared people insights with senior stakeholders to inform workforce and leadership planning.
HR People Advisor/HRBP
Accenture Solutions
2016.10 - 2017.07
- Acted as HR advisor to business leaders on performance issues, role changes, succession planning, and team restructuring.
- Coached managers through difficult people decisions, including performance concerns and role fit discussions.
- Supported organizational changes during business transitions, including changes to reporting lines and team structures.
- Handled employee relations cases, ensuring decisions were fair, consistent, and aligned with local labour practices.
Senior HR Executive
Diestro Infotech
2014.05 - 2016.09
- Supported and executed critical HR processes such as compensation issues, talent acquisition, performance management, strategic planning
- Employee Relations Management, grievance handling, Change Management
- Drive Talent Management strategies
- Coached line managers, enabling them to develop and guide employees and become more effective in handling people matters
- Drive strategically aligned HR projects using established project management methods and tools
- Taking care of exit formalities, both voluntary & involuntary including exit interviews, full & final settlement, termination procedures etc
- Conduct attrition analysis reports based on the exit surveys and interviews to understand the reasons for exit so that retention strategies could be developed to circumvent the same.
Employee Relations Executive
Reliance Communications
2013.11 - 2014.05
Management Intern HR
Aegis Global Group
2012.05 - 2012.08
Education
Master’s degree - human resources (MBA)
Barkatullah University
IndiaBachelor’s degree - computers
Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
IndiaSkills
- People experience & talent program design
- Leadership and manager enablement
- Talent management & succession planning
- Onboarding, learning & capability development
- Organisational development support & role clarity
- Cross-functional collaboration with HR and leaders
- Swedish labour law awareness (formal training)
- Clear communication & stakeholder facilitation
Certification
- Certified to Leverage Diversity & Inclusion for Organizational Excellence - Stanford University, Sweden
- Agility in HR (ICP-AHR) Certification - ICAgile, Sweden
- Swedish labour laws Certification - Folkuniversitet, Sweden
LANGUAGES
Hindi – Native
English – Fluent
Swedish – Intermediate (B1+ in progress)
Organisational Change & HRBP Experience
- Supported organizational changes involving role changes, staffing decisions, and team transitions.
- Helped leaders understand people impact, risks, and constraints before decisions were finalized.
- Worked closely with employee relations and labour law specialists to ensure compliant outcomes.
- Facilitated discussions to clarify future-state structures and decision paths.
- Supported managers before, during, and after change to reduce confusion and employee fallout.
Timeline
Global People Experience Specialist
Sinch
2023.04 - 2025.04
Global Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Partner
Schibsted
2021.02 - 2022.12
HR People Advisor/HRBP
Accenture Solutions
2016.10 - 2017.07
Senior HR Executive
Diestro Infotech
2014.05 - 2016.09
Employee Relations Executive
Reliance Communications
2013.11 - 2014.05
Management Intern HR
Aegis Global Group
2012.05 - 2012.08
Bachelor’s degree - computers
Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
Master’s degree - human resources (MBA)
Barkatullah University