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Saher Sayed

Global People Leader/ Sr Director People Business Partnering/ HR Director/ M&A Integration Lead

About Me

Global HR Leader with 15+ years of progressive, cross-cultural experience building & leading people functions across US, Canada, South America, APAC and EMEA. Brings deep familiarity of US/Canadian employment law (+ global jurisdictions), provincial labour standards, & workplace human rights, combined with a global perspective. A proven builder in high-growth environments & large global organisations, from early-stage scale-ups to publicly listed companies, with a consistent track record of partnering with C-suite leadership to design people strategies that drive organizational growth, strengthen culture & build high-performing teams. Complemented by hands-on integration of AI-powered analytics & automation tools to enable evidence-based decision-making. KEY EXPERTISE • HR Strategy & Organizational Effectiveness • Executive & C-Suite Business Partnering • US/Canadian Employment Law & Compliance • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) • Talent Development & Succession Planning • Compensation & Total Rewards • Change Management & M&A Integration • AI-Augmented HR Practices • Employee Experience & Engagement • Workforce Analytics • Labor Relations • Performance & Leadership Coaching

Jurisdiction

Canada

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience10-15 years
Current StatusActive
Sr. Director, People Business Partnering & Talent (Global Head)Veriff
2025 - 2026

Leading global HR strategy and a multi-regional BP and Talent development team for a high-growth identity verification scale-up, partnering directly with the C-suite to align talent strategy with business priorities across a distributed, global organization. - Led end-to-end global HR strategy across all business functions, directing a team of People Business Partners and Employee Experience specialists to build a genuine strategic partnership model, drive organizational alignment and scale worldwide operations. - Serve as a strategic advisor to C-suite executives on organizational design, leadership effectiveness, and culture, translating growth objectives into actionable workforce plans. - Pioneered the adoption of AI-powered HR analytics to surface real-time workforce insights, reducing time-to-insight on attrition risk and engagement trends and leveraged generative AI tools into HR workflows, streamlining policy drafting, job architecture, and performance calibration processes to maximize efficiency and speed. - Designed and launched a company-wide Talent Development Program covering skills mapping, competency frameworks, succession planning, and career pathing for a scaling organization of 1,000+ employees - Drove Compensation & Benefits optimization in collaboration with the Rewards team, conducting market benchmarking to ensure competitive, equitable pay across multiple geographies - Led Values & Culture transformation program, embedding organizational values into hiring, onboarding, performance management, and recognition frameworks to create measurable cultural cohesion. - Championed data-driven HR governance through regular workforce reporting to the Executive Team, converting people metrics into strategic business intelligence.

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Languages

English