Syed Shahzad Khurshid
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Summary
A versatile HR leader with a passion for driving organizational success and leading transformative people strategies. Firm believer in the “power of interconnectedness” between diverse professional experiences. Expertise in both civil services and private sectors, he excels at creating thriving cultures and teams where employees are engaged, motivated, and empowered. Strategic thinker with proven track record of developing organizational core competencies through meaningful change initiatives. Successful experience of restructuring hiring strategy and developing profound performance management system tremendously impacting organizational operational efficiency. Possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills to articulate change vision, build trust, and influence stakeholders. Having background in civil engineering he possesses excellent data analysis and project management capabilities. His well-rounded career has equipped him with diverse range of abilities ranging from investigative skills developed through working with security organizations to diplomatic skills gained as security liaison officer. Professional interaction with UK Civil Services' HR and L&D experts in the area of organizational change, HR best practices, public service delivery. Coaching and lecturing experience which includes delivering senior management development workshops encompassing modules on change management and performance management.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Deputy Director Litigation and External Liaison
Government of Pakistan
- Supervision of Employee Relations Function
- Preparation of Inquiry Reports
- Preparation of legal cases for the courts including Federal Services Tribunal, High Court and Supreme Court
- Diplomatic interaction with Security Liaison Officers
- Negotiations regarding various departmental cases
HR Director
Technocrates Construction Ltd
08.2023 - Current
- Developing HR Strategies: Developing and implementing HR strategies that align with the organization's goals and objectives
- Leadership and Development: Leading and developing the HR team to ensure they provide effective support to the business
- Policy Enforcement: Creating and enforcing HR policies and programs that comply with legal regulations
- Employee Relations: Managing employee relations, including handling disputes, grievances, and disciplinary actions
- Talent Management: Overseeing recruitment, onboarding, training, and development programs to attract and retain top talent
- Performance Management: Implementing performance management systems to evaluate and improve employee performance
- Compliance and Risk Management: Advising on compliance with employment laws and managing HR-related risks
- Change Management: Leading change management initiatives and supervising project change management
- Supervising Digitization process: maintenance and updation of employee data on Acumatica software
HR Change Leader
Government of Pakistan
01.2017 - 08.2023
- Consultation and Planning: Partnered with business leadership to drive people reforms and developed a three-year People’s Plan focusing on overhauling talent acquisition, developing new Performance Management System (PMS), and enhancing talent and reward management strategies
- Change Management: Prepared business case, change plans, stakeholder management strategy, engaged in effective change communication, prepared change readiness plans, change impact analysis, preparation of critical success factors and tracked progress against these to measure the success of change initiatives
- Collaboration and Redesign: Engaged in brainstorming sessions with UK HR and L&D experts to redesign HR structures and processes
- Performance Management: Authored and implemented a new PMS, through piloting and extensive coaching of stakeholders
- Upskilling HR: Delivered coaching sessions on performance feedback to over 150 Line Managers and organized up-skilling sessions for the HR team
- Impact Assessment: Conducted employee surveys to assess the impact of PMS and other change initiatives organizational outcomes
- Talent Management: Implemented the Nine Box Talent Management Framework and initiated talent profiling for over 500 mid-to-senior level employees to provide leadership with deeper insights into skills and competencies
Director Recruitment, Trainings & Litigation
Government of Pakistan
01.2015 - 08.2023
- Organizational Expansion: Led talent acquisition during a period of 38% organizational growth adding more than three thousand employees to workforce
- Recruitment Management: Supervised the full cycle recruiting process for a diverse range of jobs
- Skills & Competency Framework Development: Developed and executed a Core Competency Framework and Skills framework
- Hiring Strategy: Implemented structural changes in hiring strategy, enhancing the employer brand and increasing applications by 34%
- Gender Equality: Promoted gender equality in recruitment, resulting in induction of over 40% female officers in three consecutive yearly batches
- Collaboration with FPSC: Worked with the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) to improve selection criteria and align testing procedures with international best practices, including IQ, reasoning ability, psychometric, and personality tests
- Contract Management: Developed Technical Evaluation Criteria for selection of bidding agencies and supervised contract preparation and signing with qualifying Testing Service
- Leading all L&D initiatives
- Development and implementation of senior level management program for senior executives
- Training Methodology at Training Academy redefined on best practices
- Field Visits: Organized cross-country visits for trainee officers to gain exposure of various business areas and interact with business leaders
- Feedback Framework: Established a structured feedback mechanism for trainees
- Curriculum Re-design: Practitioner insight & case studies blended with academic and theory aspects
Education
Master of Science - Human Resource Management
Bradford University School of Management
07.2011
B.E. - Engineering (Civil)
Bahauddin Zakariya University
04.2001
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Assertiveness
- HR policies development
- Motivating teams
- Change management
- Influencing skills
- Verbal and written communication
- Issues resolution
- Project planning
- Coaching
- Stakeholder engagement
- Talent management
- Training and mentoring
Certification
- Chartered Member CIPD, UK
- Member Pakistan Engineering Council (Civil)
- Certified Change Management Professional (APMG)
Courses And Seminars
- Successful Change Management, University of Oxford, UK, 03/2025, Enrolled
- Leading People and Teams Specialization, University of Michigan, USA, 01/2020
- HR Seminar, British Civil Services, London, UK, 09/2017, One Week
- L & D Seminar, British Civil Services, London, UK, 03/2017, One Week
- People Analytics, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 06/2016, Online via: Coursera
- Government Performance Management System, Management Services Wing, Establishment Division, Islamabad, 01/2015, in collaboration with the World Bank
- Managing Organizational Change, Joint Pak-UK initiative, Islamabad, 03/2014
Affiliations
- Chartered Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (UK)
- member Pakistan Engineering Council
Work Availability
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Timeline
HR Director
Technocrates Construction Ltd
08.2023 - Current
HR Change Leader
Government of Pakistan
01.2017 - 08.2023
Director Recruitment, Trainings & Litigation
Government of Pakistan
01.2015 - 08.2023
B.E. - Engineering (Civil)
Bahauddin Zakariya University
Deputy Director Litigation and External Liaison
Government of Pakistan
Master of Science - Human Resource Management
Bradford University School of Management
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