SARA ZAFAR

City: Indianapolis M: 317-000-0000 E: email@gmail.com L: linkedin.profile.link

EDUCATION
Institute of Business Management, Pakistan Graduation Aug 2021
MBA; Human Resource Management
Institute of Business Management, Pakistan Graduation Dec 2019
BS-Accounting, Management and Law

WORK EXPERIENCE
Cloud Primero, Karachi, Pakistan Nov 2020 – Dec 2022
People Operations Lead (Client: 433 – Biggest sports tech startup in EU)
 Efficiently lead operations of client 433 with a team of 50 employees consisting of both remote and on-site
employees.
 Successfully designed and implemented a compensation & benefits plan reducing 10% costs of the company and
of the client 433.
 Conducted detailed meetings with managers and CEO in enforcing a 6-month roadmap for all current and future
employees of the company.
 Conducted client meetings to hire the team faster and smoothly resulting in 70% growth of the team.
 Managing high morale’s of the Pakistan and Amsterdam team with various engagement and culture building
activities.
 Upscaling the team’s skillset and retention rate with the Netflix inspired strategy called Keeper’s Test upto 25%
in 3-months.
Senior People Operations (Client: 433 - Biggest sports tech startup in EU)
 Conducted 20+ recruitment drives, public speaking sessions and various university bootcamps to attract the top
talent.
 Managed and smoothly implemented HR operations with tools like: Trello, Canva, Figma.
 Successfully hired 30 employees for Cloud Primero in 3-months’ time.
 Ran various campaigns and strategies in managing the company LinkedIn platform and raised its audience 120%
between 2020-2021.
Wavetec, Karachi, Pakistan Aug 2019 – Sep 2020

 Actively updated employee database upto ISO Standards for smooth running of operations.
 Conducted meetings with managers based in KSA, Dubai, LATAM and Pakistan to map-out 15% successful
hiring plans and the key-skills required within the team.
 Arranged a company-wide annual dinner with team-building activities for employees of all levels.
 Planned and implemented virtual onboarding strategy during the pandemic with no hiring freeze and consistent
hiring activities.
 Managed employee onboarding processes till offboarding ensuring 35% company satisfaction between teams in
terms of new hire being informed.
 Created a book-club to enable employees reading more books resulting in 40% company library consumption
and side-by-side having a knowledgeable set of talent in-hand.

Other Activities:
 Built a LinkedIn community of 50K+ followers teaching how to bridge gaps between employment and corporate.
 Managed a side-hustle of ghostwrting for 6 months in building LinkedIn brands for others.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Certifications: Introduction to Product Management, Strategic Human Resources Introuction.
Skills: Recruitment & Selection, Comp & Ben, Training needs analysis, performance evaluation, culture building,
employee engagement, social media networking, personnel management.
Interests: Networking and socializing, LinkedIn counselling, ghostwriting, eating-out.
Languages: English, Urdu/Hindi, Japanese (basic).