Strategic Leadership for Global HR

Karisma Sharma is a global HR and People & Culture executive recognized for building high-performing, scalable, and human-centered organizations. A trusted advisor to CEOs, founders, and boards, she specializes in architecting strategic people functions, strengthening leadership capability, and guiding organizations through complex transformation and rapid growth.

Her experience spans culture and engagement evolution, global rewards and compensation design, leadership development, workforce analytics, and operating model transformation. She brings deep expertise across high-growth, multinational, and investor-backed environments, working across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, giving her a nuanced understanding of multi-regional workforce dynamics and cultural complexity.

Karisma’s approach balances data-driven insights, executive partnership, and a practical understanding of how organizations evolve through different stages of scale. She is known for designing systems that reinforce strategy, accelerate performance, and empower leaders at every level.

Throughout her career, she has developed enterprise leadership models, redesigned talent and performance systems, strengthened decision-making clarity, and built cultures rooted in values, transparency, and accountability. Her compensation strategy work includes job architecture, pay equity, global frameworks, and incentive design – improving fairness, competitiveness, and organizational trust.

Whether supporting a transformation, acceleration phase, or a shift in strategic direction, Karisma brings strategic clarity, operational rigor, and deep empathy. She influences at every level of the organization while guiding leaders through change with confidence and alignment.