Kavya Shivegowda

HR professional with 4.5+ years of end-to-end HR experience across SaaS, IT services, and technology startups, now focused on HRIS and Workday HCM. Trained in Workday Core HCM with hands-on tenant practice across Organizations, Staffing, Job Architecture, Compensation, Security, Business Processes, and the bi-annual release cycle.

Brings what most HRIS candidates lack: first-hand experience of the HR processes Workday is built to run — hiring, onboarding, payroll and statutory compliance, performance, policy design, and exits — plus SQL, Power BI, and Excel for data accuracy and reporting, and n8n workflow automation. Comfortable as the single-point HR owner for teams of 120–1000+ employees.

HR Program Manager at Tracxn Technologies (2025-11 – 2026-08)

Global B2B SaaS market intelligence platform serving VCs, PE firms, and corporates.

• Relocation Policy & Cost Governance: Redesigned relocation policy by defining designation tiers and CTC eligibility thresholds — delivered 15% budget savings while standardising the hiring-to-joining experience across all levels.
• Compliance & Policy Rollout: Led end-to-end implementation of Karnataka Menstrual Leave Notification within 3 weeks — drafted policy addendum, configured leave workflows, and executed company-wide communication ahead of the Dec 2025 mandate.
• Exit Risk Management: Built exit risk mitigation framework with legal, IT, and business leaders — revised relieving letter templates with NDA clauses, coordinated IT access audits, and embedded compliance checkpoints; validated by external auditors.
• Talent Acquisition: Partnered with hiring managers on CTC benchmarking and sourcing strategy for Program Manager and BSO roles — reduced offer-to-join cycle time through structured talent market analysis.

HR Generalist at Honeywell (2024-07 – 2025-11)

Global technology conglomerate — aerospace, building technologies, and performance materials.

• DEI Learning Program: Designed and led Amplify — a 7-month initiative for 30 women leaders; 73% (22/30) advanced to Ready-to-Promote and 8 received managerial promotions in the subsequent appraisal cycle.
• Employee Engagement: Drove year-long engagement program for 950+ employees through quarterly recognition initiatives and leader-facilitated Chai Chat connect sessions — improved morale and voluntary retention.
• Workforce Planning & University Relations: Built campus hiring pipeline through Tier 1 and Tier 2 academic partnerships — onboarded 50+ interns, creating a sustainable early-talent funnel.
• HR Analytics: Conducted attrition analysis by department, tenure, and demographics to deliver actionable insights for strategic HR forecasting and targeted retention interventions.

HR Generalist at Test Yantra Software Solutions (2023-07 – 2024-06)

Global IT services firm specialising in quality engineering and automation testing.

• End-to-End Lifecycle Management: Owned complete HR operations for 300+ offshore associates — onboarding, documentation, performance tracking, grievance resolution, and exit formalities with no dedicated HR support structure.
• Employee Relations & Grievance Handling: Resolved sensitive grievances by mapping skills to project needs; built a bench-to-deployment tracking dashboard in collaboration with resource management that restored employee trust and reduced idle time.
• HR Compliance: Maintained policy compliance, statutory documentation, and HR process standards across a multi-location offshore workforce.

HR Generalist at Lucid Imaging Pvt Ltd (2021-11 – 2023-07)

Technology-driven imaging solutions startup.

• Performance Management: Led full performance cycle —360° feedback, mid-year and annual reviews, and calibration discussions — ensuring fair, business-aligned outcomes.
• Talent Acquisition & Onboarding: Managed end-to-end recruitment, salary negotiations, and structured onboarding — improving quality of hire and early-tenure retention.
• Payroll & Benefits Administration: Administered payroll, leave, and benefits using Spine HRMS — maintained accuracy and statutory compliance month-on-month.
• Policy & Process Design: Designed intern hiring policy and campus recruitment process from scratch — standardised practices and strengthened the early-talent pipeline.
• Full-Cycle IT Recruitment: Managed end-to-end IT recruitment across multiple client engagements — sourcing, screening, interviews, offer negotiation, and onboarding.

B.E. in Electronics and Communication – Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) (2016 – 2020)