Sushmita Kirkland

People and talent leader with 15+ years partnering with senior function leaders across global, matrixed organizations, most recently at Otis Worldwide (74,000 employees). Leads a team supporting four global functions on workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, succession, and performance, and has driven the move to standardized, Workday-enabled talent processes across 75+ countries. Translates enterprise priorities into consistent local execution, uses people data to shape leadership decisions, and simplifies HR work through digitalization, including a 60% reduction in process steps and 97% adoption of a new performance platform. Experienced across US and European employment environments.