Western Digital Senior Manager Physical Security 

United States, California, San Jose 

167977002

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Management and oversight for the implementation, maintenance and development of consistent security programs, procedures, systems and technology, across all sites within country, ensuring the security and safety of Western Digital personnel, visitors, facilities, data and assets
• Provide effective management and leadership to on-site security teams, including supporting the development, growth and performance of their team
• Work closely with key stakeholders to develop a comprehensive, consistent, compliant security training and awareness program across sites
• Managerial responsibility for site security performance, KPI’s and performance metrics. Oversight of site security financial budget planning and forecasting
• Collaborate, communicate and engage with multiple local, regional and global security partners and stakeholders, developing effective working relationships to ensure superior operational outcomes, security service delivery and policy alignment
• Oversee delivery of physical security and CapEx projects involving multiple internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment to specified strategic objectives, timelines and budget constraints
• Proactively identify security good practice, gaps, vulnerabilities, driving improvement and development across all areas of security delivery, related capital projects, supported events and requests from other business units
• Utilize technology and data analytics to enhance security operations and risk management
• Provide managerial support to multiple internal and external site audits and compliance processes, including the tracking, monitoring and delivery of improvement measures aligned to findings
• Occasional country and regional travel to support sites

Required:

• A minimum of 7 years related work experience within security, safety, and/or risk management, with at least 4 years in a managerial capacity
• Experience of leading, developing and growing a diverse, high performing distributed team / workforce
• Familiarity with laws, regulations and industry standards related to security and safety in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of security programs and emerging technologies including access control, CCTV systems and related processes in a distributed campus environment
• Demonstrate a commitment to continued professional development within the security sector

Preferred:

• Preferred experience is through delivering security programs within a corporate environment. Alternatively, experience within a security organization, law enforcement, military, intelligence, public service or risk management environment would be considered
• Experience of security vendor management including contract negotiation, KPI’s and quarterly review
• A bachelor’s degree or higher in security, risk management, safety, business or a related field

Skills

• A motivated team leader with a sense of urgency, ownership and initiative in independently determining and completing critical actions
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Ability to communicate, collaborate and quickly develop effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and at all levels of a professional, corporate environment
• A strong commitment to growing and developing a cohesive team
• A developed, current, professional network of peer thought leaders from within government, security, safety and risk management industry
• Professionally recognized certifications, affiliation, membership and/or recent relevant CPD learning through an accredited safety / security body
• IT skills, with a focus on MS 0365 including SharePoint, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. A requirement to learn and use internal reporting systems
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.

• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either Western Digital’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance, depending on your role and your performance. You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.