Western Digital Director Global Employee Relations 

United States, California, San Jose 

282680871

Responsibilities:

• Lead the global employee relations strategy to ensure alignment with corporate goals and objectives across the Americas, APAC and EMEA regions
• Deliver an effective global ER coverage model to support cyclical volume of cases, investigations, and negotiations
• Strengthen team capability, leveraging a consistent framework and driving for quality case reviews, closure and report out
• Develop and execute on a knowledge management strategy for our global policies, including a governance process to ensure policies are current and maintained by the respective owners
• Provide regular reports and updates to senior leadership, including key issues, challenges and action plan
• Advise leadership on employee relations challenges, trends and matters affecting the workforce, ensuring compliance with local labor laws, company policies and industry standards
• Partner with the HR Leader Support team in developing and implementing tools, resources and training related to performance management for managers overseeing employees in an office environment as well as those overseeing large, hourly manufacturing populations
• Manage complex employee relations cases, including grievances, investigations, disciplinary actions and terminations
• Analyze data sets to look for and anticipate trends within employee relations with the intent to proactively develop programs and practices that mitigate issues and create the best employee experience
• Manage Union related activities in multiple Asia sites and labor relations strategies, partnering closely with legal and the business proactively and during negotiations
• Partner with the broader HR, Legal and Security teams in creating and implementing integrated solutions for employee-related issues

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in HR or a related field with 10+ years of progressive experience required, including leading Employee Relations or a related function across multiple regions; technology and manufacturing experience strongly preferred
• Ability to think strategically and manage projects with a global scope and diverse cultural considerations
• Strong knowledge of global labor laws, compliance issues, and employee relations best practices across multiple regions
• Proven track record in managing complex employee relations issues and developing effective solutions
• Experience working with unions, works councils, and employee representative bodies in a global context preferred
• Systems thinking with the ability to define connections and interdependencies
• Goal-oriented, proactive, resourceful, accountable and passionate about driving results
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with the flexibility to adapt to changing business needs

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.