Western Digital Chief Staff Product Officer 

United States, California, San Jose 

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You will be central to how the product organization operates—streamlining processes, aligning resources, and helping translate vision into results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner directly with the Chief Product Officer to drive strategy execution, streamline operations, and manage key priorities across Western Digital’s product lines
• Lead and coordinate high-impact, cross-functional programs, including independent execution of time-sensitive or strategically critical initiatives, must be a change agent
• Act as a primary liaison for the CPO with internal stakeholders, executive leadership, and external partners, ensuring alignment and timely communication
• Participate in financial planning activities including budgeting, headcount forecasting, and strategic investment alignment
• Deliver strategic insights, data-driven analysis, and recommendations to improve product performance and organizational effectiveness
• Build and maintain operational systems that improve decision-making, communication, and execution across the product organization
• Prepare executive-level presentations, board materials, and product strategy documents in collaboration with the CPO
• Ensure accountability and progress on key initiatives by managing follow-through, reporting, and priority tracking across departments

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in program/project management, strategy, or business operations in a technology company
• Strong understanding of Western Digital’s products, technologies, and industry landscape , especially around enterprise and cloud data storage
• Demonstrated capability in workforce planning, financial modeling, and cross-functional coordination
• High financial acumen with experience supporting P&L, budgeting, and strategic investment planning
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and align senior stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in dynamic, fast-paced environments with complex, cross-functional challenges
• Highly analytical and results-driven; capable of making fast, informed decisions with incomplete information
• Executive presence, professionalism, and discretion in handling confidential business matters

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience as Chief of Staff or in a strategic role supporting a C-level executive
• Experience in enterprise hardware, storage, or infrastructure markets
• Familiarity with product development methodologies and lifecycle planning
• Advanced degree (MBA or MS in technical field) is a plus

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.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, 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.