Western Digital Director Corporate Strategy & Business Transformation 

United States, California, San Jose 

176849259

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

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Set up transformation program office
  • Support the leader in setting up the transformation office and building a matrixed team of workstream leads across the company including an efficient governance model. Support day-to-day transformation program level decisions, track and report results, and coordinate governance process for assigned initiatives.
• Support transformation program implementation
  • Collaborate with initiative/workstream owners and cross-functional teams to execute the company wide transformation program.
  • Ensure initiatives move into implementation and drive fast, pragmatic execution.
  • Lead the actual execution of specific initiatives in partnership with workstream owners
  • Serve as a support function to workstream owners, allowing line functions to focus on efficient implementation.
• Lead transformation program reporting
  • Track and report initiative progress to create transparency and enable better, faster decision-making and results predictability, both for initiative teams and for senior executive leadership consumption.
  • Ensure consistency between internal discussions and Board updates.

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering; MBA/MS from top tier institution preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of experience with strong exposure to strategic transformation, experience in top tier management consulting/investment bank followed by technology company preferred
• Proven experience in successfully orchestrating/program-managing complex, company-wide, cross-functional transformation programs and delivering results at or beyond expectations.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced “private equity like” environment
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Excellent leadership and communication abilities, strong financial skills

Skills:

• Strategic thinking and planning
• Financial modeling and analysis
• Project/program management
• Risk management
• Leadership and team development
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement

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.