Western Digital Director Benefits 

United States, California, San Jose 

179687487

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

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop overall employee benefits strategy and effective execution of the global benefit programs, including health and welfare, retirement, and wellness programs.
• Provide guidance to regional total rewards managers and local HR regarding global benefits principles and processes. Examples include benefits design strategies and analysis, plan renewals, policies, benefits at termination, peer company principles, and position-to-market principles.
• Scale and streamline the administration of benefits plans and programs to ensure efficient operations while keeping the employees’ experience front and center.
• Develop, maintain, and scale US and international health and welfare benefits strategies while providing benefits that meet diverse employees’ needs based on local regulations, company culture, and business requirements.
• Develop and prepare scorecards, metrics, and reports for management.
• Provide leadership and partner with external benefits vendors (i.e., brokers, consultants, insurance carriers, record-keepers, trustee etc.) and legal counsel to ensure that benefits plans are compliant with all government regulations.
• Implement a communications strategy to ensure employees understand and effectively utilize offerings.
• Organize, create, and maintain standard operating procedures, including system and process documentation.
• Evaluate vendor performance and ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
• Stay abreast of market trends, industry best practices and regulatory changes to ensure competitiveness and innovation in benefits offerings with feasible improvements.
• Lead committees as needed in conjunction with business stakeholders (e.g., US 401(k) committee, etc.).

• Proven track record, influential leadership across the organization, and relationship building with stakeholders. Ability to work with other areas such as HR Business Partners, Finance, Communications, HR Shared Services and communicate in concise way.
• Demonstrated flexibility and efficient time management with the ability to prioritize workload to operate in a face-paced environment with competing priorities.
• Knowledge of integrating benefits technology solutions with IT, HRIS payroll, vendors, and insurance carriers. Workday experience highly desired.
• Experience in design and implementation of benefits programs across multiple geographies with M&A experience.
• Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written.
• Minimum ten (10) plus years of experience in benefits plan design with a focus on building and managing business aligned benefit programs; preferably gained while working for a global, complex matrixed organization or equivalent.