Western Digital Senior Director Product Management 

United States, California, San Jose 

439905798

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

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain tight relationships with key customers , deeply understanding their needs and motivations.
• Develop and execute a product roadmap that addresses customer challenges and delivers profitable, market-leading solutions .
• Serve as the customer’s advocate within the company, ensuring internal teams align with their goals.
• Drive strategic planning by synthesizing customer input, market trends, and technical insights into clear, actionable strategies.
• Lead and inspire a team of product experts and contributors to execute on customer goals.
• Present compelling strategies and tradeoffs to executive stakeholders and customer leadership.
• Navigate complex problems with many unknowns, breaking them down into simple, actionable plans .
• Balance competing priorities, weighing customer needs, technical feasibility, and business goals .
• Build consensus across cross-functional teams and secure buy-in for critical initiatives.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Enterprise storage expertise with a strong foundation in either HDD or SSD technologies.
  • If no HDD experience, extensive interaction with enterprise SSDs and cloud environments is required.
• Cloud experience : Understanding how storage is used in the cloud and its integration into enterprise solutions.
• Strategic situational awareness : Ability to decipher unspoken customer needs, synthesize insights, and uncover opportunities.
• Strong big-picture thinking : Balance long-term strategy with immediate problem-solving.
• Excellent communication skills : Clearly articulate complex ideas to varied audiences and build compelling presentations.
• Proven ability to run executive-level meetings , influence stakeholders, and drive decisions.
• Exceptional customer obsession , with a deep understanding of their needs and a passion for solving problems.
• Demonstrated ownership : Ability to drive cross-functional teams to deliver results on time and on plan.
• Strong enterprise orientation , finding win-win outcomes and working collaboratively across teams.
• Leadership experience , with the ability to inspire, develop, and build high-performing teams.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills.
• Preferred Qualifications
• 10+ years of work experience in a technical role
• 5+ years of team leadership
• Technical degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
• MBA or equivalent experience is an asset.

What You Bring

• Experience forming and executing strategies for enterprise storage solutions.
• A proven track record of successfully balancing priorities across technology, customer needs, and business goals.
• Situational awareness and the ability to drive actionable outcomes from ambiguity.
• Exceptional listening skills, a problem-solving mindset, and a customer-first orientation.

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.