At Western Digital, our history is rich. Our customer-base is prolific. Our patent portfolio is one of the most valuable in the world. And, we are charting an exciting future as we “Create what’s next.” It’s an opportunity-rich time to be at Western Digital (WDC), and it’s through our mission of unlocking the potential of data by harnessing the possibility to use it that we’ll achieve our purpose of being the world’s iconic data storage company. At the core of this digital transformation is a focus on human potential. Be part of the People Solutions (Human Resources) team leading the way for how we attract, develop, and engage talent to live out our values of thinking big, creating possibility, making it happen, and doing it together.

It’s through cutting edge technologies that position us as a leading innovator in data storage that impact the lives of billions of people every day. Join the People Solutions leadership team, as VP, People & Business Partner, providing strategic people consultation to the leaders of our Flash Business and Technology & Strategy group. In this role, you will report to the Chief People & Inclusion Officer and lead a team of People Partners. You will partner with the business to execute and realize the goals of our people strategy and support the strategic direction of the talent development and enablement needs of a fast-changing industry and global workforce.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership of the global data governance function.
• Develop and implement a shared vision/strategy for scalable, effective and usable Data Governance in partnership with Business leaders and the VP of Analytics Data Platform.
• Build strong partnerships with business leadership from exec level to middle management across business functions and produce a data governance roadmap.
• Align data strategy to business goals. Enable business intelligence capabilities to influence business strategy through data-driven decision making, including predictive forms of BI.
• Create and gain consensus for enterprise data governance principles including data ownership, access, quality, privacy/security, compliance and certification.
• Be a role model for client/customer centricity for the entire data engineering and analytics team.
• Foster a culture of providing actionable business insights and measurable ROI of data operations to cross-functional leaders.
• Facilitate the strategies and implementation of the data component of the strategic split of Flash and HDD organizations.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience as a hands-on data leader in a technology organization.
• A solid foundation in data management and analytics, with specific expertise in data governance. Demonstrated success building and leading vision, strategy, and execution for data management with a focus on data governance as a key component.
• History of success implementing data governance programs, with the ability to demonstrate the business impact of such initiatives.
• Experience successfully managing cross-functional relationships with senior functional leaders.
• History of action-biased approach to delivery of high performance, transparent data management capabilities, underscored by continuous improvement.
• Ability to lead in a hands-on manner, sweat the details and scale to an enterprise level.
• Demonstrated ability to develop short- and long-term strategies.
• Experience in leading direct and highly matrixed orgs of 20+ team members.
• Strong oral and written communication skills to influence stakeholders.
• Experienced producing results in an agile development methodology environment.

WD COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

At Western Digital, we thrive on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe that the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe that the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect, and contribution.

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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 Virgin Pulse Program; 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.