Company Description

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, and SanDisk® Professional brands.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

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

Job Description

The Vice President Transformation will partner with the corporate leadership team and lead transformation initiatives across the organization. The primary responsibility it to lead the Western Digital transformation program to accelerate innovation, drive efficiencies, modernize the way we operate, and to secure our competitive advantage. Further, the leader will also partner with the Chief Strategy Officer to evaluate strategic growth alternatives, including: mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, license agreements, and strategic investments that support the company's overall business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

Set up transformationLead the transformation office and build a matrixed team of workstream leads. Make day-to-day transformation program level decisions, track results, and coordinate governance processAct as a "challenge and support" partner to senior executives and their teams to help achieve targeted results.Lead and mentor the transformation teamLead implementationCollaborate with cross-functional teams to execute the company wide transformation programEnsure initiatives move into implementation and drive fast, pragmatic execution.Lead the execution of specific initiativesServe as a support function, allowing line functions to focus on implementation.Report and course correctTrack initiative progress to create transparency and enable better, faster decision-making and results predictability.Provide consistency in internal discussions and Board updates.Foster a culture of continuous improvementBe a key thought partner for CSO on wide range of business, technology and operations topics

Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including the strategy and corporate development team and the initiative owners of the transformation program.

QualificationsBachelor's degree minimum; MBA/MS preferred.Minimum of 10 years of experience in finance, strategy or investment bankingProven track record of leading transformation initiatives and driving business growth.Ability to challenge initiative owners in a constructive way with respect to overall feasibility and impact of initiativesBroad set of influencing skills (ability to influence people and strategic direction without direct control and/or authority)Self-driven with a high level of motivation and determinationWillingness to work in a fast-paced “private equity like”  environmentStrong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.Excellent leadership and communication abilities, strong financial skillsTechnology industry background

Skills:

Strategic thinking and planningFinancial modeling and analysisProject managementRisk managementLeadership and team developmentEffective communication and stakeholder engagement

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe 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.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 03/28/2025 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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