HR Leader Support Specialist

Summary

Join Western Digital as a Leader Support Specialist and play a crucial role in coaching and empowering people leaders. You will provide guidance on core people management topics, ensuring compliance and offering real-time support. Collaborate with HR Business Partners, Employee Relations, Legal, and other HR teams to enhance leadership capabilities and cultivate a positive employee experience. This role involves implementing HR programs, managing compliance activities, coaching leaders, optimizing processes, supporting change management, and leveraging data-driven insights. The ideal candidate possesses extensive HR experience, strong coaching skills, and a deep understanding of HR policies and labor laws. Western Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7–10 years of experience in HR, with proven experience in an HR business partnering or Center of Excellence (CoE) role, focusing on senior leadership and people leader support
• Strong coaching and influencing skills, with the ability to guide leaders through complex people-related challenges
• Deep understanding of HR policies, compliance, employee relations, and labor laws in the U.S
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility with stakeholders at all levels
• Resilient and adaptable, with a continuous learning mindset and the ability to navigate ambiguity and manage multiple initiatives
• Strategic mindset with the ability to align HR initiatives with business objectives
• Ability to design, build and deliver scaled programs, including in-person experiences, virtual learning, diagnostics, coaching and community building for a global audience

Responsibilities

• Support the execution of key HR programs by ensuring leaders understand processes, expectations, and best practices
• Proactively assist in program rollouts and change management efforts
• Manage key compliance and audit activities in the US regarding labor and rules in partnership with Legal
• Partner with Legal and Employee Relations to ensure adherence to labor laws and internal policies
• Coach and equip leaders with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively manage their teams
• Provide real-time coaching and guidance to people leaders on key people management topics, including performance, attendance, misconduct, workforce planning, employee relations, and policy interpretation
• Contribute to the development of frameworks for leader support, ensuring consistency while allowing for regional adaptations in compliance with local laws
• Help leaders navigate organizational changes, communicate effectively, and mitigate resistance to change within their teams
• Leverage HR analytics to identify trends in leadership effectiveness, team dynamics, and organizational health
• Use data to inform coaching strategies and drive continuous improvement

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in facilitation, learning design, and content creation is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; Master’s degree or HR certification (e.g., PHR, SPHR) preferred

Benefits

• 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
• The Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
• 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
• RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards