Senior Project Manager

Summary

Join Western Digital as a Senior Project Manager and lead critical HR projects in a fast-paced tech environment. You will manage end-to-end HR projects, collaborate with stakeholders, drive change initiatives, and ensure compliance. Responsibilities include resource and budget management, performance metric reporting, and project standardization. This role requires 7+ years of project management experience, including 3+ years in HR within a tech environment, a bachelor's degree, and proficiency in project management tools. Remote candidates are welcome to apply.

Requirements

• 7+ years of project management experience, with at least 3 years in HR-related projects within a tech environment
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Project Management, or a related field
• Strong understanding of HR operations, employee lifecycle management, HRIS platforms, and data-driven HR strategies
• Proficiency in Agile and Waterfall methodologies and tools like Jira, Asana, Monday.com, or Smartsheet
• Ability to drive cross-functional teams, manage competing priorities, and present to senior executives
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills to navigate complex HR and organizational challenges
• Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth tech companies with evolving priorities

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end HR projects, such as talent acquisition strategies, performance management enhancements, benefits renewal, focal cycle programs, and employee engagement programs
• Act as a strategic partner to HR, IT, Finance, and business leaders to drive alignment and successful execution of HR priorities
• Lead change initiatives to support organizational growth, and workforce transformations, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum adoption
• Ensure HR projects align with labor laws, data privacy regulations, and company policies, mitigating risks related to compliance and employee relations through partnership with Legal and Compliance teams
• Oversee project budgets, timelines, and resource allocation to drive efficiency and cost-effectiveness
• Establish KPIs to measure the success of HR initiatives, leveraging insights to continuously refine strategies
• Creating and refining project playbooks and processes to ensure HR programs are consistent, repeatable, and scalable

Preferred Qualifications

PMP, PMI-ACP, or HR certifications (SHRM-CP, SPHR)

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
• Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan
• Annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents