Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition

Summary

Join Western Digital's team as Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition, reporting to the Chief People Officer. You will lead the global talent acquisition organization, collaborating with business leaders to meet talent demands. Responsibilities include developing a cohesive recruitment strategy, modernizing people insights, and building a world-class organization. You will partner with executives and stakeholders to align talent acquisition with company strategy, optimize processes, and develop talent planning models. The role also involves building diversity and inclusion programs and leveraging digital technologies for recruitment. This leadership position requires extensive experience in global talent acquisition and a strong understanding of diverse talent markets.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience leading and empowering a global talent acquisition organization with an emphasis on building high performing teams and an inclusive culture
• Experience working and navigating globally with direct experience in Asia and manufacturing required; technology industry experience strongly preferred
• Strong business acumen and proven experience in a senior leadership role partnering and influencing key stakeholders across the business in driving and aligning talent acquisition strategy with company strategy
• Strong, sound point of view on how diversity, equity and inclusion can contribute to a company's success and experience embedding that point of view in talent acquisition programs
• An understanding of the highly competitive and evolving talent markets and an unyielding passion to provide the ultimate candidate experience
• Highly analytical and metrics driven; the ability to derive insights from data and strategically build a narrative that influences and advances business decisions
• Proven success in delivering consistent results under time pressures while navigating complexity and competing priorities
• Demonstrated interpersonal and relationship building skills, and a successful track record of establishing credibility and trust with a diverse client group
• Adept at presenting and communicating in a simple and compelling manner to all levels of the organization
• Excellent collaboration skills; a team player

Responsibilities

• Build collaborative partnerships with the Executive Team, business leaders and key stakeholders to develop an innovative, cohesive recruitment strategy that aligns with the organization's strategy, growth priorities and workforce plans
• Inspire, develop and elevate global Talent Acquisition team members by cultivating a team culture of ongoing learning, collaboration and a drive for excellence
• Develop and operationalize a talent planning model in partnership with the business to enable the creation of both short-term and long-term recruiting plans
• Optimize global talent acquisition processes, tools and technology to drive maximum efficiency and effectiveness that result in an amazing experience for candidates and the business
• Develop and operationalize a recruiting capacity planning model to balance hiring resources and ensure the right resource allocation is supporting business needs
• Establish a strategic point of view on building and providing people insights through data to support the business and leaders in driving business decisions
• With a lens on diversity, equity and inclusion, build out talent acquisition programs that are creative, transformative and supports the long-term goals and vision of the company
• Collaborate across HR and the business to co-create a diversity hiring strategy and execution plan that advances our diversity talent agenda across the organization
• Partner with Strategic Communications on building a compelling employer brand strategy that is aligned to our company's vision, values and culture and is attractive to a diverse pool of talented applicants
• Leverage digital technologies and social media to engage and connect with a diverse pool of talented applicants in a modern and progressive way

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