VP, HR Business Partner

Summary

Join Western Digital as the VP, HR Business Partner, a strategic advisor to the business and leader of a team of HRBPs supporting Engineering and other client groups. You will partner with the business to achieve people strategy goals, support talent development, and lead HR transformation. Reporting to the CHRO, you will guide executive teams, champion company-wide people strategies, and collaborate with global HR. This role requires extensive HR experience, leadership skills, and a deep understanding of the technology industry. Western Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in human resources management or related field preferred or equivalent experience
• 15+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources consulting C-suite executives in a technology related business, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• 8+ years leading/managing teams
• Goal-oriented, accountable, and passionate about driving results
• Demonstrated success in developing progressive global strategies and driving continuous improvement of people experiences in a global workplace
• Experience successfully designing, facilitating, and leading people and business transformation activities with executive stakeholders and cross-functional ecosystem partners
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and collaborative skills across levels with an ability to persuade, influence, and build enthusiasm and commitment
• Proven track record of influencing, leading, and facilitating large scale strategic initiatives with multiple senior stakeholders (exec leadership team and business leadership sponsors)
• Strong business insight and acumen with a keen ability to quickly assimilate new information and leverage data and analysis to facilitate business decisions
• Experience working and navigating globally with direct experience in Asia Pacific cultures and business markets
• Demonstrates an inclusive leadership style with an emphasis on results and developing high performing team members
• An agile and continuous learner with personal resilience and an ability to lead through ambiguity and change

Responsibilities

• Engage as a trusted advisor, coach and strategic people consultant to executive leaders and teams
• Leverage deep understanding of the business to effect change and achieve business outcomes by proactively diagnosing issues and developing people strategy and talent management practices aligned to the enterprise approach
• Actively engage with business leaders to build purpose-driven organizations that complements and aligns across the enterprise and ensures organization effectiveness and optimal org design, including aspects of org health (e.g., spans and layers)
• Drive the business talent agenda and provides clear leadership on talent management by building high-performing executive teams and strong alignment of leader behaviors and mindsets to a defined set of company expectations
• Maintain ongoing awareness of the external social, political, environmental, and macroeconomic trends affecting current and future workforce and proactively raise potential impacts and solutions
• Champion and ensure strong execution of company-wide people strategies and programs while providing the voice of the business and country-based needs
• Partner with executives on strategic planning and execution of executive hiring, reward decisions, succession planning, and development
• Lead and develop a strong, high-performing HR business partner team that has deep connections to the business and the company ecosystem (HR, Legal, Finance) to drive and create tangible business value
• Actively engage and collaborate with the HR leadership team to lead functional transformation, shape enterprise-wide strategic priorities, and drive positive business results
• Collaboratively engage across the global HR team and ecosystem sharing insights, offering thought leadership and a solution-oriented mindset, and participating on cross-functional priority teams

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in Japan, Thailand, India or Malaysia is a plus

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
• Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program
• Restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents