Director – HR Business Partner

Job Description

Join Western Digital’s People Solutions team as a Director, Business & People Partner (BPP), providing strategic partnership to senior leaders in engineering and technology focused business units. In this highly visible and global role, you will lead a talented team of Business & People Partners to drive strategic initiatives that result in business value and impact. As a trusted advisor and consultant to senior leaders, you will help define a world class people strategy and plans that deliver sustained impact in attracting, engaging and developing our workforce.

This is an exciting time to join Western Digital!  If you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, where you can make an impact in shaping people initiatives, programs, and processes, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as a trusted advisor and strategic HR partner to one or more senior executives.
• Actively engage business leaders to plan and execute effective business strategies that align with global people solutions priorities and drive business results.
• Leverage deep understanding of the business to translate and drive clear business-focused talent, engagement and organizational strategies that achieve business outcomes, using data to drive insights and actions.
• Drive the BU talent agenda and provides leadership on talent management, including assessing, developing, coaching and rewarding global talent.
• Forge strong partnerships with teams across the People Solutions ecosystem, including COE and other partners to identify and deliver fit for purpose solutions.
• Facilitate change management initiatives with a focus on culture, inclusion, leadership capabilities and engagement.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent with Master’s degree or relevant certification preferred
• 10-12+ years of experience in Human Resources or relevant experience with at least 4-6 years leading/managing teams.
• Demonstrates an inclusive leadership style with an emphasis on results and developing high performing team members.
• Experience working and navigating matrixed and global teams – experience in working with teams in India, Israel and Asia are a plus.
• Demonstrated success in developing cutting edge global strategy and driving process improvements in a global workplace.
• Experience leading transformation and change initiatives.
• Proven track record of influencing, leading and facilitating large scale strategic initiatives with multiple senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and collaborative skills, including strong presentation skills, across levels, with an ability to persuade and influence, and the ability to build alignment, enthusiasm, and commitment.
• Goal-oriented, proactive, accountable and passionate about driving results.
• Strong team leadership expertise in coaching and developing others toward future professional growth and learning.
• Strong business and financial acumen.
• An agile and continuous learner with personal resilience and an ability to deal with ambiguity.