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Western Digital

Makes hard drives for cloud and AI data centers

Learning and Development Manager

Learning & DevelopmentConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeFujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan¥9M - ¥12M /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Education, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Five to ten years of experience in Learning and Development, Talent Development, or a closely related human resources function, including at least three years focused on program design and stakeholder advisory work.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and delivering learning programs that address capability gaps at scale.
  • Native or near-native Japanese language proficiency and business-level English proficiency sufficient for global collaboration and cross-functional communication with global teams.
  • Ability to build trusted working relationships with senior business leaders and translate business priorities into learning solutions.
  • Ability to assess organizational capability gaps and translate findings into structured, prioritized learning roadmaps.
  • Ability to adapt global learning content to Japanese cultural and workplace norms while preserving the intent and quality of the original design.
  • Ability to communicate learning to technical and non-technical learners across seniority levels in Japanese and English.
  • Comfort operating with ambiguity in an evolving program space and building learning and development infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Japan business unit leaders to align local learning needs with global priorities and organizational transformation objectives.
  • Work closely with human resources business partners, human resources experience partners, and operations partners to address challenges in Japan and ensure programs are relevant to the Japanese business context.
  • Advise senior Japan stakeholders on training needed for workforce readiness, translating capability needs into practical learning recommendations connected to business performance and competitive positioning.
  • Analyze Japan-specific knowledge, skills, and behavior gaps and develop a multi-year learning roadmap that supports immediate needs and long-term business objectives.
  • Design and deliver blended learning solutions, including in-person workshops, virtual instructor-led sessions, and self-directed digital content, across employee populations at all levels in Japan.
  • Facilitate learning experiences in Japanese and English, adapting global curricula to Japanese workplace norms, communication styles, and learner expectations.
  • Measure learning effectiveness through defined metrics, including completion rates, behavioral indicators, and manager-reported capability change, and monitor progress with the Japan human resources team.
  • Coordinate with the global Talent, Development and Inclusion team to localize enterprise learning frameworks, contribute Japan market insight to global program design, and maintain consistency with global learning standards.
  • Identify and manage external learning vendors or content partners when in-house capacity requires supplementation, and own the quality and relevance of third-party learning content deployed in Japan.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience designing learning programs for technology adoption or digital transformation initiatives.
  • Exposure to instructional design methodologies such as ADDIE and design thinking for learning, and adult learning principles applied to technical subject matter.
  • Experience working in a global matrixed organization and coordinating with geographically distributed human resources or learning and development teams.
  • Coaching or facilitation certification relevant to adult learning.
  • Experience in a mid-to-large multinational technology or manufacturing company.

About the Company

Western Digital

Makes hard drives for cloud and AI data centers

Western Digital, which goes by WD, designs and makes hard disk drives, mostly the high-capacity models that cloud and AI data centers use to store huge amounts of data cheaply. In 2013, its HGST unit shipped the first helium-filled hard drives, which fit more disks into each drive and use less power. Its drives store data on stacks of spinning magnetic disks, and the lineup runs from Ultrastar data center drives to WD Red and WD Purple drives for home servers and security cameras. WD makes its money selling these drives to cloud companies, PC makers, and retail shoppers. Western Digital was founded in 1970 and is based in San Jose, California, and in 2025 it spun off its flash memory business as Sandisk.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Jose, CA
Founded
1970

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