Senior Director, Strategy Operations

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™ Professional brands.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

We are seeking a highly strategic and execution-focused Senior Director, Strategy Operations to partner with our Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role designed not only to accelerate strategic alignment and execution across the enterprise—but also to serve as a developmental path to future General Management.

You will drive cross-functional business planning, shape and lead strategic initiatives, and serve as an extension of the executive office. As a force multiplier for the Strategy and Corporate Development function, the inidividual will integrate across product, engineering, corporate development, operations, marketing, and finance, driving both strategic clarity and business outcomes.

This is a rare opportunity for a dynamic business leader with deep strategic and operational acumen to build enterprise-wide experience, influence critical decisions, and gain broad exposure to the business with a path to senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Strategy & Execution

• Drive the strategy planning cadence for the Strategy & Corporate Development function, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and business area strategies.
• Incubate and lead high-impact cross-functional initiatives from concept to execution, including organic and inorganic growth opportunities.
• Analyze market, competitive, and internal data to generate strategic insights and shape go-forward decisions at the highest level.

Business Leadership & Operational Oversight

• Serve as a key advisor and business partner to the CSO, acting as an extension of executive leadership in forums with cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders.
• Own and evolve operational frameworks for performance tracking, business reviews, and investment prioritization across corporate development and product strategy.
• Drive accountability and transparency on critical initiatives; oversee program management for strategic efforts across the business.

Organizational Effectiveness & Talent Development

• Lead and manage a matrixed team of analysts, project managers, or business associates as needed, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Help shape the organizational structure, talent planning, and functional integration of teams aligned with Strategy and Corporate Development.
• Act as a culture carrier and leadership model for the broader organization.

Financial and Commercial Leadership

• Support business case development and financial modeling for new ventures, acquisitions, and strategic initiatives.
• Partner with finance and BU leaders on planning, resource allocation, and business optimization.
• Play a hands-on role in post-merger integration and commercialization strategy for acquired assets.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field; MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in strategy, business operations, corporate development, or P&L leadership roles at a global technology company.
• 5+ years in top-tier management consulting or corporate strategy functions with demonstrated impact.
• Deep understanding of enterprise technology, storage infrastructure, or cloud ecosystems.
• Proven experience influencing at the executive level, with exceptional storytelling and executive presence.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience evaluating and driving business growth opportunities.
• Skilled at building systems for scale—performance tracking, goal alignment, and business process design.
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, prioritize ruthlessly, and deliver measurable outcomes in complex environments.
• A leadership mindset with aspirations toward future General Management.

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.