Senior Executive Compensation Manager

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

Western Digital is seeking an Executive Compensation, Senior Manager to join our fast-paced global Total Rewards team.

This role reports to the Director, Executive Compensation and helps oversee executive compensation initiatives and/or programs and develops, implements, and administers executive compensation policy and practices.

The right candidate will have the ability to analyze complex problems and utilize that data to communicate findings and influence decision making at senior executive and Board levels.

The successful candidate can multi-task and meet deadlines, is highly collaborative, displays excellent communication skills – both written and verbal – is an active listener, has strong analytical skills and can synthesize different data and viewpoints and understands the global context inclusive of workplace trends in our competitive environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with the Director, Executive Compensation and the outside Compensation Advisory firm to develop, analyze and execute competitive total compensation programs for our executive leaders. Competitive total compensation programs include base pay, short-term incentive plans, long-term incentive plans, retention programs and severance plans, as well as any other programs and benefits related to the executive leadership team.
• Conduct ongoing global market analysis of long-term incentives, build ranges and participation in third-party or custom surveys. Monitor trends and provide thought leadership regarding the attraction and retention of talent.
• Manages the administration of our global LTI compensation programs including time-based equity (RSUs) and cash plans, vesting schedules and monthly award grant process and approval preparation. Collaborate with finance, stock administration, and other departments to ensure seamless integration and alignment of LTI programs with company policies and objectives.
• Acts as internal consultant/advisor HR staff and senior leaders. Makes recommendations to senior leaders on executive compensation issues.
• Support with the preparation of materials for the Compensation and Talent Committee of the organization’s Board of Directors.
• Partner with legal and the outside Compensation Advisor Firm to support the preparation of the Executive Compensation sections of the proxy statement, including CD&A, proxy tables and CEO pay ratio.
• Support overall compensation programs such as merit, short-term and long-term incentive processes. Create materials to effectively communicate compensation programs, policies and practices to leaders.
• Can conduct research on exec compensation, including review of public-company proxies and other SEC filings. Should be familiar with standard research platforms, including Equilar and Capital IQ.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree plus equivalent work experience and relevant qualifications; CCP preferred.
• Proven experience working in a global environment supporting executive compensation, partnering across functions and geographies to achieve results in a fast moving, dynamic environment preferably within high-tech or manufacturing industries.
• Strong understanding of executive compensation principles, general industry practices, regulations, and both historical and current market trends.
• Extensive work experience in equity programs and executive compensation.
• Working knowledge of high-tech surveys as a Aon Radford SEC filings, Equilar and Capital IQ.
• Self-starter and have the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines and large-scale projects with heavy modeling.
• Must possess effective communication skills and executive presence to advise and influence C-Suite executives.
• Demonstrated ability to act with discretion, confidentiality, and good judgment. Must operate with the highest legal and ethical standards.
• Ability to think creatively and strategically to align compensation strategies with business goals.
• Advanced proficiency working with Microsoft Suite and good familiarity in Workday HCM and Advanced Compensation module.
• Analytical mindset and ability to manage large, complex data sets and heavy modeling.

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 09-30-25 (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

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York.  This range may be modified in the future.
• If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws.  You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.

• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either Western Digital’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) 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. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under 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.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including 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; and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Notice To Candidates: Please be aware that Western Digital and its subsidiaries will never request payment as a condition for applying for a position or receiving an offer of employment. Should you encounter any such requests, please report it immediately to Western Digital Ethics Helpline or email [email protected].