Director, Organizational Development and Strategic Workforce Planning

Company Description

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®, ™ 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.

Job Description

The Director, Organizational Development and Strategic Workforce Planning will architect Western Digital's enterprise‑wide approach for Workforce Planning, Organization Design and Team Effectiveness. This role combines strategic thinking with hands‑on execution, requiring expertise in organizational design principles and workforce planning.

As a key partner to senior leadership and the HR community, you'll define how we approach organizational design and workforce planning across WD—then roll up your sleeves to make it happen. You'll build capability in our HRBPs while personally leading high‑impact initiatives that shape how we work.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Architecture

• Design and implement a scalable, enterprise‑wide organizational design, team effectiveness and workforce planning framework aligned to business objectives and growth trajectory.

• Act as trusted advisor to senior leadership, translating business strategy into organizational structure, capability requirements, and workforce implications.

• Develop predictive workforce models that identify talent gaps and risks, and future capability needs across critical roles and functions.

Framework Development & Enablement

• Create enterprise standards, tools, and methodologies for organizational design and strategic workforce planning that can be deployed consistently across WD.

• Build organizational design and workforce planning capabilities in HR business partners and people leaders through training, coaching, and hands‑on facilitation.

• Establish governance processes and decision frameworks that ensure organizational changes are data‑driven and strategically sound.

Execution & Advisory

• Partner directly with senior HR business partners to diagnose organizational effectiveness challenges and design fit‑for‑purpose solutions.

• Lead high‑visibility organizational design projects that restructure teams, clarify accountabilities, and optimize spans of control.

• Serve as primary designer and project lead on enterprise‑wide organizational development and effectiveness initiatives with significant business impact.

Data‑Driven Insights

• Partner with Workforce Analytics to translate workforce data into actionable insights on organizational health, talent distribution, and structural efficiency.

• Develop dashboards and reporting mechanisms that give leaders visibility into workforce composition, turnover risk, and readiness for future needs.

• Apply evidence‑based approaches to test and validate organizational design decisions before implementation.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in organizational design and strategic workforce planning, ideally in complex, matrixed environments.

• 7+ years leading enterprise‑wide organizational development and effectiveness initiatives with measurable business impact.

• Demonstrated expertise across multiple OD disciplines: organizational design, workforce planning, team effectiveness and change management.

Skills & Capabilities

• Exceptional business…