Executive Assistant to the Chief of Global Operations
Executive Assistant to the Chief of Global Operations
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Job Description
We are seeking an Executive Assistant (EA) to the Chief of Global Operations at Western Digital (WD) to partner closely with the executive and senior members of the leadership team across the globe.
You are expected to work with the highest level of confidentiality understanding the needs of the executive and fostering relationships across the business to deliver desired outcomes. You need to be organized and innovative able to balance competing priorities in a fastpaced environment. You must be willing to pitch in and work collaboratively to execute effectively and efficiently.
You need to be a selfstarter and detailoriented with superior written and verbal communication skills. You have a strong executive presence and can maintain the utmost level of professionalism.
Supporting an executive for a company spread across the globe at times you will need to be flexible with working hours and selftime management will be necessary. Daily inoffice presence at WDs Great Oaks office is required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Calendar Management:Ensure the leaders time is well organized and used to best support the goals of group and the broader company.
- Meeting Planning and Organization:Assist the leader in the planning and organizing of internal and external meetings team off sites country visits and other meetings.
- General Inquiries:Act as the source for inquiries into the leaders office and the ability to refer routine matters to appropriate parties.
- Correspondence/Approvals:Act as a proxy for communications and approvals where applicable.
- Tool Management:Manage expense reports Statements of Work and Purchase Orders and become savvy with WDs internal tools such as M365 CoPilot etc.
- Briefing Documents:Manage briefing documents for key internal/external meetings and create briefing packets for business trips.
- Projects:Partners with key stakeholders within the group and other senior leaders on special projects as needed.
- Travel:Manage the leaders travel needs including planning optimum travel arrangements
- Community:Build the necessary communities to further drive your own development and to support your peers across the business.
Qualifications :
REQUIRED
- Advanced knowledge of desktop computer applications such as Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint One Drive SharePoint
- Highly organized resourceful and detailoriented
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks at the same time
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Utmost integrity and professionalism
SKILLS
- Must be a team player able to work across multiple different teams
- Ability to carefully manage the time of the executive while also ensuring openness being approachable and easy to deal with
- Demonstrated ability to partner with peers for shared success
Additional Information :
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 persons gender identity gender expression and genderrelated appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons 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 nondiscrimination 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: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision ()
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 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 08/07/2025 (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.
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Compensation & Benefits Details
- An employees 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 nonexempt 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 participate in Western Digitals ShortTerm Incentive (STI) Plan 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 LongTerm 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 Digitals 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; taxadvantaged 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 Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
