Director, Leadership Development

Director Leadership Development

We are seeking a strategic and seasoned leadership development expert to drive the growth of our Director Senior Director and VP-level leaders. This role will lead the design and delivery of impactful individual and team development experiences that strengthen our leadership bench align with our business strategy and reflect our company values.

The ideal candidate brings a deep understanding of leadership development organizational effectiveness and executive facilitation coupled with the ability to influence and collaborate across a complex fast-paced environment. You will work closely with senior HR partners and business leaders to create scalable solutions that elevate leadership effectiveness and drive enterprise impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop a Leadership Framework
  Build and evolve a company-wide leadership framework that articulates the core capabilities behaviors and expectations for leaders at all levelsanchored in our business goals and values.
• Design Leadership Development Programs
  Lead the creation and implementation of innovative leadership development programs for Director through VP levels. Use a variety of methods such as cohort-based learning leader-led sessions coaching job rotations and on-the-job experiences.
• Facilitate Leadership Experiences
  Deliver high-impact leadership development experiences (in-person and virtual) that promote self-awareness real-time feedback reflection and coaching. Create psychologically safe environments that enable authentic leadership growth.
• Blended & Scalable Learning Solutions
  Develop and deploy individual leadership journeys that integrate blended learning approaches including live sessions virtual experiences and self-paced content.
• Team Effectiveness & Development
  Design and lead multi-phase team development experiences including assessments action planning and facilitated learning sessions to improve leadership team dynamics and performance.
• Measure Leadership Impact
  Use 360 feedback tools and other data sources to assess leadership effectiveness and inform continuous improvement. Establish clear metrics to evaluate the impact of programs on leader capability and business performance.
• Partner to Develop Top Talent
  Collaborate with HR Business Partners and senior leaders to identify top talent and provide targeted development experiences. Support succession planning by building readiness of key individuals for critical leadership roles.
• Drive Senior Leader Accountability
  Engage and influence senior leaders to take ownership for developing their teams leveraging tools and frameworks to build a culture of continuous development and feedback.

Qualifications :

• 10 years of progressive experience in leadership development organizational development or talent management with at least 5 years in a people leadership role (preferably managing leaders)
• Deep expertise in adult learning leadership theory team dynamics and executive development
• Proven ability to design and facilitate leadership programs across multiple modalities (in-person virtual multi-session experiential)
• Demonstrated experience using data and analytics to measure program effectiveness and drive continuous improvement
• Strong command of leadership assessment tools (e.g. 360 feedback) and coaching frameworks
• Technologically fluent with experience in using digital platforms learning management systems and content curation tools
• Strong business acumen and ability to align leadership development initiatives with organizational strategy
• Proven ability to influence and engage leaders at all levels particularly senior and executive leadership
• Collaborative and systems-thinking mindset with the ability to co-create solutions with HRBPs business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders

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 gender-related 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 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 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.

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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.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digitals Short-Term 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 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 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; 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 Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.