Executive Assistant to CEO

We are seeking a Senior Executive Assistant (EA) for the CEO of Western Digital.

Reporting to the CEO you will partner closely with the CEOs Chief of Staff to execute his office. You will be required to structure a working model with another EA to ensure coverage for the CEO across multiple time zones.

You will be instrumental in ensuring the executive office operates efficiently and effectively. You will be a thought partner and ambassador managing a complex calendar.

In this role you will be trusted to work with the highest level of confidentiality understanding the needs of a CEO while carefully balancing relationship building across the business and with external stakeholders. You will need to be organized and innovative while thriving in a fast-paced environment. You must have a can-do attitude and be willing to roll your sleeves.

Supporting a CEO for a company spread across the globe you will need to be flexible with working hours and self-time management will be necessary. Being able to work alone or as part of a team is vital.

You will need the ability to ensure the CEOs office is easy to work with and approachable whilst at the same time being able to balance competing priorities and ensuring the utmost level of professionalism.

Written and verbal communication skills taking initiative and attention to detail are imperatives as is having a sense of humor!

Serving as the lead for the EAs who support the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) you will collaborate closely with all offices reporting to the CEO.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Calendar Management: ensure the CEOs time is used to best support the goals of his office and WD. You must be able to manage a complex calendar with ease ensuring it is up to date at all times.
• Travel: Manage the CEOs complex travel needs including planning optimum travel arrangements arranging ground transport and hotel arrangements processing of passports visas etc.
• Briefing Documents: In partnership with the CEOs Communications team you will manage briefing documents for key internal/external meetings and create briefing packets for business trips.
• Communication: Facilitate seamless communication between the CEO and internal/external stakeholders.
• Partnerships: Be proactive in working with the ELT EA community to address issues manage schedule conflicts etc.
• General Enquiries: Act as the source for enquiries into the CEOs office ensuring timely responses and the ability to refer routine matters to appropriate parties.
• Tool Management: Manage expense reports SOWs and POs and be savvy with WDs internal tools such as M365 Co-Pilot OneDrive etc.
• Board of Directors: Interaction with the WD Board of Directors as required.
• Projects: Partner with Chief of Staff on special projects as needed.
• Relationship Building: Build strong relationships across all levels of the organization and with key external partners.
• Leadership: Cascade information to administrative team members as appropriate while serving as the lead EA to EAs supporting other ELT members.
• Community: Build the necessary communities to further drive your own development and to support your peers across the business.

Qualifications :

Required:

• Minimum of 10 years supporting a CEO of a large public company.
• Experience in liaising with a Board of Directors for a large public company.
• Advanced knowledge of desktop computer applications such as Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint One Drive SharePoint.
• Ability to carefully manage the time of the CEO whilst ensuring his office is approachable and easy to deal with.
• Highly organized resourceful and detail-oriented.
• Thrives under pressure and adapts quickly to changing priorities.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks at the same time.
• Proactive resourceful and solutions-oriented.
• Ability to work unsupervised and at a fast pace.
• Utmost integrity and professionalism.
• Must be a team player able to work across multiple different teams.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide other admins as well as partner with peers for shared success.
• Executive presence and excellent judgment.
• High emotional intelligence and interpersonal acumen.
• Daily presence at WDs San Jose Great Oaks office is required and the role may include some domestic and international travel.

Skills:

• Excellent time management skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

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 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 be1/23/26 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 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 Digitals 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 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.

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 .

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time