Executive Assistant to Chief Legal Officer

We are seeking an Executive Assistant (EA) for the Chief Legal Officer of Western Digital.

Reporting to the CLO you will partner closely with the CLOs Chief of Staff and other senior Legal leaders to execute the legal agenda.

In this role you will be trusted to work with the highest level of confidentiality understanding the needs of a CLO 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 pitch in and help others to execute effectively and efficiently.

You will need to have strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities. A strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to maintain the utmost level of discretion and professionalism is required.

The ability to take initiative and to work both independently and as part of a team is vital.

Supporting a CLO for a company spread across the globe at times you will need to be flexible with working hours and self-time management will be necessary.

Responsibilities:

• Calendar Management: ensure the CLOs time is well organized and used to best support the goals of legal and the broader company ensuring the CLOs complex calendar is up to date at all times.
• Meeting Planning and Organization: Assist the Legal Chief of Staff in the planning and organizing of internal and external meetings team offsites country visits and other meetings.
• General Enquiries: Act as the source for enquiries into the CLOs 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 SOWs and POs and be savvy with WDs internal tools such as M365 Co-Pilot OneDrive etc.
• Briefing Documents: Manage briefing documents for key internal/external meetings and create briefing packets for business trips.
• Communication: Facilitate seamless communication between the CLO and internal/external stakeholders.
• Projects: Partners with Legal Chief of Staff and other senior Legal leaders on special projects as needed.
• Travel: Manage the CLOs travel needs including planning optimum travel arrangements arranging ground transport and hotel arrangements processing of passports visas etc.
• Community: Build the necessary communities to further drive your own development and to support your peers across the business.
• Partnerships: Be proactive in working with the ELT EA community to address issues manage schedule conflicts etc.
• Board of Directors: Scheduling Board and committee meetings and meetings with management or other Board members and managing board travel and expenses.
• Relationship Building: Build strong relationships across all levels of the organization and with key external partners and Board of Directors.

Qualifications :

• Minimum of 8 years supporting an Executive Vice President / Senior Vice President (equivalent) of a large public company preferably a Chief Legal Officer
• Extensive experience 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
• 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
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Must be a team player able to work across multiple different teams
• Ability to carefully manage the time of the CLO while also ensuring legal is approachable and easy to deal with
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide other administrators as well as partner with peers for shared success
• Executive presence and excellent judgment.
• High emotional intelligence and interpersonal acumen.
• Daily presence at WDs Great Oaks office is required.

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 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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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time