Global Policy & Governance Manager

Job Summary

Western Digital is strengthening how we govern policies and process documentation across the enterprise. This role will build and own the global governance documentation management program creating and maintaining a SharePointbased central policy repository and partnering across all business functions to identify author organize approve publish and maintain authoritative governance content (policies procedures standards guidelines charters).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Program buildout & ownership

• Stand up and continuously improve an enterprise SharePoint Online repository for governance documents including information architecture metadata/taxonomy content types versioning permissions retention search and workflow automation. 
• Define and socialize the governance documentation framework (scope definitions document types naming conventions approval paths lifecycle controls).

Crossfunctional intake & discovery

• Partner with across Western Digital to identify required policies and process documentation and to aggregate and organize existing governance artifacts (guidelines procedures standards charters playbooks).
• Incorporate and reference key enterprise materials (e.g. IMS playbooks and numbered governance documents) to ensure a single source of truth.

Authoring & editorial support

• Work with document owners/SMEs to draft or update policies and procedures ensure clarity and consistency and apply WD branding and numbering standards.
• Engagement with SOX & Audit team to align documentation with audit findings as well as support SOX and Audits by providing relevant governance documentation.

Approval publishing & lifecycle management

• Guide owners through approvals; manage publishing review cycles and controlled updates on defined cadence (e.g. annual/biannual) maintaining auditready evidence and traceability.

Compliance auditreadiness & risk control

• Establish controls and documentation that meet internal audit SOX ISO/QMS data governance and security requirements (including leastprivilege access and external sharing safeguards for SharePoint).

Change management & enablement

• Create training quick guides and communications; host clinics for authors/approvers; champion adoption across sites and functions.

Metrics & reporting

• Define KPIs and dashboards (e.g. % coverage of policy inventory cycle time for approvals % docs current vs. expired repository usage/adoption audit issues remediated).

Qualifications :

REQUIRED

• Bachelors degree in Business Information Management Communications or related field (or combination of equivalent experience). MBA a plus.
• 3-5 years of experience in governance compliance policy management or document control in a mediumtolarge enterprise.
• Proficiency in SharePoint Online (sites & hubs libraries content types metadata/taxonomy permissions search Power Automate workflows).
• Strong technical writing and editorial skills with attention to structure clarity and consistency.
• Project management capability to move multiple documents through intake drafting review approval and publication on time.
• Stakeholder management skills; able to influence and guide SMEs and leaders across functions.

PREFERRED

• Microsoft Copilot proficiency for drafting summarizing and accelerating content workflows.
• Familiarity with IMS / quality management systems and enterprise numbering conventions (e.g. policy/playbook identifiers) to maintain standardization.
• Experience designing governance repositories with appropriate controls for sharing permissions and lifecycle certification.

Additional Information :

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate 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 Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

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 01/21/2026 (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.

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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 :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time