Senior Manager, Executive Communications (CEO)

WD is currently looking for a savvy and skilled executive communications expert to join our Strategic Communications team.

As Senior Manager Executive Communications youll be a key collaborator responsible for building and leading executive level messaging platforms that reach employees customers media analysts investors and industry influencers.

This role will be responsible for providing executive communications support for the CEO and other members of WDs Executive Leadership Team as required.

The ideal candidate will possess exceptional communication skills and have a proven track record of managing executive-level communications at the C-Suite level. This role involves crafting compelling messages coordinating communication strategies and ensuring consistent and effective communication both internally and externally.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of CEO communications strategy engaging stakeholders within the Communications team and across the company
• Support CEOs speaking opportunities including coordination of logistics and management of content
• Manage CEOs profile across social platforms such as LinkedIn
• Develop talking points and content for internal engagements including company meetings
• Write scripts for internal and external CEO Designate videos
• Work closely with CEOs office and stakeholders across the company to update CEOs briefing materials and to coordinate and finalize content needed for travel to regional events and country office appearances
• Collaborate with Public Relations and Analyst Relations teams on media and industry analyst engagements as needed
• Analyze effectiveness of communication strategies and tactics making adjustments as needed to achieve desired outcomes
   

Qualifications :

• Deep executive communications experience supporting an SVP or above at the C-Suite Level
• Excellent content development and writing skills with specific focus on executive presentations blog posts video and messaging
• Strong stakeholder management skills and executive presence
• Strong ability to translate complex topics into easy to digest storylines
• Experienced in modern communications strategies with a solid understanding of visual storytelling
• Social media savvy
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to craft compelling and engaging messages for diverse audiences
• Exceptional attention to detail time management project management and organizational skills
• Highly collaborative and adaptable with the ability to build relationships and work effectively with multiple stakeholders and across different levels of the organization
• Curious flexible and the ability to think creatively
• Effective team player whilst also being able to work independently
• Strong PowerPoint skills
• Willingness to take risks
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment self-motivated and can thrive under pressure
• Someone who has a sense of humor
• Experience at a leading brand a plus

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 1/9/26 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 dead

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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 WDs 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 WDs 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 WD 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 WD 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 WD Ethics Helpline or email .

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time