Chief of Staff Product Management & Emerging Businesses

Western Digital is seeking a Senior Director Chief of Staff Product Management & Emerging Businesses to serve as a strategic and operational partner to the SVP of Product Management and Emerging Businesses. This role acts as an extension of the SVP driving operational rigor execution of key initiatives and cross-functional alignment across the entire organization.

This position operates at the center of product technology and business decision-making ensuring that strategy translates into action. The Chief of Staff leads operating cadence drives accountability across priorities enables effective decision-making and ensures alignment of resources investments and outcomes.

The role serves as a force multiplier for Product leadership by improving execution speed decision quality and organizational efficiency. Success in this role requires strong judgment enterprise-wide perspective and the ability to lead through influence in a highly matrixed environment.

The ideal candidate brings a combination of operational leadership program execution financial acumen and cross-functional collaboration with experience in engineering program management finance or prior Chief of Staff roles within complex technology organizations.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Execution & Initiative Leadership

Partner with the SVP to translate strategy into executable plans priorities and measurable outcomes
Drive and track high-impact initiatives across Product Management and Emerging Businesses
Ensure alignment of goals resources and timelines across the organization
Act as a delegate for the SVP to advance initiatives and remove execution barriers

Product Management Operating System & Cadence

Own and run the global Product Management operating cadence including QBRs roadmap reviews executive checkpoints and planning cycles
Establish and maintain operating rigor across planning execution and review processes
Drive accountability for deliverables timelines and business outcomes
Continuously improve processes to increase efficiency transparency and speed

Decision Support & Prioritization

Enable high-quality decision-making through structured analysis insights and executive-ready recommendations
Help prioritize initiatives and investments based on strategic value ROI and resource constraints
Anticipate risks identify trade-offs and recommend actionable solutions
Ensure decisions are aligned with enterprise objectives and long-term strategy

Financial Resource & Workforce Planning

Partner closely with Finance on budgeting forecasting and investment planning
Monitor performance against financial targets portfolio investments and cost structures
Collaborate with HR on organizational planning talent strategy and workforce alignment
Ensure resources are deployed effectively to support strategic priorities

KPI & Performance Management

Establish and track key performance indicators across revenue margin execution and operational health
Provide visibility into business performance trends and areas of risk or opportunity
Drive a results-oriented culture with clear metrics and accountability
Ensure consistent reporting and performance management across the organization

Cross-Functional Leadership & Alignment

Serve as a central coordination point across Product Engineering Firmware Operations Supply Chain Finance HR and Go-to-Market teams
Lead cross-functional alignment on key initiatives roadmap execution and operational priorities
Facilitate decision forums and resolve cross-organizational tradeoffs
Ensure execution is aligned with technology readiness operational capability and market needs

Executive Enablement & Communications

Optimize the effectiveness focus and leverage of the SVP
Develop executive communications presentations and business updates
Translate complex technical and business topics into clear executive narratives
Represent the SVP in meetings and forums as appropriate

Strategic Programs & Transformation Initiatives

Lead high-impact cross-functional programs including platform transitions cost optimization and operational improvements
Drive transformation initiatives within Product Management operating models
Support strategic investments partnerships and M&A evaluations as needed
Sponsor and execute special projects on behalf of Product leadership

Scope & Impact

Enterprise-wide impact across Product Management and Emerging Businesses
Drives execution of strategic priorities and operational performance
Regular engagement with VP/SVP/GM-level leadership
Direct ownership of operating frameworks and business cadence
Leads cross-functional initiatives with company-level visibility
Acts as a multiplier of leadership effectiveness decision quality and execution speed

Qualifications :

Required

Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science Business Finance or related field
Progressive xperience in engineering program management finance product strategy or Chief of Staff roles
Proven ability to drive complex cross-functional initiatives to completion
Strong operational financial and business acumen
Demonstrated ability to influence without authority in a matrixed organization
Exceptional communication organization and execution skills
Strong judgment with an enterprise-wide perspective

Preferred

Experience in storage semiconductor or infrastructure technology industries
Prior Chief of Staff or equivalent operational leadership experience
MBA or advanced technical degree
Experience supporting executive-level decision-making and planning processes
Background in portfolio planning budgeting and transformation initiatives

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.

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Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 6/23/26 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 dead

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time