Western Digital

Program Manager – People Development, Communications

Western Digital

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Milpitas • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $121,406 - $172,017 per year

About the role

  • Oversee the full lifecycle of people development programs—from assessing needs and aligning stakeholders to designing, delivering, and improving learning experiences.
  • Design and tailor learning experiences for technical and non-technical audiences, leveraging modern instructional design principles and digital learning tools.
  • Facilitate engaging live and virtual sessions across global teams, ensuring inclusivity and cultural relevance.
  • Define and monitor success metrics for programs, analyze feedback and data, and implement improvements to maximize impact.
  • Support initiatives that strengthen culture and employee engagement, while furthering capabilities.
  • Ensure open channels for feedback, questions, and ideas, so all employees have access to the communications resources and platforms they need to stay informed and engaged.
  • Distribute communications for Global Operations, ensuring clarity, consistency, and alignment with organizational goals.
  • Develop and deliver clear, concise messaging for programs, initiatives, and organizational priorities to drive timely and accurate information flow.
  • Coordinate the distribution of communications across multiple platforms (email, presentations, intranet, webinars, etc.), ensuring messaging is consistent, timely, and tailored to diverse audiences.
  • Partner with senior leaders to distribute impactful messaging for key updates, town halls, forums, global events, etc.
  • Build effective partnerships with stakeholders across the organization to align messaging, streamline processes, and support key initiatives.
  • Monitor communication effectiveness, track engagement metrics, and provide feedback to improve clarity and reach.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in HR, Communications, Business, or related field; Master’s preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience in People Development, Communications, or related roles within a global, matrixed organization.
  • Proven success in independently designing and delivering learning programs and executing strategic communications plans.
  • Strong facilitation and instructional design skills, with experience engaging diverse audiences.
  • Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills; ability to simplify complex concepts for broad audiences.
  • Advanced project management skills; ability to manage multiple priorities independently.
  • High cultural awareness and adaptability in a fast-paced, global environment.
  • Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
  • Proficiency with digital learning platforms (LMS), authoring tools, and analytics, including advanced Excel skills.
  • Experience in technical, engineering, or manufacturing environments is preferred.
  • Experience with design tools (Adobe Creative Suite - Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, PowerPoint advanced design skills) and video editing software (Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or similar, After Effect) is preferred.
  • Certification in facilitation or coaching methodologies (e.g., International Coaching Federation, PROSCI, Crucial Learning Facilitation, FranklinCovey, ATD Master Trainer, etc.) is preferred.
Benefits
  • 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
  • Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
instructional designproject managementfacilitationlearning program designstrategic communicationsdata analysisadvanced Exceldigital learning platformsauthoring toolsvideo editing software
Soft skills
communicationstakeholder managementcollaborationcultural awarenessadaptabilityengagementclarityvisual communicationverbal communicationwritten communication
Certifications
International Coaching FederationPROSCICrucial Learning FacilitationFranklinCoveyATD Master Trainer