Western Digital

Global Policy & Governance Manager

Western Digital

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: San Jose • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $129,600 - $172,800 per year

About the role

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Work with document owners/SMEs to draft or update policies and procedures, ensure clarity and consistency, and apply WD branding and numbering standards
  • Guide owners through approvals; manage publishing, review cycles, and controlled updates on defined cadence (e.g., annual/biannual), maintaining audit‑ready evidence and traceability
  • Establish controls and documentation that meet internal audit, SOX, ISO/QMS, data governance, and security requirements
  • Create training, quick guides, and communications; host clinics for authors/approvers; champion adoption across sites and functions
  • Define KPIs and dashboards (e.g., % coverage of policy inventory, cycle time for approvals, % docs current vs. expired, repository usage/adoption, audit issues remediated)

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Management, Communications, or related field (or combination of equivalent experience)
  • MBA a plus
  • Progressive experience in governance, compliance, policy management, or document control in a medium‑to‑large 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
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
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
SharePoint Onlinemetadatataxonomycontent typesversioningpermissionsworkflow automationtechnical writingproject managementKPI definition
Soft Skills
attention to detailstakeholder managementinfluenceguidanceclarityconsistencycommunicationtrainingchampioning adoptioncollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMBA