Senior Director, Strategy

Western Digital

Strategic leader at Western Digital driving business opportunities in storage adjacencies. Focused on innovations in software-defined storage, partnerships, and new business models.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $224,500 - $299,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Identify and evaluate high-value strategic opportunities in storage adjacencies (software, platforms, services, new business models).
Assess market opportunities in Software-Defined Storage (SDS), storage management platforms, data orchestration, and tiered storage solutions.
Evaluate emerging business models (Storage-as-a-Service, consumption-based pricing, platform partnerships).
Develop frameworks for assessing build vs. buy vs. partner decisions for software and platform opportunities.
Identify white space opportunities where Western Digital's capabilities create unique competitive advantages, analyzing the strategic fit and value creation potential relative to the core hardware business.
Develop strategic approaches for serving hyperscale, neoclouds, and sovereign cloud initiatives.
Analyze customer infrastructure trends and storage requirements that extend beyond hardware.
Evaluate opportunities in storage management software, data placement, and intelligent tiering solutions.
Develop and execute strategic partnership frameworks for software vendors, cloud providers, and system integrators.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or business development with a focus on technology platforms and ecosystems.
Experience at a top-tier management consulting firm strongly preferred.
Proven track record developing platform strategies, ecosystem frameworks, and business model innovations for technology companies.
Deep experience with cloud infrastructure, neo clouds, data storage, or enterprise infrastructure markets is strongly preferred.
Exceptional strategic thinking, deep expertise in platform strategy, two-sided markets, and ecosystem dynamics.
Outstanding analytical/financial modeling skills, including business case development.
MBA from a top-tier business school is required.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related analytical field is required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
WD Savings 401(k) Plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

Software-Defined Storagestorage management platformsdata orchestrationtiered storage solutionsbusiness case developmentfinancial modelingplatform strategyecosystem frameworkscloud infrastructuredata storage

Soft Skills

strategic thinkinganalytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershipcollaborationinnovationdecision-makingnegotiationcritical thinking

Certifications

MBA