Strategic HRBP for Product & Engineering

Western Digital Corp.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Digital Corp. is seeking an HR Business Partner focused on Product and Engineering in the United States. You will partner with senior leaders to translate business goals into workforce plans, develop talent strategies, and drive organizational effectiveness across global teams.

The role requires 6–8 years in HR, strong business acumen, and experience coaching senior leaders. You will influence leadership decisions, leverage data analytics, and apply AI-enabled HR solutions to improve

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; master's degree or relevant certification preferred.
• 6-8 years of experience in Human Resources
• 3+ years of experience as an HR Business Partner in a complex organization, or relevant experience in HR or organization development consulting.
• Experience coaching and influencing senior leaders
• Strong business acumen and working knowledge of Product and Engineering organizations; supporting technical organizations is strongly preferred.
• Data fluency and the ability to translate workforce and people insights into clear, practical recommendations.
• Experience applying AI, automation, and technology-enabled solutions to solve business challenges, generate insights, and improve organizational effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor and leadership coach to senior leaders.
• Facilitate and drive the talent strategy for assigned Product and Engineering client groups in support of the business strategy.
• Partner with Sr. Directors and VPs to translate business priorities into workforce plans, talent initiatives, and employee engagement actions supported by people analytics and business data.
• Diagnose workforce needs and capability gaps using data and business insights to inform workforce planning, organization design, culture, succession planning and leader development.
• Coach and influence senior leaders on leadership effectiveness, team development, organization health, and complex people decisions.
• Bring an understanding of Product and Engineering operating models, including product roadmaps, go-to-market priorities and enterprise technology delivery, to shape practical people solutions.
• Operationalize the talent strategy with an enterprise mindset, strong execution rigor, effective change management and a high degree of collaboration across the HR ecosystem.
• Identify emerging talent and organization risks, recommend solutions and partner with leaders to drive actions through completion.
• Maintain a pulse on employee experience through engagement surveys, listening mechanisms, attrition analysis, workforce dashboards, and organizational health metrics; partner with leaders to develop targeted action plans.
• Influence the design and adoption of enterprise talent programs
• Drive integrated talent management programs within aligned organizations, including goal setting, performance management, development conversations, succession planning and rewards.
• Partner with leaders on strategic workforce planning, including critical skills, future capability needs and internal and external talent pipelines.
• Coordinate and manage the deployment of enterprise HR programs across the Product organization, ensuring consistent execution, stakeholder alignment, communication effectiveness, and measurable outcomes.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Total Rewards, People Analytics, Employee Relations and other Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated solutions and optimize business value.
• Leverage AI and emerging technologies to enhance HRBP effectiveness, streamline work, improve decision-making, and increase organizational impact through data-driven and scalable people solutions.

Skills

Coaching leaders

Business acumen

Data fluency

AI in HR

Global teams

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or HR

Master's degree or relevant certification preferred

Job description

Western Digital Corp. is seeking an HR Business Partner focused on Product and Engineering in the United States. You will partner with senior leaders to translate business goals into workforce plans, develop talent strategies, and drive organizational effectiveness across global teams.

The role requires 6–8 years in HR, strong business acumen, and experience coaching senior leaders. You will influence leadership decisions, leverage data analytics, and apply AI-enabled HR solutions to improve