Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage cross-functional teams, focused on the delivering new or upgrading existing products, organizing cross-functional activities and priorities to ensure completion of the project.
• Lead the efforts to drive production ramp-up readiness, coordinate with cross-functional team (program team, process, assembly, test etc.) to ensure manufacturing readiness.
• Communicating frequently with internal and external stake holders regarding program status, pending action items, recent developments, and program needs.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Candidate must be a seasoned and well-rounded individual. 10 years of industry experience developing and delivering products is required.
• Strong manufacturing experience; very detailed oriented; multi-task well; very versatile and quick to understand new challenges and bring them to completion with minimal support and guidance.
• Candidate needs experience in working with Asia-based CM, JDM, and ODM suppliers and must be capable of assessing their capabilities.
• Candidate must have prior Program Management experience
• Candidate must have an engineering degree (EE, ME, or CE backgrounds are desirable). A Bachelor’s Degree is required, a PMP is preferred.
• Candidate must have outstanding communication skills. Language fluency in English is required and in Chinese highly desired.

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate 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 person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s 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 "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law" poster.

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.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at Careers.Accommodations@WDC.com to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

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