Job Description

At Western Digital Global Employee Relations, we support the individual experience with empathy, inclusion and respect. If you are an Employee Relations expert with deep experience in coaching, handling complex performance and complaint casework and investigations, and you have a passion for finding creative solutions to enhance processes along the way, then you'll thrive in our fast paced and collaborative environment. Join a world-class team of employee relations professionals that support the organization to problem solve, assess risk and provide care in handling interpersonal and other employee relations matters to ensure fair, objective and consistent outcomes. Partner strategically with critical cross functional partners, people managers and employees through performance management, corrective action, involuntary exits, and workplace conflict issues to cultivate an innovative, high-performing, and inclusive culture.

Employee Relations Manager:

• Conduct internal investigations for behavioral/workplace matters by applying investigation planning, interviewing techniques with supporting documentation and appropriate outcome
• Assist in the development, roll out, interpretation and support to update internal processes/programs for our Global Employee Relations team
• Design and deliver targeted solutions with a high degree of focus on scale and growth, including conflict resolution and mediation, and change management
• Provide strategic Employee Relations support, business partnership, thought partnership, and coaching to all levels of the organization
• Proactively assess team and manager development needs, make recommendations, and implement appropriate solutions and corrective action as appropriate
• Support with data analysis and reporting solutions based on business needs, highlighting key trends in employee relations to actively drive proactive solutions to minimize reactive work
• Help balance risk, taking into account employee, business and company perspectives
• Help design and facilitate internal training for people leaders and other key stakeholders
• Integrate and partner with HR colleagues in the HR Business Partner, Legal, Investigations, Learning & Development, and HR Programs teams to implement solutions
• Participate and lead projects as an integral member of the extended HR community and influence others within the organization
• Build collaborative and productive working relationships
• Help promote knowledge, understand and compliance regarding company policy and relevance employment laws thorough coaching, presentations and training

Qualifications

• Demonstrate solid judgment and experience assessing risk relative to the business
• Knowledge of applicable country laws, regulations and statues related to employment, benefits, and HR compliance (e.g. EEO, Data Privacy, FLSA, FMLA)
• Consultative coaching, counseling and conflict resolution skills; ability to influence and articulate a variety of issues to different audiences, tailoring messages accordingly
• Proven ability to manage conflict to diffuse employee related issues, concerns and situations
• Strong attention to detail and excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to write cohesive emails, summaries and investigation plan/reports
• Investigation planning and design
• Effective communication and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrate empathy and experience driving inclusion
• Demonstrate project management and change management experience
• Demonstrated experience learning and thriving in a constantly changing environment and to cultivate relationships across teams
• Experience using data to identify insights that drive action
• Demonstrated experience in influencing and strategically solve problems
• Consulting, coaching and facilitation skills
• Proven experience leading, growing, and scaling experienced HR professionals
• 8+ years experience in an Employee Relations, HR Business Partner or equivalent role

BA/BS degree, preferred; JD and/or MS degree optional

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 jobs.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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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including 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, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.