What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Sustainability Disclosure Engagement Lead position at Western Digital?
Overview :
The Corporate Sustainability Disclosure & Engagement Lead will be responsible for leading public disclosures and for driving forward companys sustainability strategy. This individual will manage public disclosures customer inquiries and engagement and guide and build supplier engagement and enablement tools. The Lead will be instrumental in building and facilitating crossfunctional projects and councils across the company as well as establish trust rapport and influence with customers and suppliers regarding Sustainability policies practices and initiatives.
Disclosure and Reporting : The Lead will own sustainability reporting processes endtoend working backward to collate analyze and characterize environmental social and governance data from enterprise partner organizations conduct and translate materiality analyses into actionable strategies and support enterprise environmental goals targets and KPIs. Reporting responsibilities include regulatory and voluntary reporting including but not limited to the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) annual Sustainability Report CDP disclosures and other thirdparty ESG assessments.
Regulatory Monitoring : T he Lead will work with the Director of Corporate Sustainability Strategy (CSS Director) and the Legal team to monitor Sustainabilityrelated regulations conduct and assist with gap assessments design roadmaps for compliance including coordinating and communicating with crossfunctional teams for data and content collection.
Risk Assessment : With the CSS Director Legal and other stakeholders the Lead will devise and embed sustainabilityrelated risk assessments into existing risk management processes. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to climate risk assessments regulatory risk assessment (see above) industry trends and customer needs and demands. The Lead will also support Human Rights Impact Assessments and related coordination with Procurement Legal Operations and other partner teams.
Stakeholder Engagement : The Lead will lead Supplier Sustainability Engagement working closely with teams across the company such as Procurement Operations Product Engineering Legal Communications. To align our supplier engagement efforts with the needs of our customers and operations the Lead will support the CSS Director with customer engagement and supporting environmental initiatives.
Candidates must demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills experience serving as a strategic advisor on sustainability issues and proficiency with relevant and applicable sustainability frameworks disclosures and industry trends. Were looking for a smart nimble curious and selfstarting team member who understands how to influence without authority is interested in professional and personal growth and enjoys the challenges and opportunities of working crossfunctionally and sometimes ambiguous circumstances.
Preference is for employees in / near Milpitas CA however remote work status will be considered for exceptional candidates in U.S. Pacific or Mountain time zones.
Qualifications : Qualifications
- Relevant degree preferred; however relevant experience is most important
- 68 years relevant professional experience and proven success of delivering impactful results and continuous improvement; experience the tech sector consulting and / or a leadership role in a corporate or equivalent team is highly desirable
- Strong project management expertise with proven skills to lead crossfunctional projects and drive them completion effectively and ontime
- Effective presentation and communication skills including the ability to respond to live questions with poise and judgment
- Proficiency with sustainability standards and frameworks including GRI SASB TCFD CDP disclosures and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol; familiarity with the EU CSRD is highly desirable
- All the standard expectations regarding personal and professional behavior work quality team player attitude and desire to do the hard work to reduce impacts to the planet improve our society and communities and conduct business in an ethical manner.
Additional Information :
Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee 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 persons gender identity gender expression and genderrelated appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons 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 nondiscrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Know Your Rights : Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.
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 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.
Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 3 / 10 / 2025 although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.
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Compensation & Benefits Details
Remote Work : Employment Type :
Fulltime
