Director of Executive Compensation

Western Digital Director of Executive Compensation Honolulu , Hawaii Apply Now

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.

Western Digital is seeking an Executive Compensation Director to join our fast-paced Compensation team. The ideal candidate possesses expert level data modeling and excel skills. Must possess the ability to analyze large amounts of data and utilize that data to communicate findings and influence decision making at senior executive and Board levels.

This role manages major executive compensation initiatives and / or programs and develops, implements, and administers executive compensation policy and practices. The right candidate will have the ability to analyze complex problems, multi-task and meet deadlines. The successful candidate is highly collaborative, displays excellent communication skills – both written and verbal – is an active listener, and can synthesize different data and viewpoints and understands the global context inclusive of workplace trends in our competitive environment. The role will report to the VP, Total Rewards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Develop, analyze and execute competitive total compensation programs for our Executive Leadership Team (SVP level and C-Suite).
• Conduct ongoing competitive analyses of executive compensation programs and pay components by benchmarking against industry peers and best practices.
• Manage the administration of our global LTI equity-based and cash-based compensation programs.
• Support the preparation of the Executive Compensation sections of the proxy statement.
• Evaluate jobs using standard job evaluation techniques; determines levels within the executive team and benchmarks each role relative to the market.
• Support compensation processes such as merit, short-term and long-term incentive processes.
• Support preparation of annual proxy disclosures.
• Partner with stock plan administration team to administer equity program.
• Manage monthly equity grant approval process.
• Remain current on legal and governance developments associated with public-company executive compensation programs.
• Act as internal consultant / advisor to managers and other cross functional team.
• Create materials to effectively communicate executive compensation programs, policies, and practices to executives.
• Conduct research, including review of public-company proxies and other SEC filings.

Qualifications

Requirements :

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

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