Senior Compensation Analyst

Company Description

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.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, and SanDisk® Professional brands.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Job Description

Western Digital is seeking a highly motivated experienced Senior Compensation Analyst to join our fast-paced Compensation team. This ideal individual that will provide compensation guidance to internal clients and collaborates with HR partners in the planning, development, implementation, and administration of major compensation initiatives and/or programs, compensation policies and practices. The ideal individual must possess strong financial modeling and excel skills, have the ability to analyze large amounts of data and utilize that data to help tell the story and influence decision making. Participate in salary surveys and studies labor markets to determine compensation trends. Applies job evaluation techniques to establish equitable compensation rates within the organization as compared with market. 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, who can synthesize different data and viewpoints and understands the global context and workplace trends in our competitive environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Carries out complex analysis assignments involving the development, implementation and administration of broad-based compensation.
• Evaluates jobs using standard job evaluation techniques; determines grades and supports the development and modeling of salary ranges.
• Manages focal reviews such as merit, short-term and long-term incentives including processes from inception to completion. Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure data and system readiness to deliver such processes. Workday experience preferred.
• Administration of our global LTI compensation programs including time-based equity (Restricted Stock Units-RSUs) and cash plans, vesting schedules, award agreements, and equity plan governance. 
• Administration of our global Rewards & Recognition program to include budgeting, resolving program issues and working closely with our 3rd party vendor to maintain our tool.
• On-going evaluation of the effectiveness of existing global compensation program design and guidelines.
• Utilizes survey management tool to effectively administer global compensation programs.
• Participates in salary surveys conducted by third parties such as Aon Radford, Mercer and etc.
• Remains current on all personnel policies, programs and practices and stays informed of new (and pending) laws and regulations.
• Act as internal consultant/advisor to managers and other HR staff. Makes recommendations to managers and HR Business Partners on all compensation issues; and interprets local, state, and federal laws regulating compensation practices.
• Create materials to effectively communicate compensation programs, policies and practices to employees and leaders.
• Conduct market and best practice research to formulate and support compensation recommendations.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree plus equivalent work experience and relevant qualifications; CCP preferred.
• Proven experience working in a global environment and partnering across countries and regions to achieve results in a fast moving, dynamic environment preferably within high-tech or manufacturing industries.
• Advanced proficiency working with Microsoft Suite and good familiarity in Workday HCM and Advanced Compensation module.
• Strong understanding of global compensation principles, general industry practices, regulations, and both historical and current market trends.
• Extensive work experience in base pay, short term incentives, equity programs, and work experience in sales and executive compensation.
• Working knowledge of high-tech surveys such as Aon Radford, Mercer and Compa.
• Self-starter and have the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines and large-scale projects.
• Demonstrated ability to act with discretion, confidentiality, and good judgment.
• Required to conduct business with the highest legal and ethical standards.
• Ability to lead global compensation projects.
• Ability to think creatively and strategically to align compensation goals to the needs of the business.
• Must have effective decision-making/critical thinking skills and be creative and results oriented.
• Analytical mindset and ability to manage large, complex data sets.

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 [email protected] 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.