G&A Recruiter (Sales, Marketing, HR, Corporate Functions)

Western Digital • San Jose, CA

12d

About The Position

The G&A Recruiter will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, including HR, Sales, Marketing, Strategy, and the ELT, driving full-cycle recruitment and talent strategy. This role requires a highly polished talent professional with deep functional recruiting expertise, advanced sourcing capability, mastery of AI-driven recruiting tools, and exceptional relationship-building skills. You will partner with executives to define future skill needs, drive long-term talent pipeline development, and elevate hiring practices across the organization through data, insights, and modern assessment methodologies.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of recruiting experience, with at least 4+ years supporting Sales, Marketing, and HR roles (enterprise or global scale preferred).
• Deep expertise with LinkedIn Recruiter , LinkedIn Talent Insights , and advanced Boolean sourcing; certifications strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of modern recruiting technologies, including AI sourcing tools, prompt engineering, talent intelligence platforms, and CRM automations .
• Demonstrated ability to partner with executives and influence senior-level decision-makers.
• Proven experience building and sustaining long-term pipelines for high-impact G&A roles.
• Hands-on experience with VBI, BBI, structured interview techniques, and/or case study facilitation.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong business acumen and ability to understand organizational capability needs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a global, matrixed technology company.
• Exposure to Sales enablement, marketing analytics, modern HR technologies, or digital transformation.
• Ability to translate talent trends into practical workforce planning insights.
• Certification in industry-standard interviewing or assessment frameworks (VBI, BBI, Hogan, Gallup, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Executive Talent Partnership & Advisory Serve as a consultative talent advisor to HR, Sales, Marketing, Corporate Functions, and ELT stakeholders.
• Educate leaders on hiring trends, market intelligence, competitive insights, and future-of-work capabilities.
• Influence and guide stakeholders toward best-practice recruiting processes, ensuring a consistent, high-quality candidate experience.
• Provide insights from LinkedIn Talent Insights, Compete dashboards, and market mapping to inform strategic workforce decisions.
• Full-Cycle Recruitment Excellence Lead end-to-end recruiting for Sales, Marketing, HRBP/COE, and other G&A roles.
• Drive rigorous intake/kickoff meetings, structured process management, candidate evaluation, and offer negotiation.
• Ensure strong funnel discipline and a data-driven approach to quality of hire.
• Advanced Sourcing & Pipeline Development Build, nurture, and manage proactive talent pipelines for critical and future-facing roles.
• Utilize expert-level knowledge of LinkedIn Recruiter , LinkedIn Insights, and AI-enabled sourcing tools to surface high-caliber talent.
• Apply advanced Boolean search, persona-based sourcing, and competitive mapping strategies.
• Assessment & Interviewing Expertise Certified or highly experienced in VBI (Value Based Interviewing) and BBI (Behavior Based Interviewing) methodologies.
• Experienced in facilitating and coaching leaders on Case Study assessments , including panel interview design and evaluation calibration.
• Train hiring teams on structured interviewing, bias mitigation, and consistent evaluation standards.
• AI, Automation & Recruiting Innovation Leverage modern AI tools, prompts, and sourcing automations to increase recruiter efficiency and quality of hire.
• Stay up to date with emerging recruiting technologies, competitive platforms, and talent intelligence tools.
• Coach ELT and hiring managers on how AI is transforming talent markets and what skillsets will matter most over the next 3–5 years.
• Candidate Experience & Relationship Management Deliver a high-touch, transparent candidate journey from first contact through offer acceptance.
• Maintain strong relationships with leaders, HRBPs, and cross-functional partners to ensure alignment on priorities.
• Represent WD as a brand ambassador to the external talent market.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees