Senior Manager, IT Strategy & Transformation

Western Digital Corp•San Jose, CA

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About The Position

The Senior Manager of the Transformation Office is an Individual Contributor and is responsible for driving the three core capabilities that ensure Western Digital's IT organization executes its strategy effectively: Strategy Enablement Intake & Prioritization Portfolio Management & Reporting This role serves as the operational engine behind strategic planning, governance, and initiative oversight. The leader in this position ensures that IT investments are aligned to strategic priorities, that new ideas are assessed consistently, and that the overall portfolio delivers measurable outcomes with transparency and accountability.

Requirements

10+ years in IT transformation, PMO leadership, enterprise portfolio management, or technology strategy.
Experience defining governance frameworks and managing large initiative portfolios.
Strong analytical skills; comfortable with executive-level reporting and data-driven decision making.
Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment across multiple teams.
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Proficiency with tools such as Power BI, M365, Smartsheet, Jira, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Strategy Enablement
Partner with the CIO, Chief of Staff, and Strategy leads to translate business objectives into IT strategic priorities, outcomes, and measurable success criteria (OKRs).
Support development of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and the multi-year IT roadmap.
Maintain alignment between strategic pillars, IT capabilities, and the initiatives proposed or underway.
Ensure initiative owners understand strategic intent and how their work maps to IT's long-term plan.
Intake & Prioritization
Manage the end-to-end intake process for new ideas and proposed initiatives.
Standardize evaluation criteria (business case, strategic alignment, resource needs, OKRs).
Facilitate decision-making forums and ensure decisions (approve / defer / reject) are documented and communicated.
Work with finance, HR, and engineering leaders to validate feasibility, capacity, and funding availability.
Maintain a transparent view of all incoming requests and in-flight initiatives.
Portfolio Management & Reporting
Own the governance model and operating cadence across the portfolio-steering committees, initiative reviews, risk assessments, and executive reporting.
Create and maintain dashboards (scope, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, value).
Monitor initiative performance against OKRs and strategic outcomes.
Identify delivery risks, escalate issues, and drive cross-team alignment to keep initiatives on track.
Track financial forecasts, budget adherence, and value realization metrics.
Provide executive-ready insights on portfolio health for the CIO, CFO, and ITLT.

Benefits

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
the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan