Talent Program Manager

Western Digital•San Jose, CA

14h

About The Position

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. Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage. The Program Manager for Early Career Programs (University Recruiting Team) will be a motivated and detail-oriented professional who plays a critical role in bringing our global early career strategy to life. Partnering closely with the Senior Manager of Global Programs, you’ll help execute and enhance our internship and early career initiatives—designing engaging experiences, managing operations, and ensuring programs are inclusive, impactful, and aligned with business priorities. As an Early Career Talent Program Manager, you will own delivering and optimizing the full lifecycle of early career programs—bringing our global strategy to life through exceptional execution. You’ll manage onboarding, orientation, engagement activities, skill development, and offboarding, while continuously improving processes to create a seamless and impactful experience. In this role, you’ll collaborate with teams across Recruiting, Organizational Development & Learning, Talent Insights, Marketing & Communications, and business leaders to ensure every program is engaging, inclusive, and aligned with organizational goals. Success in this role requires a balance of operational excellence, stakeholder partnership, and hands-on execution.

Requirements

Minimum 5+ years of program management experience in early career, internship, university relations, or related talent programs
Proven experience designing and executing onboarding, learning programs, or large scale events
Strong program management skills, including planning, execution, stakeholder management, and measurement
Experience working cross-functionally with recruiting, learning, communications, and business leaders
Comfort with public speaking, facilitation, and presenting to large groups and executives
Willingness and flexibility to travel as needed

Responsibilities

Execute and enhance global internship and early career program frameworks—bringing established strategies to life through exceptional delivery and continuous improvement
Deliver structured, inclusive, and scalable experiences for interns and early career hires, ensuring programs are engaging, impactful, and aligned with business priorities
Develop curricula focused on professional skills, leadership foundations, business acumen, and career readiness
Support and enhance rotational programs, ensuring consistency, clarity, and strong developmental outcomes
Ensure alignment of early career programs with business priorities and workforce planning needs
End-to-end execution of early career and internship programs, including onboarding, orientation, events, learning sessions, etc
Assist with program operations and logistics, including event planning, speaker coordination, vendor management, scheduling, & budgets
Serve as primary liaison between interns and managers, ensuring clear communication and support
Track program participants progress, engagement, and performance
Prepare and deliver presentations, program updates, and data-driven insights
Partnering with OD & Learning to ensure early career hires receive the right skill development and building tools and resources to strengthen coaching and performance management
Partner with marketing to build a compelling early career program brand, promotional strategy, and on campus presence.
Ensure consistent and effective communications with interns, early career hires, managers, speakers, and business leaders
Lead and facilitate live sessions, workshops, and events
Serve as an engaging and motivational presenter who can connect with a diverse early career audience
Create a high-energy, inclusive environment that fosters belonging, growth, learning, connection and development

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