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Organization Effectiveness & Design Lead

Western Digital · San Jose, CA · On-site

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About Western Digital

WD is building the infrastructure behind the AI-driven data economy. As AI scales, so does data. Every interaction, every model, every system generates data that must be stored, managed, and made accessible over time. That’s where we come in. Backed by Sequoia.

About the role

The Organization Development team at WD owns the enterprise-wide frameworks that shape how the company is structured, how work gets done, and how the workforce evolves alongside the business. As an Organization Architect Lead, you will be the hands-on practitioner who takes those frameworks and makes them operational — translating org design principles and workforce planning methodology into tools, processes, and standards that HR business partners and people leaders can actually use.

What they're looking for

  • Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in organizational design, workforce planning, or organizational development in a complex, matrixed environment
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience leading or executing org design projects — including spans of control analysis, role clarification, and team restructuring
  • Proven ability to build and operationalize frameworks, tools, and playbooks that others can apply consistently — not just advise on them
  • Strong analytical skills applied to workforce data: ability to interpret headcount, attrition, and capability data and translate it into structured recommendations
More about this role

The Organization Development team at WD owns the enterprise-wide frameworks that shape how the company is structured, how work gets done, and how the workforce evolves alongside the business. As an Organization Architect Lead, you will be the hands-on practitioner who takes those frameworks and makes them operational — translating org design principles and workforce planning methodology into tools, processes, and standards that HR business partners and people leaders can actually use. This is a high-visibility individual contributor role sitting directly below the Director of Organizational Development, and you'll carry real ownership over the work that helps WD navigate AI-driven workforce transformation at scale.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Workforce Planning

Develop and maintain enterprise workforce planning models that identify current and future talent gaps, capability needs, and structural risks across critical functions

Partner with HR business partners and finance to align headcount plans with business strategy, growth projections, and organizational priorities

Build reporting and tracking mechanisms that give senior leaders and HRBPs clear visibility into...

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