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Senior Manager, IT Strategy & Transformation

Senior Manager, IT Strategy & Transformation

Western DigitalSan Jose, CA, US
12 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Senior Manager, IT Strategy & Transformation

At Western Digital, we are on a mission to unlock the potential of data so people, companies and organizations everywhere can create what's next. To fulfill our vision, we are always on the lookout for potential team members who share our passion for solving problems to empower others.

When you join Western Digital, you join a legacy more than 50 years in the making. Across our Western Digital, SanDisk, SanDisk Professional, WD and WD_BLACK brands, we have brought some of the most storied advancements in memory and data storage technology to marketand our best, most innovative work is yet to come.

From energizing gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world's biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Job Description

Role Overview

The Senior Manager of the Transformation Office 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.

Key Responsibilities

1. 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.
  • 2. 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.
  • 3. Portfolio Management & Reporting

  • Own the governance model and operating cadence across the portfoliosteering 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.
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

  • 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.
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