Senior Director, IT - Engineering Services

Senior Director, IT - Engineering Services

Company : Western Digital

Salary Range : $215,900.00 - $287,800.00

Company Overview

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. We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world, energizing competitive gaming platforms, enabling systems that make cities safer, and powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud. We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike, including the Western Digital®, G‑Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Director of IT to lead and modernize IT services supporting our Global Product Engineering Organization within a high‑tech and manufacturing environment. The role focuses primarily on hardware engineering support, while driving AI‑driven acceleration and modern engineering technologies and practices.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the senior IT leader supporting global hardware and firmware engineering organizations.

Partner with engineering executives and managers to define, align, and deliver IT strategies that enable innovation, velocity, and scalability.

Modernize engineering technologies, processes, and practices to improve efficiency, quality, and collaboration.

Drive AI adoption across engineering workflows to accelerate design, validation, and decision‑making.

Champion IT–Engineering partnership, ensuring open communication, transparency, and mutual alignment on priorities.

Oversee IT capabilities supporting product lifecycle management (PLM), CAD, EDA, test automation, simulation, and other engineering tools.

Collaborate with business and manufacturing IT teams to ensure continuity and efficiency from product ideation through manufacturing handoff.

Provide leadership across IT infrastructure supporting engineering workloads, including compute, storage, high‑performance environments, and cloud integration.

Lead vendor and partner negotiations, ensuring cost‑effective and scalable solutions.

Develop, mentor, and inspire a global IT team to meet the evolving needs of engineering.

Qualifications

Proven success supporting large, global hardware and firmware engineering organizations in a high‑tech or manufacturing company.

Strong knowledge of end‑to‑end product development and manufacturing processes.

Demonstrated ability to build trusted, collaborative partnerships with engineers, from executives to technical leads.

15+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, including senior leadership roles.

Strong background in product engineering systems, including PLM, CAD / EDA, and related tools.

Deep understanding of hardware engineering workflows, complemented by exposure to software engineering practices.

Experience with AI / ML applications in engineering or IT domains.

Experience in IT infrastructure, including high‑performance compute, storage, virtualization, and cloud.

Exceptional communication, negotiation, and influence skills with the ability to engage at all organizational levels.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status, disability, or other legally protected characteristics. We prohibit harassment on any of these characteristics and comply with all applicable laws. Our non‑discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment.

We are committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and hiring process. Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@wdc.com to advise us of your accommodation request.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 12 / 8 / 2024 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline.

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