Director, HR Experience US, EMEA, India, Japan

At WD, 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, WD 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®, and WD_BLACK™. 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, WD is fueling a brighter, smarter future. Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage. Job Description Role Overview The Director, HR Experience (US, EMEA, India, Japan) is a senior leadership role responsible for enabling and continuously improving a high‑quality, consistent employee and manager experience across multiple regions. Positioned between HR Operations, HR Centers of Excellence, and HR Business Partners, this role serves as the connector that ensures enterprise people strategies, programs, and processes are delivered in a cohesive, intuitive, and experience‑led way. This role leads a global HR Experience Partner team focused on shaping end‑to‑end people journeys, strengthening manager effectiveness through scalable experiences, and supporting the activation of regional talent strategies through thoughtful, localized delivery. The Director ensures that core HR programs are implemented with consistency and clarity, reducing friction for managers and employees while respecting regional and regulatory nuances. Working in close partnership with HR COEs, HR Operations, and HRBPs, the Director translates people strategies, policies, and programs into practical, usable experiences centered on key moments that matter across the employee lifecycle. The role enables leaders and HR partners by improving how people processes are experienced, understood, and adopted. Operating at the intersection of experience optimization, operational execution, and change enablement, the Director, HR Experience leverages employee insights, operational data, and continuous feedback loops to identify pain points, improve usability, and elevate how employees and managers experience HR at scale. The Director, HR Experience Partner serves as a critical connector between the business and how HR is experienced and understood. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Uplevel Manager Capability Partner with Talent Development & Inclusion (TD&I) to enable and embed core people‑leader capabilities through locally relevant, experience‑led delivery. Build, develop, and lead a high‑performing global HR Experience Partner team that provides just‑in‑time coaching, practical guidance, and manager‑ready frameworks developed by TD&I and COEs. Strengthen manager confidence, consistency, and accountability by translating leadership capability frameworks into clear expectations, tools, and moments‑that‑matter across the employee lifecycle. Serve as a frontline experience multiplier, ensuring managers consistently understand how to apply people practices—not just what to do. Deliver HR Programs Through Experience‑Led Activation Drive the activation, adoption, and consistent experience of core HR programs across regions in close partnership with HR Operations and COEs. Translate global HR initiatives into manager‑ready practices that are intuitive, locally applicable, and scalable. Enable leaders to engage effectively with HR programs by simplifying complexity and reinforcing expectations through coordinated communications, tools, and reinforcement. Provide feedback loops to COEs and HR Operations to improve program usability and effectiveness based on lived manager and employee experiences. Support the Business through Integrated enablement Partner closely with HR Business Partners, Legal, HR Operations, and Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated, experienced-led people solutions aligned to evolving business priorities. Act as a connector that balances business needs, employee experience, and risk awareness, ensuring consistency without sacrificing local relevance. Enable HRBPs and leaders by clarifying roles, decision pathways, and escalation points within people processes. Identify friction points between the business and HR and proactively address them through experience improvements and enablement. Drive Country‑Level HR Compliance and Governance Collaborate with Legal, Employee Relations, and regional HR teams to ensure people practices co