Western Digital
Manager, Brand Strategy
San Jose, CA, United States · Senior
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About the role
- It's real systems, at real scale, people solving some of the hardest challenges in technology today.
- Join us and let's shape the future of data.
- This role is responsible for defining WD's brand strategy and narrative, ensuring clarity, consistency, and scalability across enterprise and consumer portfolios.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of WD's global brand positioning across enterprise and consumer portfolios
- Partner with executive leadership to align brand strategy with business priorities
- Drive quarterly brand platform development cycles aligned to key market moments
- Develop messaging architectures that connect corporate positioning to product storytelling
- Support executive communications and thought leadership narratives
- Build scalable brand playbooks, templates, and messaging frameworks
- Create standardized tools that enable decentralized teams to execute consistently
- Develop systems that support both governance and usability across global teams
- Brief and manage brand and creative agencies supporting strategic initiatives
- Partner with internal design teams to ensure brand consistency across deliverables
Compensation
- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.
- We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York.
- If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
- You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either WD's Short Term Incentive Plan ("STI Plan") or the Sales Incentive Plan ("SIP") which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance, depending on your role and your performance.
- You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan.
Benefits
- You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan.
- Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI pla
Company info
- As part of the dynamic, results-oriented Corporate Marketing organization, the Manager, Brand Strategy plays a critical role within WD's Brand Strategy & Experience team.
- As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within.
- We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us.
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