144 applicants

Company

Western Digital · 1 week ago

Director of Executive Compensation

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Develop, analyze and execute competitive total compensation programs for our Executive Leadership Team (SVP+ level and C-Suite). Competitive total compensation programs include on-boarding, ongoing and off-boarding pay packages, base pay, short-term incentive plans, long-term incentive plans, equity awards, retention programs and severance plans, as well as any other programs and benefits related to the Executive Leadership Team.

Conduct ongoing competitive analyses of executive compensation programs and pay components by benchmarking against industry peers and best practices, and participation in third-party or custom surveys.

Manage the administration of our global LTI equity-based and cash-based compensation programs, including time and performance-based equity, award agreements, and equity plan governance. Collaborate with finance, legal, and other departments to ensure seamless integration and alignment of LTI programs with company policies and objectives.

Support the preparation of the Executive Compensation sections of the proxy statement, including CD&A and proxy tables.

Evaluates jobs using standard job evaluation techniques; determines levels within the executive team and benchmarks each role relative to the market.

Supports compensation processes such as merit, short-term and long-term incentive processes, including preparation of materials for the Compensation and Talent Committee of the organization’s Board of Directors. Partners with internal stakeholders to ensure data and system readiness to deliver such processes.

Supports preparation of annual proxy disclosures, the Pay versus Performance tables and disclosures, and the CEO pay ratio disclosure

Partners with stock plan administration team to administer equity program and forecasts and monitors the company’s equity spend and burn rate to advise senior executives and the Board

Manages monthly equity grant approval process (off-cycle equity awards)

Survey data submission to external consultants, advisors, and proxy advisory firms to ensure alignment with our compensation strategy and governance trends.

Remains current on legal and governance developments associated with public-company executive compensation programs, including proxy advisor guidance.

Acts as internal consultant/advisor to managers and other cross functional team. Makes recommendations to senior leaders on executive compensation issues.

Creates materials to effectively communicate executive compensation programs, policies, and practices to executives.

Conducts research, including review of public-company proxies and other SEC filings to evaluate market practices for executive compensation programs. Familiar with standard research platforms, including Equilar and Capital IQ.

Effective communication skills and executive presence to advise and influence C-Suite executives.

Qualification

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Required

10+ years of relevant experience in corporate environment and/or consulting firm (prior corporate experience preferred)

Prior experience presenting and consulting to C-Suite executives

Expert level data modeling and excel skills

Ability to analyze large amounts of data and utilize that data to communicate findings and influence decision making at senior executive and Board levels

Ability to analyze complex problems, multi-task and meet deadlines

Highly collaborative

Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal

Active listener

Ability to synthesize different data and viewpoints

Understanding of the global context inclusive of workplace trends in our competitive environment

Benefits

Paid vacation time

Paid sick leave

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Life, accident and disability insurance

Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts

Employee assistance program

Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity

Tuition reimbursement

Transit

The Applause Program

Employee stock purchase plan

Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan

Company

Western Digital

Glassdoor

3.6

Western Digital helps customers capture, preserve, access, and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data.

Founded in 1970

Milpitas, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.westerndigital.com

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