Director, Corporate Strategy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado.

📋 Description

• Supervise market intelligence initiatives, which include sizing the Total Addressable Market (TAM), analyzing customer landscapes, market dynamics, competitive environments, and substitution risks.

• Keep informed on Western Digital's primary HDD operations and adjacent emerging market ventures.

• Track demand signals, shifts in technology, and changes in customer behavior.

• Create analytical models and insights regarding AI-driven data growth, cycles of cloud capital expenditure, and storage tiering economics.

• Collaborate with venture teams to evaluate emerging markets and develop proprietary market perspectives.

• Evaluate Western Digital's positioning in emerging markets and identify necessary capabilities for development, acquisition, or partnerships.

• Suggest opportunities for more extensive diligence or investment and establish leading indicators.

• Assist in quarterly market assessments for senior leadership and the annual strategy planning process.

• Provide market outlooks and scenarios for long-term planning.

• Collaborate on growth initiatives, portfolio management, ecosystem development, and investment projects.

• Support sales, product, marketing, and finance strategies related to pricing, capacity, roadmaps, account planning, and business cases.

• Maintain a data-driven competitive landscape overview that includes capacity additions, technology roadmaps, cost structures, and commercial practices.

• Analyze competitive actions and their effects on Western Digital's market position.

• Manage relationships with external industry research analysts.

• Oversee the research portfolio across both core and new venture markets, identifying insight gaps and managing the vendor portfolio.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 6 years of experience in top-tier management consulting, corporate strategy, or market intelligence roles.

• Experience in building market models and forecasts from the ground up, utilizing third-party insights, primary data sources, and expert interviews.

• A proven history of supporting and leading complex strategy initiatives from hypothesis formation to actionable recommendations.

• Strong quantitative skills and sound judgment in ambiguous, high-stakes scenarios.

• Excellent financial understanding linking market dynamics to business models, unit economics, and financial results.

• Exceptional strategic thinking capabilities and structured problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent executive communication skills, including the development of materials, crafting narratives, and delivering presentations to senior leadership, C-suite, and Board members.

• Demonstrated ability to foster alignment and influence senior stakeholders.

• Preferred domain expertise in the semiconductor, technology, or electronics sectors.

• Familiarity with markets related to data storage, memory, or cloud infrastructure is a plus.

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Economics, or a related analytical discipline, or equivalent work experience.

• An MBA or comparable experience is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility for remote work within established company guidelines.

• 15–25% travel required to engage with internal stakeholders, partners, and attend industry events.

• Commitment to an equal opportunity and inclusive workplace.

• Support for accommodations during the application and hiring processes.