Senior Director, Strategy

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

📋 Description

• Identify and assess new business prospects in storage adjacencies, software platforms, and emerging business models.

• Concentrate on strategic opportunities that extend beyond the core hardware business, including software-defined storage, tiered storage solutions, platform partnerships, and innovative business models.

• Act as the strategic thought leader for the company on how Western Digital can enhance its value proposition and tap into new revenue streams.

• Perform in-depth strategic analysis of adjacency opportunities with clear recommendations for executive decision-making.

• Prepare comprehensive strategic reports and executive briefings on storage adjacency strategies.

• Collaborate with the Strategy team to identify integrated solutions and cross-selling opportunities.

• Work alongside Product Management and Engineering on platform roadmaps.

• Partner with Business Development teams to evaluate partnerships and structure deals.

• Engage with Sales and Marketing to understand customer requirements and validate strategic assumptions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or business development, particularly with technology platforms and ecosystems.

• Experience at a prestigious management consulting firm is highly preferred.

• A proven history of developing platform strategies, ecosystem frameworks, and business model innovations for technology companies.

• Extensive experience in cloud infrastructure, neo clouds, data storage, or enterprise infrastructure markets is strongly preferred.

• Exceptional strategic thinking abilities, deep expertise in platform strategy, two-sided markets, and ecosystem dynamics.

• Excellent analytical and financial modeling skills, including the development of business cases.

• An MBA from a top-tier business school is mandatory.

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related analytical field is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid vacation time.

• Paid sick leave.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Life, accident, and disability insurance.

• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts.

• Employee assistance program.

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

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Transit benefits.

• Employee stock purchase plan.

• WD Savings 401(k) Plan.