Director, Human Resources Business Partner (Engineering & Product)

Quick Facts

• Role: Director, Human Resources Business Partner (Engineering & Product)
• Focus: Strategic HR partnership with Product organization executives
• Work model: Hybrid (San Jose, CA; in-office three days per week)

Description

You will serve as a strategic advisory HR business partner and trusted leader to support defined product lines and their leaders, bridging execution to enterprise strategy. The role emphasizes talent strategy, organizational change, and building a high-performance culture through people analytics and proven organizational best practices. You will partner across workforce planning, org design, and go-to-market alignment to enable scalable, high-quality HR delivery.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders (typically VPs/Sr. Directors) to understand priorities and translate them into people strategies
• Influence decision-making using data, insights, and organizational best practices
• Serve as a trusted advisor on leadership effectiveness, team development, and change management
• Partner across workforce planning and organizational design to build the right future structure, capabilities, and talent
• Leverage people analytics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities across the organization
• Connect global design process and go-to-market partnerships to practical, scalable people processes
• Monitor organizational health metrics and implement action plans with leaders
• Ensure consistent, high-quality HR delivery across the organization

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Human Resources (or equivalent); Master’s degree or relevant HR certification preferred
• Extensive progressive HR experience, including significant time in a business partnering role supporting senior leaders (Sr. Directors and VPs)
• Strategic partnering experience aligning people strategies to business objectives and driving outcomes
• Global mindset with experience supporting international client groups
• Executive presence with exceptional influencing, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Knowledge of product development and operations, including roadmap, go-to-market, and enterprise delivery mechanisms
• Proactive approach to identify challenges globally and drive solutions to completion
• Strong prioritization and execution skills; ability to balance strategic priorities with operational demand
• Team player mindset—willing to collaborate and take action to get results

Benefits

• Paid vacation and paid sick leave
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life, accident, and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Voluntary benefits (e.g., supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity)
• Tuition reimbursement and transit support
• Employee assistance and other support programs, employee stock purchase plan, and WD Savings 401(k) plan
• Incentive eligibility: STI or Sales Incentive Plan; potential annual Long-Term Incentive (RSUs or cash equivalents) depending on role