
Organization Design & Workforce Planning Lead
Western Digital
San Jose, CA • 16m ago • Hybrid
Senior
Hybrid
164,000 - 218,700 USD/yr
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$164,000 – $218,700/year
Quick Facts
- High-visibility individual contributor role reporting directly under the Director of Organizational Development
Description
You will translate enterprise organization development frameworks into operational tools, processes, and standards that HR business partners and people leaders can actually use. The role focuses on workforce planning, organization design engagements, and operationalizing AI adoption practices within the OD function at scale. You will also build organizational design capability through training and advisory, partnering with workforce analytics to ensure data-driven decisions.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain enterprise workforce planning models to identify talent gaps, capability needs, and structural risks
- Partner with HR business partners and finance to align headcount plans with business strategy and growth projections
- Build reporting and tracking mechanisms for workforce composition, readiness, and risk
- Support org design engagements (restructuring teams, clarifying accountabilities, optimizing spans of control)
- Develop and maintain standardized org design tools, templates, and decision frameworks
- Analyze organizational health indicators (span of control, role clarity, team structure) and recommend actions
- Operationalize AI adoption practices in OD (assessment frameworks, playbooks, implementation guides)
- Assess workforce implications of AI-driven changes, including role evolution, capability gaps, and structural adjustments
- Document and codify AI-related org design learnings so best practices scale enterprise-wide
- Facilitate training and coaching sessions for HRBPs and people leaders
- Advise on organizational effectiveness challenges using structured diagnosis and practical recommendations
- Coordinate with Workforce Analytics so workforce data informs planning models and design decisions
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or related field
- 5+ years of progressive experience in organizational design, workforce planning, or organizational development in a complex, matrixed environment
- Hands-on experience leading org design projects (spans of control analysis, role clarification, team restructuring)
- Proven ability to build and operationalize frameworks, tools, and playbooks others can apply consistently
- Strong analytical skills interpreting headcount, attrition, and capability data into structured recommendations
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits including paid vacation and sick leave; medical/dental/vision; life, accident and disability insurance; flexible spending/health savings accounts
- Tuition reimbursement and retirement plan options
- Potential bonus eligibility (STI or sales incentive depending on role) and potential long-term incentives (e.g., RSUs or cash equivalents), depending on role eligibility
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