Program Manager, Sustainability Communications & Engagement

Company: Western Digital
Location: Campbell
Posted on: January 9, 2026

Job Description:

Company Description At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible. At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole. We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™ Professional brands. We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world. From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future. Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data. Job Description Location: San Jose, CA Department: Corporate Sustainability Reports To: Director, Sustainability Disclosure Job Type: Full-Time We are seeking a sustainability communications and employee engagement expert to join our corporate sustainability team. This role will be responsible for developing and implementing ESG communication strategies that amplify stakeholder value, engaging employees to drive change management through strategic activities and events, and designing programs to embed sustainability into key business functions and decisions. The ideal candidate will be an expert communicator with deep understanding of ESG frameworks, concepts, and change theories, combined with strong capabilities to engage employees and influence cross-functional groups without direct authority. Job Overview: We are seeking a sustainability communications and employee engagement expert to join our corporate sustainability team. This role will be responsible for developing and implementing ESG communication strategies that amplify stakeholder value, engaging employees to drive change management through strategic activities and events, and designing programs to embed sustainability into key business functions and decisions. The ideal candidate will be an expert communicator with deep understanding of ESG frameworks, concepts, and change theories, combined with strong capabilities to engage employees and influence cross-functional groups without direct authority. Key Responsibilities: Sustainability communications Develop and implement robust communication strategies that build trust, drive engagement, and enhance reputation. Collaborate with Marketing, PR, and Comms to develop timely, meaningful and high-quality assets, including blogs, press releases, white papers, and thought leadership articles. Develop resources and templates to enable Sales and support customer-facing sustainability communications. Manage, maintain, and update content and resources on WD sustainability websites. Support development of sustainability program decks, presentations, and artifacts. Drive strategy, programming, and narratives for sustainability efforts at key industry conferences and company events. Employee engagement, educations, and trainings Organize events and activities to engage and mobilize employees for sustainability causes. Design employee-facing sustainability training and education programs, driving high participation rates and concrete actions. Create and promote employee-facing sustainability resources, including playbooks, toolkits, and how-to-guides. Establish a sustainability-focused Employee Resource Group (ERG) and relevant charter to help educate and engage the broader organization. Embed sustainability into business operations and decisions Build strong relationships with sustainability champions in all business functions. Engage all functions to identify and incubate ESG-related change management opportunities, establish business cases, and develop meaningful and actionable commitments and KPIs in alignment with business goals and values. Track, quantify, and communicate the value and impacts of sustainability initiatives. Integrate sustainability commitments and KPIs into relevant teams annual planning and goal setting processes. Qualifications Education: Bachelors degree in communications, marketing, environmental science, sustainability, or a related field. A Masters degree is a plus. Experience and skills: 7 years of experience in ESG communication and engagement. Sustainability domain knowledge and expertise (climate, environment, water, circularity, etc.) Proven record in developing effective communication strategies and generating high impact content and stories for all key audiences. Experience in sustainability training design and technical writing. Experience in mobilizing a big group of employees and organizing sustainability activities. Experience in developing business cases and driving change management efforts. Excellent project management skills, and ability to execute in a complex, fast-paced large corporate environment. Natural affinity to be reflective, to learn from challenges, and demonstrate resilience. Highly motivated, self-starter, results-oriented with the ability to work on multiple deliverables at the same time and drive projects to completion. Why Join Us? Be part of a leading organization dedicated to making a positive impact on the world through sustainable practices. Work in a dynamic and collaborative environment that values innovation, sustainability, and personal growth. Competitive compensation package and benefits. Western Digital is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Additional Information Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here. Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution. Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@wdc.com to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 12/25/2025 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application Compensation & Benefits Details An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs. The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future. If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned. You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either Western Digital’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance, depending on your role and your performance. You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including 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; and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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