Western Digital
We create data storage solutions that power the technology of today and inspire the innovations of tomorrow.
Global Policy & Governance Manager
Location
California
Posted
23 days ago
Salary
$129.6K - $172.8K / year
Bachelor DegreeEnglish
Job Description
• Stand up and continuously improve an enterprise SharePoint Online repository for governance documents, including information architecture, metadata/taxonomy, content types, versioning, permissions, retention, search, and workflow automation
• Define and socialize the governance documentation framework (scope, definitions, document types, naming conventions, approval paths, lifecycle controls)
• Partner with across Western Digital to identify required policies and process documentation, and to aggregate and organize existing governance artifacts (guidelines, procedures, standards, charters, playbooks)
• Work with document owners/SMEs to draft or update policies and procedures, ensure clarity and consistency, and apply WD branding and numbering standards
• Guide owners through approvals; manage publishing, review cycles, and controlled updates on defined cadence (e.g., annual/biannual), maintaining audit‑ready evidence and traceability
• Establish controls and documentation that meet internal audit, SOX, ISO/QMS, data governance, and security requirements
• Create training, quick guides, and communications; host clinics for authors/approvers; champion adoption across sites and functions
• Define KPIs and dashboards (e.g., % coverage of policy inventory, cycle time for approvals, % docs current vs. expired, repository usage/adoption, audit issues remediated)
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Management, Communications, or related field (or combination of equivalent experience)
- MBA a plus
- Progressive experience in governance, compliance, policy management, or document control in a medium‑to‑large enterprise
- Proficiency in SharePoint Online (sites & hubs, libraries, content types, metadata/taxonomy, permissions, search, Power Automate workflows)
- Strong technical writing and editorial skills with attention to structure, clarity, and consistency
- Project management capability to move multiple documents through intake, drafting, review, approval, and publication on time
- Stakeholder management skills; able to influence and guide SMEs and leaders across functions
Benefits
- 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
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
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