Supply Chain Transformation Program Manager

Western Digital is expanding its Supply Chain Transformation organization to strengthen hands-on delivery capacity for high-priority, cross-functional initiatives. We are seeking a Program Manager to lead process, solution and technology delivery for transformation programs.

You will translate approved end-to-end designs into executable delivery plans and drive coordinated execution across requirements, design, build, testing, readiness, deployment, stabilization and transition to the run-the-business organization. This is an execution-focused leadership role for someone who can connect strategy to delivery, bring clarity to complex dependencies and move matrixed teams toward decisions and closure.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the process, solution and technology delivery workstream for highly critical Supply Chain transformation initiatives.
• Convert integrated process and solution designs into practical program plans covering scope, milestones, deliverables, resources, dependencies, decision points and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate planning and delivery across a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders & partners.
• Maintain the integrated workstream plan and operating cadence; lead status reviews, milestone governance, decision logs, actions and executive-ready reporting.
• Identify and actively manage risks, issues, assumptions and cross-workstream dependencies; escalate material decisions with clear options, impacts and recommendations.
• Keep business requirements, process designs, data needs, technical solutions, integrations and deployment activities synchronized across delivery teams.
• Partner with functional leaders to coordinate user acceptance testing, business readiness, training inputs, adoption activities and transition deliverables.
• Partner with IT to govern design, build, release and stabilization activities while maintaining clear accountability for technical implementation.
• Plan and orchestrate go-live, cutover, hypercare and stabilization, including readiness criteria, contingency planning and issue-resolution governance.
• Drive a structured handoff to the Supply Chain Center of Excellence, business functions and IT, including operating procedures, ownership, open items, performance measures and sustainment responsibilities.
• Monitor delivery progress and value realization against approved outcomes, surfacing variances and corrective actions to transformation and business leadership.
• Support vendor and partner governance, including deliverable quality, commitments, resource alignment, commercial dependencies and escalation paths.
• Apply consistent program and project management standards, templates and controls while tailoring the delivery approach to initiative complexity and pace.
• Promote speed, operational rigor and customer focus through transparent execution, disciplined follow-through and continuous improvement of the transformation delivery model.

Department: Global Operations & Supply Chain
Function: Engineering
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level