Director, Strategic Communications – Product

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$192K/yr – $256K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary communications advisor to the Chief Product Officer, providing strategic counsel and executive communications support.
  • Develop and execute integrated communications strategies, plans, and roadmaps that support Product priorities, executive visibility, employee engagement, and business objectives.
  • Partner with Product leadership to shape narratives around technology leadership, product innovation, customer value, and business priorities, while proactively developing messaging and communications plans that support key initiatives and milestones.
  • Build trusted relationships with executives and leaders across the Product organization and broader enterprise.
  • Develop executive content and messaging, including presentations, speeches, briefing materials, leadership communications, and multimedia content.
  • Lead preparation of executive briefings for customer meetings, industry events, analyst engagements, media opportunities, Board of Directors presentations, and investor-related activities.
  • Develop thought leadership content for internal and external channels, including articles, social content, executive profiles, and digital communications.
  • Leverage storytelling, visual communications, multimedia, and emerging communications approaches to create compelling content across channels.
  • Ensure consistency of messaging across executive, organizational, and enterprise communications.
  • Lead communications strategies that support organizational priorities, business transformation, change management, employee engagement, and key organizational milestones.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of communications experience, including significant executive communications experience supporting Vice President-level leaders or above.
  • Experience supporting highly technical leaders, product organizations, engineering teams, or technology-focused businesses.
  • Demonstrated success advising senior executives and translating complex technical and business concepts into clear, audience-focused communications.
  • Exceptional writing, storytelling, and executive content development skills, with the ability to translate complex business and technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives.
  • Strong executive presence, business acumen, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across all levels of an organization.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proficiency in PowerPoint and experience leveraging modern communication technologies, including AI-enabled tools, to enhance content development and team effectiveness.
  • Experience in technology, semiconductor, infrastructure, cloud, storage, or other complex B2B industries preferred.

Preferred

  • Experience in technology, semiconductor, infrastructure, cloud, storage, or other complex B2B industries preferred.

Benefits

  • 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 WD Savings 401(k) Plan.

Western Digital

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At Western Digital, our vision is to unleash the power and value of data. For decades, we have been at the forefront of storage innovation, which fuels our mission to be the market leader in data storage, delivering solutions for now and the future. We are committed to providing scalable, sustainable technology for the world’s hyperscalers, enterprises, and cloud providers, and delivering cutting-edge innovation that will drive the next generation of AI-driven data workloads. All that we do is powered by our people, who are united in a common purpose of creating solutions that move the world forward. Learn more at www.westerndigital.com.

Founded in 2003
San Jose, California, USA
23K employees (792 in marketing)
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