Public Relations Manager

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$111K/yr – $148K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Lead global B2B technology communications programs, coordinating multi-stakeholder campaigns, media relations, and KPI-driven reporting.

  • Own multi-channel campaigns and agency partnerships
  • Advise senior leadership on communications strategy
  • Measure and report PR performance against KPIs

Job Description

Requirements

  • 5–8+ years of communications experience (including project management experience) within a global tech company or agency
  • A strong background of B2B / enterprise technology experience; knowledge of data storage, cloud infrastructure, or AI landscape is a plus
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder programs with multiple concurrent workstreams and deadlines
  • Experience creating and managing multi-channel communications campaigns across earned, owned, and paid channels
  • Proven media relations skills; established network of technology and business journalists and editors in North America is a plus
  • Metrics-based approach with experience using tools such as Meltwater to measure and report on PR performance
  • Experience managing external PR agencies and holding partners accountable to agreed KPIs
  • Ability to interface with stakeholders at all levels, across departments and geographies, and act as a strategic advisor to the comms leadership team
  • Exceptional communications, writing, and presentation skills
  • Outstanding judgement and creative problem-solving skills

Benefits

  • WD 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

3.8 Glassdoor

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)
87% recommend to a friend

Salaries

Posted range

$111K/yr – $148K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$901.4M
Last Raise
Post IPO Debt, 2 years ago

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$57.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46.7%
Direct
40.1%
Referral
10.6%
Social
1%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~22.6K

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