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™, and SanDisk® Professional brands.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Job Description

Responsible for the support, development, interpretation, coordination, and administration of the corporation’s policies relative to property and casualty insurance, self-insurance, captive insurance and risk management. The principal objective is to have effective management of risks (property and casualty losses to which the corporation is exposed) through supervision and coordination of loss prevention, asset protection, insurance, and claims control. Domestic and/or international travel may be required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain awareness and knowledge of risk conditions prevailing in all elements of the corporation, analyze new or potential risk situations and recommend appropriate courses of action.
Coordinate property and casualty insurance claims control function at all locations.
Continuous review of existing safety, environmental, loss prevention, employment and security programs as related to the management of risk or accidental loss.
Maintain historical record of all losses, insured and uninsured, including recoveries and reserves set by insurance companies.
Review leases, contracts, sales and finance agreements, and ascertain compliance with appropriate insurance requirements.
Coordinate risk control activities and monitor compliance for:
- Security/Asset protection
- Personnel safety/OSHA
- Automobile safety
- Property conservation, fire safety and fire prevention
- Emergency preparedness
- Business recovery
Coordinate the reporting of property and cargo claims to insurers or against third parties and process such claims.
Prepare detailed investigative reports that are factual, timely, well written and logical.
Collect company data, on which insurance premiums are based, verify the accuracy and validity of policies and premiums when received, prepare the reports that are required by the insurance companies and assist with premium allocation tasks.
Maintain premium payment schedule
Support the activities of the corporation’s subsidiaries and offices both domestic and foreign as they relate to the various professional consultants, insurance brokers and insurers concerned with the corporation’s insurance programs.
Maintain surveillance over existing programs of self-insurance and risk assumption to assure continued cost effectiveness.

OTHER

Recommend and approve major equipment for asset protection and loss control. On a corporate level, perform claims handling and settlement activities. Travel to key company locations worldwide.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This manager interacts with the company individual site Safety Coordinators, Security Specialist and Human Resources personnel. Additionally, this manager interacts with all levels of employees and managers at the corporate headquarters.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

To perform this job satisfactorily, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Bachelor’s degree in insurance, Law Enforcement, Industrial Technology, Occupational Environmental/Safety/Health disciplines or equivalent.
5+ years of Risk Management, Finance, or related Insurance industry experience

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov)

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 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 deadline.

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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 Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Notice To Candidates: Please be aware that Western Digital and its subsidiaries will never request payment as a condition for applying for a position or receiving an offer of employment. Should you encounter any such requests, please report it immediately to Western Digital Ethics Helpline or email compliance@wdc.com.

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