Job Description

Western Digital

The next big thing in data is you!

The Accelerator team is looking for someone who can bring to market new SW/HW products in the Flash BU. Your first task is to own and drive the Zirconium initiative, which consists of a full stack MySQL on ZNS solution.

The strategic Initiatives team reports directly into the EVP of the Flash business at Western Digital. In this role you are responsible for the business results of one or more specifically chosen initiatives. You will drive the customer interaction, the product development, the 3rd party partner engagement and the linkage with the rest of Western Digital. You will autonomously run complex projects that span across teams ranging from Eng, PM, Sales & Support, Ops, Finance, etcetera.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Proven hands-on experience introducing new products to early customers

* Ability to drive Sales, BD, and product management

* Experience in managing partnerships with software ecosystem partners, OSS and commercial

* Highly entrepreneurial with a strong sense of ownership and autonomy

* Strong knowledge of the storage ecosystem, from high to low in the storage stack (HW/Firmware/System/Middleware/Applications), with emphasis on knowledge of SW/applications

* Comfortable working in ambiguous, quickly evolving, agile environment

* Flexible, self-motivated, and focused on getting things done

* Demonstrated ability and experience in effectively interacting top executives

* Experience working through change and solving complex problems

REQUIRED:

* Graduate Degree or MBA

* Undergrad in a technical field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics, or another hard science)

* 7+ years of experience in Business Development or Sales experience in Software Ecosystems, ideally in Storage industry.

* Knowledge of Product Mangement process.

ABOUT WESTERN DIGITAL

The future. Its on you. You & Western Digital.

Weve been storing the worlds data for more than 50 years. Once, storage was the most important thing we could do for data. Now, were helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can.

The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and government organizations come to us for the technologies and solutions needed to bring meaning and value to their ever-increasing diversity of data.

But we cant do it alone. Todays exceptional data challenges require your unique skills. You can be the next big thing in data.

Western Digital data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital, G-Technology, SanDisk and WD brands.

Western Digital is an equal opportunity employer.

Western Digital does not discriminate on the basis of 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 persons gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons 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 Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

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