Investor Relations Manager

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.

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Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

Manage and coordinate IR functions

The Investor Relations Manager has significant interaction with the executive management team. Active member of the IR team developing a World Class IR practice. This position will lead in coordination of management participation in investor marketing activities and assist in performing analysis and material preparation for the executive leadership team, investors, sell-side analysts, and other key internal stakeholders. The candidate must demonstrate an ability to clearly communicate in writing and in person and have a presence to effectively communicate both vertically and horizontally across an organization.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Assist the creation of all company quarterly earnings call materials – quarterly financial press releases, conference call scripts, Q&A documents, and other associated materials. Develop key messages and effectively communicate those messages through all materials.

· Coordinate and prepare management for participation in investor conferences, virtual and/or live road shows, bus tours, investor visits, investor days, proxy outreach and the annual shareholder meeting.

· Ensure Executive Team and Board of Directors are updated on investor and analyst perceptions of the company. Recommend and implement any necessary course corrections in messaging or relationship management.

· Providing updates on peer activity including news releases, earnings calls, investor events, and key sell-side research reports.

· Review and analyze sell-side research and models to monitor changes in ratings/price targets/estimates, comparisons of consensus estimates to internal forecasts.

· Monitor stock performance and valuation moves against the market, industry and peers and communicate key insights on these changes to stakeholders.

· Excellent oral communication, written communication and presentation skills and an ability to collaborate and influence at all levels of an organization.

· Monitor analyst consensus estimates and expectations, maintain the company’s working model, and perform valuation analysis on the company, peer groups, and broader market to develop insights on performance.

· Perform research and provide business, industry, competitive, and market insights to key internal stakeholders, reporting to executives on stock performance,

positioning, competitive analyses, and any potential activities that could impact the company.

· Track all investor marketing activities and create investor profiles, targeting and ownership reports and analysis, database.

· Collaborate with Legal, Corporate Communications and other internal stake holders ensuring that a consistent corporate image is presented to analysts, institutional investors and individual shareholders in all communication.

· Coordinates press release distribution and manages and refines the process around publication of press release, monthly metrics, and quarterly earnings releases.

· Prepare management for meetings and calls with investors and analysts. Support communications with buy-side and sell-side investors. Supports quarterly earnings process including preparation of various earnings materials in conjunction with Finance, Legal, Corporate Communications, and other parties.

· The successful candidate will be highly accountable with a strong results orientation and will bring a track record of superior and rapid results. He/she will have a mindset of operational excellence, combined with superior project management capabilities needed to balance multiple priorities at one time. Capable of demonstrating initiative and independence in carrying out multiple tasks, as well as strong critical thinking and problem-solving skill. Highly motivated, very flexible in terms of tasks assigned, work hours, and the ability to do what it takes to get the job done.

· Assist the team in various internal projects as needed.

REQUIRED:

· Bachelor's degree required, MBA a plus

· 8+ years of work experience.

· Work experience in investor relations preferred or equivalent experience in equity research

SKILLS:

· Proven expertise in Excel, PowerPoint and Word. Experience with FactSet, IR Insight, and/or Capital IQ a plus.

· Excellent communication and people skills.

· Excellent organizational, analytical, and research skills.

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate 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 Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

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 [email protected] 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 December 8, 2024 (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.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, 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.