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Western Digital Technologies INC

Organization Effectiveness & Design Lead

San Jose, CA, US Posted 1 month ago

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  • Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 176 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
  • The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
  • No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
  • What Western Digital Technologies INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles28 certified filings for “Senior Engineer, Electronic Design Engineering” (Electronics Engineers, Except Computer) in CA: $117k–$161k, median $148k.
  • Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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Employer is on a government sponsor record
The US Department of Labor certified 176 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
No salary bar for this route
H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
What Western Digital Technologies INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles
28 certified filings for “Senior Engineer, Electronic Design Engineering” (Electronics Engineers, Except Computer) in CA: $117k–$161k, median $148k. Most were filed at wage level I (60%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).

US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).

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About the role

The Organization Development team at WD owns the enterprise-wide frameworks that shape how the company is structured, how work gets done, and how the workforce evolves alongside the business. As an Organization Architect Lead, you will be the hands-on practitioner who takes those frameworks and makes them operational — translating org design principles and workforce planning methodology into tools, processes, and standards that HR business partners and people leaders can actually use. This is a high-visibility individual contributor role sitting directly below the Director of Organizational Development, and you'll carry real ownership over the work that helps WD navigate AI-driven workforce transformation at scale.  Essential Duties and Responsibilities  Workforce Planning  • Develop and maintain enterprise workforce planning models that identify current and future talent gaps, capability needs, and structural risks across critical functions  • Partner with HR business partners and finance to align headcount plans with business strategy, growth projections, and organizational priorities  • Build reporting and tracking mechanisms that give senior leaders and HRBPs clear visibility into workforce composition, readiness, and risk  Organization Design  • Support the design and execution of org design engagements — restructuring teams, clarifying accountabilities, and optimizing spans of control in partnership with senior HRBPs and business leaders  • Develop and maintain standardized org design tools, templates, and decision frameworks that enable consistent, data-driven structural decisions across WD  • Analyze organizational health indicators — including span of control, role clarity, and team structure — and translate findings into actionable recommendations  AI Transformation  • Operationalize standard practices for AI adoption within the OD function — including assessment frameworks, playbooks, and implementation guides that teams can apply consistently  • Partner with HR leadership to assess workforce implications of AI-driven changes, including role evolution, capability gaps, and structural adjustments needed to support adoption  • Document and codify AI-related org design learnings so that best practices scale across the enterprise rather than living in individual engagements  Capability Building & Advisory  • Facilitate training and coaching sessions that build org design and workforce planning capability in HR business partners and people leaders  • Advise on high-priority organizational effectiveness challenges, bringing structured diagnosis and practical recommendations rather than abstract frameworks  • Coordinate with Workforce Analytics to ensure workforce data informs design decisions and planning models  Required Qualifications  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field  • 5+ years of progressive experience in organizational design, workforce planning, or organizational development in a complex, matrixed environment  • Demonstrated hands-on experience leading or executing org design projects — including spans of control analysis, role clarification, and team restructuring  • Proven ability to build and operationalize frameworks, tools, and playbooks that others can apply consistently — not just advise on them  • Strong analytical skills applied to workforce data: ability to interpret headcount, attrition, and capability data and translate it into structured recommendations  Preferred Qualifications  • MBA or PhD in Organizational Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Business, or a related field  • Experience operationalizing AI tools or AI-driven change within an HR or OD function  • Experience in strategic mana

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