San Jose, CA Hybrid Employment 170,600.00-227,400.00

Western Digital is hiring a Principal AI Program Manager

Responsibilities

  • Manage the operational rhythm of the Center of Excellence, including workstreams, deliverables, progress reporting, and leadership review cycles.
  • Maintain a comprehensive view of the organization’s AI initiatives, including tracking projects, dependencies, risks, and expected business impact.
  • Design and oversee processes for submitting, evaluating, and approving AI investments using intake and stage-gate frameworks.
  • Collaborate with the CoE Program Lead to create a strategic AI roadmap aligned with enterprise goals.
  • Work with the Head of AI COE to shape transformation objectives and convert them into actionable programs.
  • Develop and sustain an integrated, cross-functional technology and initiative roadmap.
  • Enforce accountability for meeting project milestones and stage-gate requirements.
  • Lead end-to-end delivery coordination across data engineering, data science, application development, infrastructure, security, and business functions.
  • Engage with business teams to uncover AI use cases, validate business value, and establish success criteria.
  • Monitor and report financial and strategic returns across the AI portfolio to senior executives, including the CIO and C-suite.
  • Integrate ethical AI practices—such as fairness, explainability, data privacy, and regulatory compliance—in collaboration with Legal, Risk, and Information Security teams.
  • Develop and expand CoE resources, including standardized playbooks, AI education programs, and shared technology guidelines.
  • Promote organization-wide AI adoption through structured change management, internal communications, and training programs.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

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Western Digital builds, sells, and provides data storage solutions including hard drives, solid-state drives, and flash memory products.
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Job Details
Department Program Management Engineering
Category management
Posted 2 months ago