Vice President, Product Management

Western Digital · San Jose, CA, United States

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • Posted 2026-09-24
  • Confirmed live on 25 September 2026

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Job Description
WD seeks a visionary and commercially decisive Vice President of Product Management to lead the full lifecycle of our product portfolio — from strategic roadmap through market delivery and commercial execution. This is a high-impact enterprise leadership role that sits at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and customer outcomes.
The VP of Product Management will own the integrated product strategy across Roadmap & Product Marketing driving alignment across R&D, Sales, Finance, and Operations to deliver profitable, market-leading storage solutions. This leader will shape how WD competes, grows, and wins in cloud, enterprise, and emerging segments.
Reporting to the Chief Product Officer (CPO), this role is a critical member of the product leadership team and is expected to be part of the succession plan for the current CPO.
Scope of Leadership
This role carries full VP-level organizational accountability, including:

• Leading a multi-functional organization spanning Product Roadmap, Product Marketing & Product Introduction — each led by a Sr Director reporting directly to this role

• Managing and developing Sr. Director/Director-level leaders, setting direction, building organizational health, and holding them accountable for results across their respective domains

• Owning enterprise-wide product decisions that cross business units, geographies, and customer segments

• Representing the product organization at the ELT level, in board-level discussions, with strategic customers, and in external forums

• Setting the organizational culture and talent strategy for a large, globally distributed product management team
Key Responsibilities
1. Product Roadmap Leadership

• Define and own the multi-year product roadmap strategy across HDD, SSD, and emerging storage platforms aligned to market segment needs

• Drive strategic technology roadmaps and investment decisions for advanced storage solutions spanning cloud, enterprise, and consumer markets

• Lead cross-functional alignment between R&D, Product, and Business units on technology direction and portfolio prioritization

• Evaluate product architecture decisions and technology integration strategies, guiding teams on advanced storage technology implementation and risk mitigation

• Establish product portfolio governance — balancing innovation investment, time-to- market, and customer commitments

• Advise leadership on technology partnerships, acquisitions, and innovative investments that expand or strengthen the product portfolio

• Drive critical product design reviews and technology assessments to ensure roadmap integrity and execution quality
2. Product Marketing

• Lead the product marketing function to build compelling, differentiated value propositions for each market segment

• Partner with Sales and the Chief Sales & Marketing Officer to develop go-to-market strategies for advanced storage technologies

• Drive competitive positioning frameworks and customer-facing technical narratives that enable Sales to win

• Lead strategic engagements with key customers to co-develop product roadmaps and validate market requirements

• Champion WD's innovation story externally — at industry conferences, analyst briefings, media engagements, and customer forums

• Build segment-specific messaging across cloud, enterprise, consumer, and emerging verticals
(A) Demand Planning

• Lead demand planning processes in close partnership with Sales, Finance, and Operations to build accurate, forward-looking demand signals

• Establish monthly and quarterly demand review cadences aligned to the S&OP process

• Drive forecast accuracy improvement as a measurable organizational capability
(B) Supply Allocation

• Own supply allocation decision frameworks that balance customer commitments, revenue optimization, and strategic account prioritization

• Partner with Global Operations and Manufacturing on supply constraint scenarios and allocation trade-offs

• Serve as the executive decision-maker for escalated allocation conflicts across business units and geographies
(C) Long-Term Agreements (LTAs)

• Lead the strategy, negotiation framework, and governance for Long-Term Agreements with strategic customers

• Partner with Sales, Legal, and Finance to structure LTAs that deliver volume commitments, pricing stability, and supply security

• Ensure LTA portfolio is actively managed — tracking performance, renegotiation timelines, and risk exposure
Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the primary product and commercial interface to Sales, Finance, Legal, and Operations at the ELT level

• Partner with Manufacturing and Operations teams to understand cost structures and production scalability that inform product and pricing decisions

• Collaborate with Finance and Strategy teams on technology investment ROI analysis, business case development, and portfolio trade-offs

• Develop and maintain strong executive relationships with key customers, anal

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