Western Digital

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Senior Business Analyst, People Digital Experience

Full TimeRemoteTeam 10,001+Since 1970H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California

Posted

15 days ago

Salary

$92.3K - $130.7K / year

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishService Now

Job Description

• Lead end-to-end HR technology initiatives across discovery, design, testing, and launch, managing risks, dependencies, and cross-team handoffs. • Serve as a strategic partner across PX and partner teams, presenting insights, recommendations, and ROI to leadership to secure alignment and buy-in. • Recommend scalable, fit-for-purpose solutions aligned with Sandisk’s people strategy, technology roadmap, and industry best practices. • Support data governance policies through documentation and identification of privacy, access, and compliance risks. • Conduct discovery and current-state analysis by mapping people processes, user journeys, pain points, and data flows to uncover value opportunities. • Elicit, validate, and prioritize business requirements through interviews, workshops, and observation, challenging legacy approaches and clarifying business outcomes. • Drive digital and AI transformation initiatives by modernizing manual and repetitive HR processes into scalable, automated workflows. • Design and prototype streamlined HR workflows and service experiences that prioritize usability, accessibility, efficiency, and compliance. • Assess HR platforms, tools, and modules across the portfolio and recommend fit-for-purpose solutions. • Translate HR requirements into technical acceptance criteria and partner with IT and vendors through configuration, testing, and release. • Own User Acceptance Testing: develop test plans/cases, coordinate HR end-users, capture feedback and triage defects. • Prepare and deliver go-live assets such as training materials, user guides, and end-user enablement sessions. • Monitor post launch performance metrics and iterate solutions based on adoption data and user feedback.

Job Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years' experience, including at least 3 years as a business analyst or product specialist focused on HR systems (such as Workday, ServiceNow, etc.)
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline
  • Led complex, end-to-end HR system initiatives in global environments, encompassing requirements definition, process mapping, solution design, and user acceptance testing.
  • Digitized and optimized core HR processes by replacing manual workflows with scalable, automated solutions and enhancing existing system capabilities to drive efficiency and consistency.
  • Designed and delivered employee-centric HR solutions that measurably improve usability, adoption, and the overall employee experience.
  • Expertise in HR systems and their core functionalities to support business and people's strategy objectives.
  • Strong knowledge of HR processes, including HR operations, talent management, payroll/compensation, absence management, and performance management.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and facilitation capabilities with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
  • Skilled in Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, and other continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Working knowledge of APIs, integrations, and key technical concepts to enable effective collaboration with IT partners.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid vacation time
  • Paid sick leave
  • Life, accident and disability insurance
  • Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Employee assistance program
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan

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