Western Digital
We create data storage solutions that power the technology of today and inspire the innovations of tomorrow.
Data Scientist
Location
California
Posted
83 days ago
Salary
$157.7K - $210.3K / year
Bachelor Degree6 yrs expEnglishPythonSQLTableau
Job Description
• Serve as the primary analytics partner to HR and business leaders, understanding their challenges and translating them into analytical solutions.
• Provide insights and recommendations that inform decisions on talent strategy, workforce planning, retention, and employee experience.
• Build strong relationships with HRBPs, COEs, and leadership teams to ensure alignment on priorities.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and analyses on workforce metrics (e.g., attrition, DEI, engagement, recruiting, performance).
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights with strong storytelling and visualization.
• Deliver executive-ready materials that connect people data to business outcomes.
• Partner cross-functionally with analytics and technical teams to ensure data accuracy, resolve quality issues, and maintain consistent, reliable insights.
• Use statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and trend forecasting to identify workforce risks and opportunities.
• Guide stakeholders in building a data-driven culture within HR and across the business.
• Drive adoption of self-service analytics platforms and democratize access to people insights.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in HR, Business, Data Analytics, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Statistics, or a related field.
- 6+ years of experience in People Analytics, HR Analytics, Workforce Planning, or related fields.
- Strong expertise in data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Workday People Analytics, Visier).
- Advanced Excel, SQL, or Python/R for data analysis preferred.
- Understanding of HR systems (Workday, SuccessFactors, etc.) and data structures.
- Exceptional ability to translate data into business insights and recommendations.
- Strong stakeholder management, influencing, and storytelling skills.
- Experience in partnering with senior leaders to drive data-informed decisions.
Benefits
- 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
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
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