Early Career Talent Program Manager (APAC)

About the role

Western Digital is looking for an Early Career Talent Program Manager based in Singapore to execute and enhance its early career strategy across the Asia-Pacific region. The role partners with global program leadership to deliver high-impact internship and full-time early career programs, tailored to regional market needs. It combines program management and enablement, covering onboarding, development, engagement and offboarding across countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, with travel required.

Key responsibilities

• Localize global early career program strategies across APAC and build program enablement tools, playbooks and resources for managers, mentors and stakeholders
• Partner with Recruiting, HRBPs and business leaders to align hiring, onboarding and program delivery
• Lead end-to-end delivery of internship and full-time early career programs, including onboarding, orientation, learning sessions, events and offboarding
• Manage logistics such as event planning, vendor coordination, scheduling and budget tracking, and track participant progress and performance
• Serve as main point of contact for early career hires, interns and managers, and act as a visible program leader
• Facilitate workshops, onboarding sessions and live events, and partner with Talent Brand on program branding

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in program management, early career programs, university recruiting or talent development
• Proven experience managing early career programs across APAC, including Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore
• Demonstrated experience balancing program execution and enablement, building tools, frameworks or scalable processes
• Experience working cross-functionally with recruiting, HR, learning and development, talent brand and business stakeholders
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills, and ability to engage early career audiences and senior leaders
• Comfortable in a regional, cross-cultural environment and willing to travel