Summer 2025 Intern, Business Management

Company Description

At Western Digital, we are on a mission to unlock the potential of data so people, companies and organizations everywhere can create what’s next. To fulfill our vision, we are always on the lookout for potential team members who share our passion for solving problems to empower others.

When you join Western Digital, you join a legacy more than 50 years in the making. Across our Western Digital®, SanDisk®, SanDisk® Professional, WD® and WD_BLACK™ brands, we have brought some of the most storied advancements in memory and data storage technology to market—and our best, most innovative work is yet to come.

From energizing gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Here’s how you can help.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Western Digital is seeking a summer intern to join the Global Channel Business Management team in Irvine, CA as a Business Management Summer Intern. During the summer internship, you will be responsible for contributing and completing multiple projects that will help the sales and marketing organization in optimizing product, pricing offerings as well as marketing campaigns. You will work closely with our team of experienced product segment managers, and regional pricing managers to deliver the projects.

An intern in this group can expect to work on and gain experience in the following areas:

Regional Pricing Optimization:

• Review of requested regional pricelists, proposal to remove inefficiencies, including but not limited to pricelist variants
• Deep dive into overall pricing product lists including active and EOL SKUs and aligning with business focus
• Creation of pricing templates for consolidation

Program Review:

• Research and analyze multi-tiered pricing programs and propose options to simplify without forfeiting sales
• Potential expansion of actions to online and offline channels

Marketing Projects:

• Understand product offerings in a designated segment, analyze competition promotional activities, proposing a 360-degree marketing campaign, and performance metrics
• Potential ad hoc projects as needed to support the sales and marketing team

Qualifications

Required

• Current students seeking a bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or related fields with a graduation date of June 2026 or later.
• Right to work in the US without requiring Western Digital to commence or sponsor an immigration case to employ you at any point in the future required (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration case)
• Candidates who will not require relocation to the Irvine, CA will be preferred

Technical

• Experience and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is preferred.
• Ability to approach problems logically and solve them with collaboration with experienced managers and segment leaders.
• Critical thinking and analytical skills to identify and fix issues.
• A strong grasp of business and finance fundamentals.
• Capable of clear communication, preparing presentations, and communicating through emails and chat.

Emotional Intelligence/EQ

• Experience working on group projects or in a team environment.
• Ability to collaborate with team members, listen to feedback, and contribute positively to discussions.
• Eagerness to learn new methods and tools as per project requirements.
• Ability to adapt to different tasks and projects as the team’s needs evolve.
• Good communication skills are important for collaborating with team members and stakeholders

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteri