Head of Enterprise Engineering Excellence We are looking for a Head of Enterprise Engineering Excellence to be part of our Nestlé Nespresso Digital and Tech Team. At Nespresso, our Digital & Tech teams are at the heart of our innovation journey—a space where we continuously invest, evolve, and create world-class capabilities.

Position Snapshot

Type of Contract: Permanent.

Type of work: Hybrid

Work Language: Fluent Business English The Role

As the Head of Enterprise Engineering Excellence, you will shape and lead the engineering foundations that power Nespresso’s integral digital ecosystem. Reporting to the Global Head of IT, you will lead a large, high-performing organization spanning infrastructure, platform engineering, and engineering enablement.

You will be instrumental in accelerating Nespresso’s digital transformation—enabling teams to build, deploy, and scale products faster, more securely, and with greater impact. This is a highly visible leadership role where you will define engineering strategy, modernize ways of working, and influence outcomes at enterprise scale.

In This Role, You Will:

Define and drive the enterprise-wide engineering excellence strategy, aligned with business and IT priorities

Lead a global organization of 200+ engineers, building high-performing teams and leadership capability

Accelerate modernization through DevSecOps, cloud, automation, SRE, platform engineering, and AI

Own and evolve engineering platforms (cloud foundations, CI/CD, developer tooling) to enable speed and scalability

Ensure secure, reliable, and high-performing infrastructure and operations with strong governance and compliance

Drive operational excellence (incident, problem, and change management; resilience and disaster recovery)

Partner with senior stakeholders to translate strategy into tangible business outcomes

Manage budgets, vendors, and cost optimization while maximizing value delivery

What We’re Looking For





15+ years of experience in senior engineering or technology leadership roles in complex enterprise environments

Proven track record leading large, globally distributed engineering organizations (200+ scale)

Deep expertise across cloud (Azure preferred), infrastructure, DevOps, platform engineering, and modern architectures

Strong experience with cloud-native, microservices, APIs, CI/CD, and automation

Strategic mindset with the ability to connect technology decisions to business impact

Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills

Proven ability to drive transformation, culture change, and operational excellence

Extra Skills That Set You Apart:

Experience in consumer-facing or global brand environments with high performance expectations

Background in platform-led or product-based operating models

Strong exposure to AI-driven engineering or emerging technologies

We Offer You

We offer more than just a job. We put people first and inspire you to become the best version of yourself.

Great benefits including competitive salary and a comprehensive social benefits package. We have one of the most competitive pension plans on the market, as well as flexible remuneration with tax advantages: health insurance, restaurant card, mobility plan, etc.

Personal and professional growth through ongoing training and constant career opportunities reflecting our conviction that people are our most important asset.

Hybrid working environment with flexible working scheme.

Our state-of-the-art campus is dog friendly and equipped with a medical centre, canteen and areas to co-create network and chill!

Recreation activities such as yoga, Zumba, etc. and a wide range of volunteering activities.

We encourage the diversity of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief and disability.

People are at the heart of our success – all 14,000 of them. We actively cultivate diversity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace. We celebrate individuality, believing that your authenticity and uniqueness can help us to grow and thrive together

📌 Head of Enterprise Engineering Excellence (Madrid)
🏢 Nestlé S. A.
📍 Madrid