Global Head of Enterprise Engineering Excellence

Nespresso; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Nestlé Nespresso is seeking a strategic Head of Enterprise Engineering Excellence to shape and lead the engineering foundations powering our global digital ecosystem from the Barcelona hub. You will drive strategy, modernize ways of working, and lead a large, international engineering org to deliver scalable, secure products.

You will report to the Global Head of IT and collaborate with senior stakeholders to realize business outcomes, manage budgets, and advance a cloud-first, automation-driven

Qualifications

• 15+ years of senior engineering or technology leadership in complex enterprise environments.
• Proven track record leading large, globally distributed engineering organizations (200+).
• Deep expertise across cloud, infrastructure, DevOps, and modern architectures.
• Strong experience with cloud-native, microservices, APIs, CI/CD, and automation.

Responsibilities

• 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 to enable speed and scalability.
• Ensure secure, reliable, and high-performing infrastructure with governance and compliance.
• Drive operational excellence and partner with senior stakeholders to translate strategy into outcomes.
• Manage budgets, vendors, and cost optimization while maximizing value.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cloud computing

DevOps

Platform engineering

Microservices

APIs

CI/CD

Automation

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Transformation

Security & governance

Cost optimization

Budget management

Tools

Azure

CI/CD tooling

Security tooling

Job description

Nestlé Nespresso is seeking a strategic Head of Enterprise Engineering Excellence to shape and lead the engineering foundations powering our global digital ecosystem from the Barcelona hub. You will drive strategy, modernize ways of working, and lead a large, international engineering org to deliver scalable, secure products.

You will report to the Global Head of IT and collaborate with senior stakeholders to realize business outcomes, manage budgets, and advance a cloud-first, automation-driven