Leadership Development & Team Effectiveness Manager

Shape Nestlé’s global approach to leadership coaching, mentoring and team effectiveness.

Location: Barcelona, Spain or Lisbon, Portugal
Work model: Hybrid / Full time 
Contract type / duration:Permanent 

Be a force for good and accelerate change that improves lives and the planet

As a Leadership Development & Team Effectiveness Manager at Nestlé, your mission is to bring clarity and consistency to our global mentoring, coaching and team effectiveness landscape by defining practical frameworks, prioritizing the right solutions and making them easy to activate across the organization. You’ll make a difference by collaborating closely with Talent, Leadership Development, Human Resources Business Partners, markets and business leaders to understand evolving needs, build internal capability and connect teams with the right internal or external support. This is your opportunity to take ownership, grow your expertise, and deliver meaningful results that make a difference at scale. 

How you’ll make an impact as a Leadership Development & Team Effectiveness Manager

• Leading a clear, scalable mentoring framework that strengthens matching, development relationships, knowledge sharing and professional networks. 

• Driving an integrated coaching portfolio across internal and external coaches, digital platforms, executive coaching and leadership transitions. 

• Building mentoring and coaching capability among leaders and the HR community so they can confidently activate the right solutions. 

• Defining practical team effectiveness frameworks, methods and tools that help teams improve collaboration and collective performance. 

• Designing, facilitating and guiding team interventions that support leadership teams through transformation, change and critical transitions. 

• Using business needs, insights, feedbacks and relevant measures to improve the Team Effectiveness offer and its impact. 

What will make you successful 

• Bringing strong expertise in leadership development, mentoring, executive coaching, team coaching, or organizational development. 

• Experience in designing and facilitating team effectiveness interventions, ideally with senior leadership teams. 

• Strong understanding of team dynamics, organizational behaviour, high-performing team methods and recognized coaching practices and/or having a professional coaching qualification.  

• Ability to translate research and market insight into simple, scalable solutions while influencing stakeholders and managing capability portfolios and external partners. 

• Communicating fluently in English. 

• Demonstrating courage, collaboration, speed and continuous learning, while translating ideas into measurable impact and creating shared value. 

At Nestlé, we place people at the heart of everything we do

Our benefits are designed to support your growth and wellbeing, so you can thrive at work and in life:

Flexible working options, including hybrid work possibilities 
Paid holidays beyond legal requirements
Learning and development opportunities to grow your career
Performance based bonus
Healthcare contribution and access to the Employee Assistance Program
Strong employer contribution to your pension plan
Generous parental leave and comprehensive family support solutions
Attractive employee discounts across various products and services

What to expect from our hiring process

We are committed to an inclusive and respectful hiring experience and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations if needed. Our workplaces are fully accessible and supported by a strong safety culture, with modern installations and procedures to ensure a safe environment for everyone.

The hiring process typically includes an interview with Talent Acquisition, an interview with the hiring team, and a final discussion and offer. We review applications as they are received and close the role once a strong list of relevant candidates is identified, so we encourage you to apply early. All information is treated confidentially.

Stay vigilant: Nestlé will only contact candidates via official company email addresses and will never ask for payments or sensitive personal information at any stage of the hiring process.

Ready to Be a Force for Good?

Apply now and accelerate change that improves lives and the planet.