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Head of Agentic SDLC

On-site in Madrid·Added 3 months ago (last checked 19 Oct)

El Corte Ingles

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Overview

Work mode
On-site, Madrid
Experience
10+ years
Benefits
Life insurance, flexible pay plan

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Skills

This job advert was originally written in Spanish.

Requirements

What we're looking for

· More than 10 years of experience in technology, software engineering, architecture, or digital transformation.

· Experience leading enterprise-scale software development models.

· Deep knowledge of the software development lifecycle: discovery, design, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and operations.

· Experience transforming technology organizations toward digital product models.

· Experience with engineering platforms, DevOps, CI/CD, quality gates, automated testing, and observability.

· Hands-on experience with AI tools applied to development: GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT Enterprise, development agents, LLMs, or equivalent platforms.

· Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and working with executive leadership, business, architecture, security, and operations.

· Modern software engineering, Clean Architecture, DDD, and good design practices.

· Cloud, distributed, and scalable architectures.

· DevOps, platform engineering, and developer experience.

· SDLC automation.

· Automated testing, TDD, quality gates, and quality metrics.

· Generative AI applied to software development.

· LLM models, agents, prompts, skills, rules, and orchestration.

· Technical governance, security, privacy, and traceability.

· Delivery metrics and engineering productivity.

  1. Key Competencies

· Strategic vision and execution capability.

· Senior technical leadership.

· AI-first mindset.

· Clear focus on business impact.

· Ability to transform complex organizations.

· Systemic thinking.

· Ability to define standards and make them scalable.

· Focus on quality, security, and governance.

· Clear communication with technical, executive, and business profiles.

· Pragmatism: transforming without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

We offer a range of social benefits that will contribute to your well-being.

- Exclusive discounts and financing options.

- Life insurance.

- Corporate University.

- Ongoing training for professional development.

- Study aid for employees' children.

- Own medical service.

- Flexible compensation plan.

The role

Are you looking to develop your talent and a place where your effort is recognized? We offer you a dynamic, close-knit environment with a future. Here, every day is a new opportunity to learn, grow, and shine. Imagine being part of a diverse team, where evolution and customer service are our priority. At El Corte Inglés, our work is a shared passion.

What you'll do

· Design the operating model for AI-based digital product development.

· Define how product, engineering, architecture, QA, security, and operations teams should work in an AI-first environment.

· Evolve the traditional SDLC toward a more automated, agent-assisted, and metrics-driven model.

· Establish common principles for the use of AI in planning, analysis, design, development, testing, documentation, deployment, and operations.

· Translate the technology strategy into concrete practices that teams can adopt.

· Lead the definition of the development platform that supports the new model.

· Integrate tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT Enterprise, specialized agents, CI/CD platforms, testing, observability, and quality gates.

· Define standards for the use of agents, skills, prompts, rules, templates, and reusable artifacts.

· Drive a consistent, secure, and productive development experience across all teams.

· Ensure the platform is scalable, governable, and aligned with corporate policies.

· Design agent use cases for planning, functional refinement, code generation, technical review, testing, documentation, and operational support.

· Establish collaboration patterns between people, teams, and AI agents.

· Define usage criteria based on complexity, criticality, cost, risk, and the permitted level of autonomy.

· Create mechanisms for supervising, tracing, and validating decisions made by agents.

· Ensure agents operate under corporate architecture, security, quality, and compliance standards.

· Define mandatory quality gates for teams working under the AI-first model.

· Establish metrics for productivity, quality, security, and efficiency.

· Measure lead time, cycle time, defect leakage, test coverage, technical debt, cost per delivery, and AI-assisted productivity.

· Create benchmarking mechanisms across tools, models, agents, and practices.

· Ensure AI usage generates real, measurable impact—not just superficial adoption.

· Support technology and business teams in adopting the new model.

· Identify pilot domains, products, and teams to progressively scale the transformation.

· Create a phased adoption model: learn, expand, and scale.

· Define roles, responsibilities, and new capabilities required within teams.

· Act as an internal reference for AI-first delivery, modern engineering, and SDLC transformation.

· Define the governance framework for the use of generative AI and agents in software development.

· Ensure traceability of generated code, technical decisions, and quality evidence.

· Align the model with security, privacy, intellectual property protection, and regulatory compliance.

· Establish controls to prevent risks arising from excessive automation, model dependency, or lack of human oversight.

· Work with architecture, security, legal, procurement, and risk teams to certify tools and practices.

Main Objective

The project waiting for you.

Design, implement, and scale an AI-first delivery model that enables El Corte Inglés Group to:

  • Increase internal capacity for digital product development.

  • Reduce reliance on traditional outsourced development models.

  • Improve productivity, quality, and time-to-market.

  • Industrialize the use of AI across the entire software lifecycle.

  • Create common standards, practices, agents, and platforms for the entire organization.

  • Objectively measure the impact of AI on technology delivery.

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About El Corte Ingles

El Corte Inglés is Spain's largest department store group and one of the country's most iconic retail companies. Founded in 1940, it operates a vast network of department stores, hypermarkets (Hipercor), supermarkets (Supercor), and an extensive online retail platform. The company also has significant operations in travel agencies, insurance, and financial services, employing tens of thousands of people across Spain and internationally.

With its headquarters in Madrid, El Corte Inglés has a strong presence throughout Spain, with stores and offices in nearly every major city. The company is known for its traditional, customer-centric retail culture and offers a wide range of roles, from sales and logistics to technology, data analysis, and corporate functions. For international professionals, El Corte Inglés provides opportunities to work in a major Spanish company, though Spanish language proficiency is typically essential for most positions.

Industry
Retail
Founded
1940
Employees
50,000–100,000
Headquarters
Madrid, Spain
In Spain
Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and 17 more

Good to know if you are moving

  • El Corte Inglés is headquartered in Madrid, Spain, and is a Spanish-founded company.
  • The company operates across all major Spanish cities, offering opportunities in retail, logistics, and corporate roles.
  • Spanish language proficiency is generally required for most positions, especially customer-facing roles.
  • The company offers a wide range of roles, from sales and operations to technology and data analytics, suitable for various professional backgrounds.
  • As a large, established employer, El Corte Inglés provides stable employment and opportunities for internal mobility.

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Additional information

If this position interests you, we invite you to apply, as your experience could be very valuable to us. In our company, all people are welcome.

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