Join Ferrovial: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity

Are you ready to elevate your career with a global leader in infrastructure solving complex problems and generating a positive outcome on people’s lives? At Ferrovial, we are not just a company; we are a community of innovators and trailblazers. Listed on three major stock markets: Nasdaq (US), Euronext Amsterdam (Netherlands) and IBEX 35 (Spain), we are also member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good. We operate in more than 15 countries and have a workforce of over 24,000 professionals worldwide. Ferrovial’s activity is carried out through our business units, including Highways, Airports, Construction, and Energy.

Cintra is the highways business unit of Ferrovial, one of the world’s leading infrastructure operators committed to developing sustainable solutions. Today, its portfolio includes nearly 1,200 miles of managed highways globally, representing a total global investment in roadway improvements of over $24.8 billion. 

We provide the maximum value in each project, managing all phases of the life cycle of our state-of-the-art infrastructure assets, such as the 407 ETR in Canada, the Managed Lanes LBJ and NTE in Texas, I-77 in North Carolina, I-66 in Virginia and our projects in Europe, South America, and India. 

Why Ferrovial?

• Global presence, local impact: Be part of a company that is shaping the future of infrastructure worldwide, with challenging roles and projects that make a real difference.
• Collaborative excellence: Work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.    
• Inclusive Culture: Thrive in an innovative and respectful workplace that values every voice, celebrates what makes us unique and turns differences into innovation.
• Career growth: Benefit from global and cross-business unit mobility, with development processes designed to ensure your professional growth.
• Compelling benefits and employee wellbeing: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that rewards your hard work and dedication and take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.
• Productivity tools: Utilize cutting-edge tools like Microsoft Copilot to enhance your productivity and efficiency.

Job Description:

About the role: 

The Global Head of Talent is a senior leader responsible for shaping and executing Cintra’s global talent strategy across the full employee lifecycle. This role exists to make a tangible impact on every employee at Cintra by ensuring the company attracts, develops, deploys, and retains the best talent in support of its long‑term concession and asset‑based business model.

As a key member of the global HR leadership team, the role partners closely with Ferrovial Corporate HR and Cintra business leaders to align global initiatives while tailoring talent solutions to Cintra’s unique operating environment. The role will oversee Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Learning & Development, and Succession Planning, with a strong emphasis on knowing the workforce, influencing leaders, and enabling mobility across projects, geographies, and concessions.

This role requires a highly visible leader who builds trust across the organization, understands the nuances of operating in rotating assets and long‑term concessions, and can translate strategy into practical, scalable talent solutions.

Key responsibilities:

Global Talent Strategy & Governance

• Define and lead Cintra’s global talent strategy, aligned with Ferrovial corporate frameworks and Cintra’s business priorities.
• Serve as Cintra’s primary talent counterpart to Ferrovial Corporate HR, contributing to and deploying global initiatives related to talent, leadership, learning, and succession.
• Ensure consistency of talent philosophy, standards, and processes while allowing flexibility for local business and regulatory needs.

Talent Management & Calibration

• Lead global talent calibration, performance, and potential assessment processes, ensuring a rigorous and transparent approach to identifying and developing key talent.
• Partner with senior leaders to assess organizational capability, bench strength, and succession risks across all functions and regions.
• Translate talent insights into actionable development, mobility, and succession plans.

Talent Acquisition Oversight

• Oversee global Talent Acquisition strategy and execution, ensuring Cintra attracts high‑quality talent aligned with its culture and long‑term business model.
• Partner with business leaders to anticipate workforce needs across concessions, assets, and growth initiatives.
• Ensure strong collaboration with Ferrovial on shared recruiting capabilities, employer branding, and early‑career pipelines.
• Contribute to and help shape Cintra’s global university relations and early career strategies, in alignment with Ferrovial initiatives.
• Ensure strong pipelines for technical, engineering, and business talent critical to Cintra’s future workforce.

Learning, Development & Leadership

• Own Cintra’s learning and development strategy, including management upskilling, leadership capability building, and executive development.
• Design and implement development programs that support leaders operating in complex, asset‑based and concession environments.
• Collaborate closely with Ferrovial Corporate to design, deploy, and scale Ferrovial University learning programs globally, ensuring alignment with Cintra’s business priorities and leadership capability needs.

Career Development & Internal Mobility

• Design and maintain career development frameworks and career maps across functions, geographies, and concession life cycles.
• Enable and promote internal mobility across Cintra and the broader Ferrovial group, supporting talent movement between projects, assets, and regions.
• Lead the execution of career planning processes that balance individual development with business continuity and succession needs.

Influence, Culture & Employee Impact

• Act as a visible and trusted leader with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization, from frontline employees to senior executives.
• Maintain a strong understanding of Cintra’s workforce, culture, and employee experience, with an emphasis on knowing the organization beyond org charts.
• Partner with the broader Cintra HR team and concessions to embed talent practices that are experienced meaningfully and consistently by all employees.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to fulfill those duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in talent management, talent acquisition, and learning & development, including leadership of global or multi‑regional teams.
• Proven experience operating in large‑scale, globally distributed, matrixed organizations, preferably within highly technical environments such as infrastructure, engineering, consulting or energy.
• SPHR or SHRM-SCP preferred.

Professional Qualities:

• Highly influential leader with strong executive presence and credibility.
• Ability to build trust quickly and operate effectively across cultures, geographies, and leadership styles.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and balancing global consistency with local nuance.
• Strong communicator, coach, and facilitator, capable of challenging and supporting leaders constructively.
• High level of discretion, judgment, and integrity.

Computer Skills:

• Must be able to demonstrate computer proficiency, especially with Microsoft Excel, Outlook calendar, Word and Power Point.
• Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems, Human Resource Management Systems (preferably Workday).

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
• Travel domestic and international will be required 20%-30% as needed.
• Must be comfortable working across time zones and in a highly collaborative global environment.
• Must be comfortable spending large periods of time speaking over the phone.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus, as necessary to use a computer.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk and sit.

Seize the challenge. Move the world together! Innovative, creative, respectful, and diverse are some of the ways we describe ourselves. We are motivated by challenges, and we collaborate across our business units to move the world together. Your journey to a fulfilling career starts here!

Ferrovial is an equal opportunity employer.  We treat all jobs applications equally, regardless of gender, color, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, covered veteran status or protected genetic information (each, a “Protected Class”), or any other protected class in accordance with applicable laws.

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