The IT Support Department monitors and maintains the Infrastructure Technology and networks of the Contact Centers in Jamaica, Grenada and St. Lucia. We are seeking a skilled and organized IT professional to fulfill the leadership role .
UNIQUE VACATIONS LIMITED
The worldwide representative for Sandals and Beaches Resorts is seeking innovative, performance-driven, technology and network focused individual to join our Team.
Regional IT Operations Manager
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Regional IT Manager to lead IT operations across our Caribbean contact center footprint, supporting sites in Montego Bay (Jamaica), Grenada, and St. Lucia. This role is critical to ensuring the stability, performance, and responsiveness of technology services that directly impact customer experience and business continuity.
Reporting to the Global IT Director – Infrastructure, Cloud & Support (based in Miami, Florida), the Regional IT Manager will oversee local IT operations, lead a distributed team, and serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues. This individual will operate at the intersection of hands-on technical leadership and operational management—ensuring service excellence in a fast-paced, customer-centric environment.
The ideal candidate brings strong experience in contact center technologies, endpoint and network troubleshooting, and service desk leadership, combined with a forward-looking mindset toward AI-assisted help desk automation and operational efficiency.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Regional IT Operations & Leadership
- Lead and mentor a distributed team of IT professionals across Jamaica, Grenada, and St. Lucia, fostering accountability, consistency, and high performance
- Oversee daily IT Service Desk operations across all locations, ensuring timely resolution of incidents and service requests
- Act as the primary escalation point for Local IT Administrators, resolving complex endpoint, application, and connectivity issues
- Establish and manage on-call schedules to ensure consistent after-hours and weekend support coverage across the region
Service Delivery & Support Excellence
- Drive a high standard of customer service, ensuring IT support aligns with business expectations in a contact center environment
- Monitor ticket queues, service levels, and recurring issues using platforms such as Jira (or equivalent), identifying trends and implementing corrective actions
- Coordinate closely with centralized Systems Administration and Network Engineering teams to resolve infrastructure-related issues, including ISP outages, server performance, and network instability
- Serve as the primary point of contact for the after-hours external support vendor, ensuring performance standards are met and issues are escalated appropriately
Technology Oversight & Troubleshooting
- Support and maintain endpoint environments, including Lenovo laptops running Windows 11 and MacBooks running OSX.
- Provide operational support for contact center technologies, including Webex Calling and Webex Contact Center, ensuring minimal disruption to voice and agent operations
- Assist in the administration and support of Calabrio Workforce Management and Salesforce CRM platforms
- Manage and troubleshoot core IT services, including Active Directory, ManageEngine AD Manager, DHCP, Wi-Fi, and wired networking environments
AI & Automation Enablement
- Identify opportunities to automate Tier 1 Help Desk requests using AI-driven tools and workflows
- Collaborate with global IT leadership to implement AI-assisted troubleshooting, knowledge management, and ticket triage capabilities
- Promote structured documentation and repeatable processes
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Manage relationships with local ISPs and technology vendors, ensuring service delivery aligns with business needs
- Hold external partners accountable for uptime, response times, and issue resolution
- Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across regional sites and corporate leadership
Travel & Regional Support
- Travel periodically between Jamaica, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Miami as required to support operations, projects, and team development
- Provide on-site leadership during major incidents, upgrades, or operational initiatives
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of progressive IT experience, with at least 2–3 years in a leadership or supervisory role
- Proven experience supporting contact center environments with a strong understanding of uptime, voice quality, and agent productivity requirements
- Hands-on experience with:
- Windows 11 endpoint support (Lenovo or enterprise-class hardware)
- Webex Calling and/or Webex Contact Center
- Ticketing systems such as Jira (or equivalent ITSM platforms)
- Active Directory and tools such as ManageEngine AD Manager
- Core networking fundamentals: DHCP, Wi-Fi, LAN/WAN troubleshooting
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-layered issues across endpoints, applications, and networks
- Strong understanding of service desk operations, escalation management, and SLA-driven support models
- Experience managing distributed teams and coordinating across multiple geographic locations
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to operate effectively across technical teams and business stakeholders
- High level of organization, prioritization, and follow-through
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in customer contact center environments supporting high-volume operations
- Familiarity with:
- WebEx Calling & Contact Center
- Calabrio Workforce Management
- Salesforce CRM
- Exposure to or hands-on experience with AI-driven help desk automation, including:
- AI-assisted ticket triage and resolution
- Knowledge base generation and optimization
- Workflow automation for repetitive support tasks
- Experience working with external support vendors and managing performance through SLAs and KPIs
- ITIL certification or strong familiarity with ITIL-based service management practices
- Experience operating within a multi-region, enterprise IT environment
What We’re Looking For!
This role requires a leader who is not just technically capable, but operationally disciplined. You must be comfortable stepping into issues, driving them to resolution, and holding both internal teams and external partners accountable.
You should be equally comfortable:
- Leading a team across multiple islands
- Troubleshooting a critical call center outage
- Driving process improvements and automation
- Communicating clearly with senior leadership
If you thrive in fast-paced environments where uptime and user experience matter, and you’re ready to take ownership of regional IT operations, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
We thank all applicants for their interests; however, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.