Recreating a magical 16th-century royal village near Madrid, Six Senses Quexigal will welcome families, travellers, weekenders, and honeymooners to enjoy events, celebrations, and retreats. Along with the great hall, more than 60 guest accommodations, suites, and a villa, all maintain the soul of the original palace, set within a 100-hectare country estate.

As IT Manager, I will fully comprehend the vision of Six Senses to help people reconnect with themselves, others and the world around them and our values of local sensitivity and global sensibility, crafted experiences, emotional hospitality, responsible and caring, fun and quirky and pioneering wellness.

Sustainability, Wellness and Out of the Ordinary experiences are at the core of everything we do at Six Senses. I will safeguard these pillars and its strategic planning and development and ensure all directives, practices and initiatives are implemented, embraced, adopted within the hotel.

Duties and Responsibilities

As IT Manager, I will assume full responsibility for the efficient operation of the IT department to provide exceptional products and services within brand operating standards.

The duties and responsibilities will include:

• Diagnose Hardware and software problems and replace defective components and perform data backups and disaster recovery operations; maintain, administer computer networks and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware; operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use.
• Ensure to perform routine network startup and shutdown procedures and maintain control records.
• Design, configure, and test computer hardware, networking software and operating system software.
• Recommend changes to improve systems and network configurations and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes.
• Confer with network users about how to solve existing system problems.
• Monitor network performance to determine whether adjustments need to be made, and to determine where changes will need to be made in the future.
• Focus on the rejuvenation of the room experience ensuring IT services and products will be constantly assessed to remain relevant and in keeping with Six Senses wellness and sustainability practices.
• Work in partnership with every department to ensure guest’s needs are determined /met and oversee the overall smooth operation.
• Continually focus on the rejuvenation of the room experience.
• Instill a cost-focused philosophy through training and education.
• Operate the property consistent with all legal, statutory and financial requirements and documentation, reporting systems, contractual obligations, security and safety protocols, communications, product and service standards, host management practices and budgetary controls are implemented, reviewed and maintained to ensure the successful operation of the hotel.

Qualifications

To execute the position of IT Manager, I must have the required qualifications, technical skills and experience in a similar role in luxury hotels with proven results and includes the following:

• Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or relevant field of expertise, and 2 years of systems experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. More than three years’ experience in a similar hotel operational role preferred.
• Fluent in English and Spanish is a plus.

• Valid Spanish Work Permit or European Union citizenship is required for this role.

The above is intended to provide an overview of the role and responsibilities for a IT Manager at Six Senses Quexigal Palace. It is not and does not infer that the above is an inclusive and/or exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities inherent in the position.

Six Senses Quexigal Palace is an equal opportunity employer. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

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