Full-Time

Global Thought Leadership Director

Cloudbeds

Cloudbeds

501-1,000 employees

Unified platform for independent lodging operations

No salary listed

Europe

Remote

Remote-first role; eligible to work from Europe.

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
Social Media
Journalism
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • Extensive experience in hospitality or hotel technology — as a journalist, trade publication editor, industry analyst, or content strategist embedded in the space
  • Exceptional writing: clear, specific, and authoritative at the sentence level — your work doesn't require heavy editing and your point of view is evident from the first paragraph
  • Experience leading original research end-to-end — designing studies, fielding surveys, analyzing data, and translating findings into editorial content with real reach, with a track record of turning a single research asset into a multi-channel content program
  • The instinct to identify which ideas are genuinely worth owning and which are noise — and the discipline to build a content program around the former
  • Comfort working directly with executives — sharpening their viewpoints, developing their presentations, and serving as a trusted editorial advisor
  • Fluency with AI as a daily production and research tool — you use it to move faster, not to replace thinking
  • A portfolio that demonstrates the range: research reports, long-form editorial, executive content, and customer stories. When you apply, we'll want to see your best work
Responsibilities
  • Own Cloudbeds' thought leadership strategy and editorial calendar, defining the ideas, narratives, and industry positions Cloudbeds takes publicly
  • Lead original research programs end-to-end — designing studies, running surveys, analyzing platform data, and turning findings into content that earns coverage and builds authority
  • Work directly with Cloudbeds' proprietary platform data to surface insights only we can produce, packaging them into reports, benchmarks, and editorial content competitors can't replicate
  • Develop the executive viewpoints and presentations that drive Cloudbeds' industry narrative, partnering with the CEO, CGO, and COO to sharpen their public positions across keynotes, media, and LinkedIn
  • Own customer story production — commissioning, interviewing, and writing stories that read like journalism and demonstrate real business impact
  • Partner closely with the Director of Content Marketing to hand off narratives, findings, and angles across blog, video, social, and the broader content program, building derivative content ecosystems from every major research asset
  • Stay genuinely current on hospitality economics, technology shifts, and operator challenges, translating that intelligence into editorial opportunities, and use AI tools fluently across the research and writing workflow
Desired Qualifications
  • Comfortable presenting research publicly — this role will have opportunities to represent Cloudbeds at industry events and conferences as a subject matter expert, and candidates who can own a stage as well as a page will have more ways to amplify their impact

Cloudbeds provides an all-in-one platform for independent lodging businesses to run their operations. It combines a Property Management System, Channel Manager, Booking Engine, and PIE revenue tool in a single system, along with Cloudbeds Amplify for marketing and Whistle for guest engagement. This integrated setup allows hoteliers to manage reservations, inventory, housekeeping, distribution across channels, pricing decisions, and marketing from one place. The goal is to help independent properties grow revenue, streamline operations, and improve the guest experience by offering a comprehensive, easy-to-use solution.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$250.4M

Headquarters

San Diego, California

Founded

2012

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • July 31, 2026 OTA Ads adds Expedia TravelAds management inside Cloudbeds Digital Marketing.
  • August 7, 2026 HOVR partnership expands direct-booking conversion with interactive video.
  • June 2026 Journey partnership and June 25 Vacatia rollout deepen loyalty and API-driven stickiness.

What critics are saying

  • EEOC settled a disability discrimination suit on May 21, 2026, signaling workplace control weaknesses.
  • SiteMinder, Oracle, and Mews compress Cloudbeds' midmarket wedge by bundling adjacent workflows.
  • If independent hotels standardize on channel-first or PMS-native suites, Cloudbeds becomes replaceable middleware.

What makes Cloudbeds unique

  • Cloudbeds unifies PMS, distribution, revenue, marketing, and guest workflows in one stack.
  • July 2026 Insights and Open API turn operational data into extensible enterprise infrastructure.
  • Cloudbeds serves independent hotels and multi-property groups across 150 countries, not only chains.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Paid Vacation

Full Paid Parental Leave

Home Office Stipend

Professional Development Budget

Mental Health Support

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

-2%
PR Newswire
Aug 7th, 2026
HOVR announces strategic partnership with Cloudbeds to transform the digital guest journey.

HOVR announces strategic partnership with Cloudbeds to transform the digital guest journey. Aug 07, 2026, 08:09 ET PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - HOVR, the hospitality industry's leading interactive video engagement platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Cloudbeds, the hospitality management system built for ambitious hoteliers. The partnership is designed to help hotels create richer digital experiences, increase guest engagement, improve booking conversion, and drive incremental revenue. Through the partnership, HOVR will make its interactive video experiences available to Cloudbeds customers across the globe, enabling hotels to transform static websites and booking engine experiences into engaging, conversion-focused digital journeys that help inspire travelers, increase direct bookings, and drive measurable revenue growth. "Every property has a story worth telling, and together with HOVR we're giving hoteliers a better way to tell it," said Sebastien Leitner, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Cloudbeds. "By bringing interactive video into the booking journey, our customers can show travelers what makes them different, and convert more of that interest into direct bookings. This is the kind of partner that delivers additional value to our customers while continuing to expand what's possible through the Cloudbeds platform." HOVR enables hotels to instantly enhance websites and booking engine experiences with interactive video, user-generated content, destination highlights, event information, and immersive storytelling - all through a single line of code. The platform provides powerful analytics that measure guest engagement, booking conversion, and HOVR-influenced revenue, giving hoteliers actionable insights into traveler behavior and purchasing decisions. "We're incredibly excited to partner with Cloudbeds and bring HOVR's interactive video experiences to one of the hospitality industry's most innovative technology ecosystems," said Jason Craparo, Chief Executive Officer of HOVR. "Cloudbeds has built an incredible platform for hoteliers, and together we're giving hotels an easy way to create richer digital experiences that inspire travelers to book with confidence. This partnership is about much more than integrating technology - it's about giving hoteliers a better way to tell their story, inspire traveler confidence, and turn more shoppers into guests. Together, we're helping hotels create digital experiences that drive measurable business results." With this technology integration, Cloudbeds customers can unlock a new level of engagement within the booking journey, transforming an already powerful hospitality commerce platform into an even more compelling conversion engine. By combining Cloudbeds' platform with HOVR's interactive video experiences, hotels can better showcase their unique experiences, inspire traveler confidence, and convert more shoppers into guests. About HOVR HOVR is the hospitality industry's leading interactive video engagement platform, helping hotels inspire, engage, and convert travelers throughout the booking journey. Trusted by hundreds of hospitality brands worldwide, HOVR enables the instant deployment of interactive video experiences through a single line of code while providing powerful analytics around guest engagement, booking conversion, and HOVR-influenced revenue. To learn more, visit HOVR. About Cloudbeds Cloudbeds is the hospitality management system built for ambitious hoteliers who demand more. The Cloudbeds platform unifies operations, distribution, guest experience, and revenue marketing, giving operators a breadth of tools to capture demand, grow direct bookings, optimize pricing, maximize upsell revenue, and act on real-time intelligence within a single system. Designed to scale with independent hotels, large hotel groups, and multi-property portfolios, Cloudbeds is trusted by tens of thousands of properties in more than 150 countries. Founded in 2012, Cloudbeds is recognized as a top Hotel Management System, PMS, and Channel Manager, and Best Place to Work, by Hotel Tech Report for eight consecutive years. To learn more, visit Cloudbeds. SOURCE HOVR

United Capital Property Investments (Cyprus) Ltd
Jul 31st, 2026
Cloudbeds launches OTA Ads to seamlessly manage OTA campaigns within the platform.

Cloudbeds launches OTA Ads to seamlessly manage OTA campaigns within the platform. Posted July 31, 2026 Cloudbeds, the hospitality management system built for ambitious hoteliers, today introduced OTA Ads, a new capability inside Cloudbeds Digital

Hotel Management Network
Jul 27th, 2026
Cloudbeds rolls out data intelligence tool for hotel groups.

Cloudbeds rolls out data intelligence tool for hotel groups. The tool integrates into Cloudbeds and uses live operational data to power its insights. Hospitality management system provider Cloudbeds has launched Cloudbeds Insights, a reporting and data intelligence tool aimed at large hotel groups and multi-property operators seeking tighter control over their operational data. The tool is embedded within the existing Cloudbeds platform and uses the same real-time data that underpins daily property operations. This allows hotel groups to track performance, review changes, and move directly into relevant operational workflows without switching systems or waiting for scheduled data updates. For hotel groups and management companies with more advanced requirements, a new Data API extends Cloudbeds data into wider technology environments. Instead of keeping analytics within a single reporting interface, the API lets customers feed operational data into the systems and workflows that support decision-making across the business. The Data API gives access to information on reservations, guests, rates, occupancy, payments, distribution, channel performance, and property operations. Hotel companies can synchronise this data with warehouses, analytics platforms, financial tools, and internal applications, combine it with other data sources, and build reporting and analysis tailored to their portfolio. According to Cloudbeds, integrating the platform, APIs, reporting tools, and hospitality data model into one system provides hotels with a "more direct and reliable connection" to their information. Cloudbeds co-founder and chief operating officer Richard Castle said: "Hotel groups run on decisions made in the moment. They need live access to their data, the flexibility to use it across the systems that run their business, and the ability to act on it without delay. "Cloudbeds Insights brings those capabilities together in one connected platform. Because we own the technology and data stack end to end, we can give growing hotel businesses a more reliable foundation for reporting, analytics, and decision-making." Alongside the Data API, Cloudbeds Insights includes native reporting features and a Custom Builder within the Cloudbeds platform. The company added that hotel teams can use prebuilt reports, set up customised dashboard-style views, and share information across the organisation, all drawing on the same real-time data. Give your business an edge with its leading industry insights.

Associated Press
Jul 23rd, 2026
Cloudbeds launches Insights for real-time hotel reporting and enterprise data access

Cloudbeds has launched Insights, a reporting and data intelligence product for large hotel groups and multi-property operators. The system provides real-time reporting within Cloudbeds' hospitality management platform, allowing users to monitor performance and access operational workflows without switching systems. The product includes a Data API that extends operational data across broader technology environments. Hotels can synchronise information on reservations, guests, rates, occupancy, payments, and channel performance with data warehouses, analytics platforms, and financial systems. Cloudbeds Insights features native reporting and Custom Builder tools, enabling teams to access prebuilt reports and create tailored dashboard views. Users can move directly from reports to relevant records, make updates, and return to refreshed views within the platform. The system aims to give hotel groups consistent, real-time access to business data across operations, distribution, and revenue management.

Cloudbeds
Jul 1st, 2026
Cloudbeds launches Insights, setting a new standard for real-time hotel reporting and enterprise data access.

Cloudbeds launches Insights, setting a new standard for real-time hotel reporting and enterprise data access. Cloudbeds Insights gives large hotel groups and multi-property operators real-time reporting inside Cloudbeds, with the flexibility to connect the same trusted data to their preferred analytics tools, data infrastructure, and business systems. SAN DIEGO - July 23, 2026 - Cloudbeds, the hospitality management system built for ambitious hoteliers, today introduced Cloudbeds Insights, a new reporting and data intelligence product designed to give large hotel groups and multi-property operators greater control over how they access, analyze, and use data across their business. Unlike reporting tools that sit outside a hotel's core operating platform, Cloudbeds Insights is built directly into Cloudbeds and works from the same real-time data used to run daily operations. Hotel groups can monitor performance, investigate changes, and move directly into the relevant operational workflow without switching systems or waiting for scheduled data refreshes. For hotel groups and management companies with advanced data needs, the new Data API extends Cloudbeds data across their broader technology environment. Rather than limiting intelligence to a single reporting interface, it allows customers to bring trusted operational data into the systems and workflows that support decisions across the business. The launch reflects a broader shift across hospitality: as hotel businesses grow, data becomes part of the infrastructure connecting portfolio strategy, financial planning, commercial performance, daily operations, and emerging AI use cases. Yet many organizations still rely on fragmented sources, scheduled refreshes, and disconnected reporting layers, making it harder to establish a consistent view of the business, respond quickly, and scale with confidence. The Data API provides access to information across reservations, guests, rates, occupancy, payments, distribution, channel performance, and property operations. Hotel businesses can synchronize that data with warehouses, analytics platforms, financial systems, and internal applications, combine it with information from other sources, and build reporting and analytics around the specific needs of their portfolio. Because Cloudbeds brings the platform, APIs, reporting experience, and hospitality data model together in one system, hotels benefit from a more direct and reliable connection to their data. Key metrics such as RevPAR, ADR, occupancy, booking windows, payments, and channel performance are built into the product from the start. "Hotel groups run on decisions made in the moment. They need live access to their data, the flexibility to use it across the systems that run their business, and the ability to act on it without delay," said Richard Castle, co-founder and COO of Cloudbeds. "Cloudbeds Insights brings those capabilities together in one connected platform. Because we own the technology and data stack end to end, we can give growing hotel businesses a more reliable foundation for reporting, analytics, and decision-making." Alongside the Data API, Cloudbeds Insights includes native reporting and Custom Builder within the Cloudbeds platform. Hotel teams can access prebuilt reports, create tailored dashboard-style views, and share information across the organization while working from the same real-time data. Operational teams can move directly from a report into the relevant reservation or guest record, investigate an issue, make an update, and return to a refreshed view without leaving Cloudbeds. This creates a direct connection between reporting and the day-to-day workflows that influence portfolio performance. With Cloudbeds Insights, hotel groups can work from a consistent, real-time view of their business, act directly inside Cloudbeds, and extend the same trusted data across the systems that support reporting, planning, analysis, and growth. The result is a faster, more connected path from data to decision and from insight to action.