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The Account Director, Owner & REIT Relations is responsible for defining and executing Mews’ global engagement strategy with hospitality owners, institutional investors, and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). The role is accountable for building long-term strategic partnerships, strengthening market credibility, and directly supporting enterprise growth through senior-level ownership and investor relationships. A core focus of this role is engagement with hospitality-focused REITs, including publicly listed and private institutional ownership groups. This includes organisations with complex governance structures, portfolio-level decision-making, and long-term capital allocation strategies. Success in this role requires fluency in REIT operating models, hospitality investment fundamentals, and the dynamics between owners, operators, and brands. The role operates in a highly cross-functional environment, partnering closely with Client Engagement, Commercial, Customer Success, Product, Finance, and Executive Leadership. The position reports to the VP of Enterprise and works in close alignment with the Chief Evangelist & Development Officer. This role represents the institutional owner and investor perspective within Mews, ensuring external sentiment, market insight, and partnership expectations are translated into clear strategic input for senior leadership.
Job Responsibility:
Define and execute a global owner, investor and REIT relations strategy across hospitality REITs, institutional investors, asset managers, operators, and hotel management companies, positioning Mews as a long-term technology partner
Own senior REIT and institutional stakeholder engagement, including executive, investment committee, asset manager and board-level communication
deliver financially grounded, portfolio-level messaging tied to NOI impact, efficiency, scalability, risk mitigation and long-term asset value
ensure alignment with investor materials and relevant disclosure expectations
Partner with Commercial and Customer Success to progress complex enterprise opportunities with REIT and institutional ownership structures
use executive relationships to accelerate deal cycles, portfolio expansions, renewals and long-term adoption
advise on commercial frameworks, rollout sequencing and governance models
Build and manage portfolio-level strategic partnerships with REITs, supporting multi-year technology standardisation and transformation programs
collaborate on joint initiatives such as innovation pilots, benchmarking and strategic planning
Maintain relationship infrastructure and intelligence, including stakeholder maps, influence models, decision structures, and insight into ownership strategies and investment priorities
Represent Mews to the owner and REIT community, including planning and leading owner and investor days and representing Mews at key industry and investment events with executive leadership
maintain consistent, credible and differentiated positioning
Lead a structured owner and REIT engagement program that drives advocacy, loyalty and long-term partnership, and act as the internal voice of owners and investors by translating expectations, sentiment, governance constraints and capital allocation priorities into strategic and competitive insight
Enable internal alignment by educating teams on REIT structures and engagement models and coordinating across Product, Finance, Commercial and Customer Success to support REIT-level partnerships
Requirements:
Fluency (spoken and written) in English & Gujarati
7–10+ years in SaaS / hospitality tech in a senior, customer-facing role (Account Director / Enterprise AE/AM / Strategic Partnerships or similar)
Proven track record driving outcomes with enterprise/strategic accounts and complex, multi-stakeholder buying groups
Strong understanding of the US hospitality landscape and how owners, operators, brands, and management companies interact
Experience engaging franchise-level ownership groups and influencing portfolio / multi-property decisions
Executive-level communication: able to articulate value in commercial + operational terms (ROI, efficiency, scalability, risk)
Able to work effectively across Commercial, CS, Product, Finance, and Exec stakeholders
strong executive presence
A professional who is also entrepreneurial, high energy, enthusiasm and has a client-minded focus
Nice to have:
Experience with AHOA or strong familiarity with the AHOA ecosystem
Network with US hospitality owners / franchise groups or relevant hospitality tech partner ecosystem
What we offer:
Participation in our company share program
Best-in-class parental leave (6 months fully paid for primary caregivers, 2 months for secondary, available within your first year)
Unlimited paid holiday
Work from anywhere - enjoy the flexibility to work from other countries for a few weeks each year through our compliant and flexible Workation policy
Relocation options available after 1 year
Monthly "EDGE" time - dedicated to Explore, Develop, Grow, and Elevate yourself
Flexible, hybrid working options
One-off home office setup budget to make your workspace your own
Monthly working-from-home and healthcare allowances (where local healthcare benefits are not in avaliable)