Sr. Manager, Social Impact & Education (Music) at Suno | New York, NY, USA | Rezi

Sr. Manager, Social Impact & Education (Music) at Suno

Sr. Manager, Social Impact & Education (Music)

Suno · New York, NY, USA

5 days ago

Sr. Manager, Social Impact & Education (Music)

Suno · New York, NY, USA

5 days ago
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About the Role

Suno seeks a mission-driven operator to define, build, and lead the company's presence in the nonprofit, social impact, and educational sectors. This new role will create frameworks, forge partnerships, and establish practices to ensure Suno makes a meaningful impact beyond its commercial platform, reporting initially to the Chief Music Officer.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and own Suno's social impact strategy, establishing a clear point of view on the communities, causes, and organizations to serve.
  • Identify, evaluate, and build relationships with nonprofits, community arts organizations, and mission-aligned institutions.
  • Design and manage partnership structures, including platform access programs, co-branded initiatives, and grant or donation frameworks.
  • Serve as Suno's primary relationship manager for social impact partners, ensuring consistent communication, mutual value, and long-term commitment.
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Comms, Legal, and Finance to bring programs to life.
  • Build Suno's university and education strategy from the ground up, targeting institutions, music programs, and ed-tech platforms.
  • Establish and manage formal partnerships with colleges, universities, and music schools, including access agreements, co-developed curriculum materials, and educator support resources.
  • Identify and cultivate relationships with faculty, department heads, and academic administrators.
  • Explore integrations and partnerships with established educational platforms and tools.
  • Represent Suno at educational conferences, campus events, and relevant academic forums.
  • Work closely with Product to advocate for features and access tiers that serve nonprofit and educational users.
  • Partner with Comms, Music, and Marketing teams to develop storytelling around Suno's social impact.
  • Own the annual social impact and education budget and investment recommendation, presenting priorities to senior leadership.
  • Track and report on program performance, partnership health, and community impact metrics.

Requirements

  • 5-8+ years of experience in partnerships, program management, or community development, ideally spanning both education and nonprofit/social impact sectors.
  • Demonstrated ability to build programs from scratch; comfortable with ambiguity and energized by establishing something new.
  • Strong relationship-building skills and the credibility to engage senior stakeholders at academic institutions and mission-driven organizations.
  • Familiarity with the music industry, music education landscape, or AI technology (ideally more than one).
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills; ability to represent Suno's vision compellingly.
  • Genuine belief that creative tools should be accessible to everyone, and the drive to make that belief operational.
  • Ability to manage multiple partnerships and workstreams simultaneously without losing attention to detail or relationship quality.
  • Some people-manager experience; may manage internal or external partners supporting program execution in the future.
  • Experience at a music technology, streaming, or AI company (preferred).
  • Experience working within or alongside product and engineering teams (preferred).
  • Experience writing and/or performing music (preferred).
  • Experience in product/platform product demonstrations (preferred).
  • Applicants must be eligible to work in the US.
  • Requires working 5 days per week at the NYC (Chelsea) office.

Skills

  • Partnerships
  • Program Management
  • Community Development
  • Relationship Building
  • Communication
  • Storytelling
  • Budget Management
  • AI Technology
  • Music Industry
  • Music Education

Location

  • NYC (Chelsea) office

Work Type

  • Onsite
  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • 5-8+ years
  • Senior Manager

Salary/Compensations

  • $175,000 - $235,000 base salary

Benefits

  • Company Equity Package
  • 401(k) with 3% Employer Match & Roth 401(k)
  • Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (PPO w/ HSA & FSA options)
  • 11 Paid Holidays + Unlimited PTO & Sick Time
  • 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
  • Creative Education Stipend
  • Generous Commuter Allowance
  • In-Office Lunch (5 days per week)

About the Company

  • Suno is building the world's first creative entertainment platform where everyone can feel the joy and fulfillment of making music.
  • Music is for everyone: users range from grandmothers creating songs for loved ones to Grammy winners using Suno Studio.
  • Building the future of entertainment requires ambition, a fast pace, hard problems, and ownership.
  • Suno is the fastest growing consumer entertainment company and the leader in AI music.
  • Backed by leading investors including Bond Capital, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, IVP, Forerunner, Union Square Ventures, Alkeon, Quiet, Matrix Partners, Schroders Capital and, NVentures (venture arm of NVIDIA).

Equal Opportunity

  • Suno is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis under provincial, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances.
  • We will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the state and local laws, including the Massachusetts Fair Chance in Employment Act, NYC Fair Chance Act, LA City Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.