Director, Business Development, Music Industry Partnerships
ABOUT SUNO
We're building the world's first platform for creating and discovering original music, including Suno Studio, a generative audio workstation, and Hooks, a new way to create and share videos that bring songs to life.
Powered by the leading music-creation model and designed to amplify imagination, our platform makes it possible for anyone to turn inspiration into music. With Suno, ideas flow into sound, songs become yours, and everyone can experience the joy of creating.
Suno is one of the fastest-growing AI startups in the world, backed by leading investors including Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix, NVentures, and Hallwood Media.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Suno is seeking a Director, Business Development, Music Industry Partnerships to drive the strategy and execution of commercial relationships across record labels, music publishers, and other music industry players. You will lead dealmaking, build and maintain senior industry relationships, and help shape how Suno partners with the music ecosystem.
This role reports to the Chief Commercial Officer and sits at the intersection of music, technology, and AI. It requires expertise in both recorded music and publishing, extensive negotiation experience, comfort operating without a playbook, and the ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives across product, legal, finance, operations, and partnerships. This is a senior individual contributor role with the prospect of managing people in the future.
Check out the Suno version of the role here!
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Drive Suno’s commercial strategy for partnerships with companies in the music industry, driving alignment across product, legal, finance, and operations
- Negotiate and close deals with labels, publishers, and other music industry players, including first-of-kind deal structures in a category that is still being defined
- Build and maintain...