# Sr. Manager, Social Impact & Education

**Company:** [Suno](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/suno)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Partnerships
**Salary:** $175k – $235k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Partnerships, Program Management, community development, nonprofit engagement, education strategy, Stakeholder Management, curriculum development, music industry knowledge, ai technology, product advocacy
**Posted:** 2026-07-30

> Lead Suno's social impact and education initiatives by building nonprofit partnerships, developing university programs, and creating access frameworks for AI music creation in underserved communities and academic settings. Requires 5-8+ years in partnerships or program management with experience in education and social impact.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

### Social Impact & Nonprofit Partnerships
- Develop and own Suno's social impact strategy, establishing a clear point of view on the communities, causes, and organizations we exist to serve.
- Identify, evaluate, and build relationships with nonprofits, community arts organizations, and mission-aligned institutions where Suno can have genuine, measurable impact.
- Design and manage partnership structures, including platform access programs, co-branded initiatives, and grant or donation frameworks, that make Suno meaningfully accessible to underserved communities.
- 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 and ensure they reflect Suno's values and brand.

### Education Partnerships
- Build Suno's university and education strategy from the ground up, targeting institutions, music programs, and ed-tech platforms where AI music creation has natural curriculum relevance.
- 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 who can champion Suno's role in music education.
- Explore integrations and partnerships with established educational platforms and tools to extend Suno's reach into structured learning environments.
- Represent Suno at educational conferences, campus events, and relevant academic forums.

### Cross-Functional Impact
- 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, surfacing the human stories that demonstrate our platform's reach and meaning.
- 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 that inform Suno's broader social impact investment strategy.

## What You’ll Need

### Required Experience & Expertise
- 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 of these).
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills; able to represent Suno's vision compellingly to audiences who may be skeptical of or unfamiliar with AI.
- 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.

### Preferred
- Experience at a music technology, streaming, or AI company.
- Experience working within or alongside product and engineering teams.
- Experience writing and/or performing music.
- Experience in product/platform product demonstrations.

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