Senior Manager, Compensation & Benefits

What You’ll Do

• Own end-to-end compensation cycle execution, including data maintenance and updates, annual cycle changes, market benchmarking, and championing pay equity across the organization.
• Lead and manage Suno’s benefits programs, including open enrollment, new hire and mid-year changes, broker relationship management, and benefit plan administration and renewals.
• Manage benefit audits and required filings (e.g., ACA, 5500), handling them directly or in close partnership with brokers and external advisors to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Design and deliver candidate and employee-facing communications, resources, and training for compensation and benefits programs, translating complex information into clear, accessible content with an employee experience lens.
• Partner closely with Finance, the Talent team, and HR Business Partners to support headcount planning, leveling, performance management cycles, and compensation-related decision-making.
• Support talent planning and management processes as the scope evolves, including leveling frameworks, performance management resources, and related compensation infrastructure.

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years of experience in compensation and benefits, with demonstrated specialist-level depth in both areas, ideally in a high-growth tech environment.
• Deep knowledge of US benefits plan design, administration, and compliance, including open enrollment, ACA, COBRA, ERISA, and required filings, with creative, forward-thinking approaches to benefits solutions.
• Strong understanding of compensation practices, including market benchmarking, pay equity analysis, leveling, and managing compensation cycles and processes end to end.
• Proven ability to design employee communications, resources, and trainings that make complex topics clear and engaging, with a strong employee experience lens.
• Exceptional attention to detail; you catch what others miss and take pride in accuracy across data, filings, and program execution.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, with experience partnering with Finance, Talent, HR Business Partners, Internal Comms on shared programs and priorities.
• UX-oriented; you care how policies feel, not just how they function.
• Comfortable balancing compliance rigor with startup speed.
• Hands-on with AI tools and motivated to embed automation into daily workflows.
• Experience working with multiple external vendors and knowing how to manage those relationships and agreements effectively.

Perks & Benefits for Full-Time Employees

• 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)