# Director, Business Development, Publishing Partnerships

**Company:** [Suno](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/suno)
**Location:** New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
**Role:** Business Development
**Salary:** $225k – $290k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Business Development, commercial negotiation, music publishing, Deal Structuring, Contract Management, partner operations, Strategic Partnerships, platform integrations, Product Strategy, Stakeholder Management, Executive Communication, presentation, Negotiation, artificial intelligence, digital technology
**Posted:** 2026-08-14

> Leads commercial strategy and complex negotiations with music publishers, building partnerships at the intersection of music, technology, and AI. The role requires 10+ years of business development or commercial negotiation experience, strong music-publishing expertise, and senior stakeholder management skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Support 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 music publishers, including first-of-a-kind deal structures in an emerging category.
- Build and maintain senior-level relationships with music-industry companies to expand Suno’s reputation and credibility.
- Monitor the competitive and evolving AI-music landscape, advising leadership on market dynamics, industry engagement strategy, and partnership opportunities.
- Develop scalable approaches to contract management, partner operations, and long-term industry collaboration.
- Support strategic initiatives across ecosystem partnerships and platform integrations as Suno’s commercial footprint grows.

## Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in business development and/or commercial negotiations within the music and digital technology space.
- Experience negotiating and closing complex, high-value deals, including first-of-a-kind partnerships.
- Experience working with music publishers.
- Strong track record of influencing and aligning stakeholders across multiple levels, including executive leadership.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to execute multiple high-priority projects simultaneously.
- High degree of autonomy, ownership, and strategic judgment, with comfort navigating situations without an established playbook.
- Strong product intuition and experience collaborating closely with product and technical teams.
- Experience operating effectively in fast-paced, high-growth technology environments.
- Applicants must be eligible to work in the US.
- This role requires working onsite at the LA or NYC offices.

## Benefits
- Company equity package.
- 401(k) with 3% employer match and Roth 401(k).
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with PPO, HSA, and FSA options.
- 11 paid holidays, unlimited PTO, and sick time.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Creative education stipend.
- Generous commuter allowance.
- In-office lunch five days per week.

## Compensation
- Annual salary range: **$225,000–$290,000**, before equity.

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