Director, People Business Partners

ABOUT SUNO We're building the world's first creative entertainment platform, where the entire world can feel the joy and fulfilment of making music. Music is for everyone: Our users include everyone from grandmothers creating songs for their loved ones, to Grammy winners using Suno Studio, our power tool, to make the most popular hits in the world. Building the future of entertainment requires ambition. The pace is fast, the problems are hard, and the work demands ownership and intensity. For the right people, it’s incredibly rewarding: a chance to shape a new medium, work with a small team that cares deeply about quality, make music, drink too much coffee, and build something that millions of people use to express themselves in ways that were never before possible. Suno is the fastest growing consumer entertainment company and the leader in AI music. We are backed by leading investors including Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, NVentures (venture arm of NVIDIA). ABOUT THE ROLE This is a founding role on Suno's new People Team that offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build Suno's People Business Partner function from the ground up. This role is ideal for an HR leader with a sharp, progressive outlook on the role that People Business Partners and Employee Relations can play in scaling organizations at the frontier of entertainment and AI. You're motivated to push beyond what “great” looks like in this space. You will define what modern People Business Partnering looks like at an AI-native company. This role reports to Suno's Head of People and will sit on her Leadership Team. We are not looking for a traditional HRBP. We are looking for a systems thinker, operator, architect, and strategist , someone who sees the People function as core infrastructure to company performance. Someone who understands that org design is product design. That talent density is strategy. That compensation philosophy shapes culture. That employee relations, done right, protects velocity. This role is expected to work from either Suno’s NYC or Cambridge offices 5 days a week, per Suno’s company policy. Check out the Suno version of this role here! https://suno.com/s/Yb37xwR8aL2a8fdF WHAT YOU’LL BUILD You will design and scale Suno’s People Business Partner function from first principles , establishing the philosophy, operating model, tooling, and management cadence that supports a rapidly evolving, high-performance organization. You will: ARCHITECT ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY - Partner with the Suno leadership team to translate business strategy into org design, workforce planning, and talent capability roadmaps. - Lead high-stakes org design work: team topologies, decision rights, span and layer optimization, and structural evolution. - Develop scalable frameworks for headcount planning, role clarity, and operating models. - Ensure our structure accelerates, not constrains, innovation at the intersection of AI and entertainment. ELEVATE TALENT & LEADERSHIP - Design and operationalize Suno’s approach to talent density, succession planning, and leadership development. - Build progressive performance management systems that are clear, fair, and hold a high bar. - Coach senior leaders through scale inflection points, team evolution, and performance complexity. - Partner closely on senior leader hiring, onboarding, and bench building. DRIVE WORKFORCE PLANNING & COMPENSATION STRATEGY - Drive headcount modeling and budget alignment in partnership with Head of People, Finance and Talent Acquisition. - Ensure compensation and growth pathways reinforce performance, ownership, and fairness. - Integrate people analytics into every workforce decision. REDEFINE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AS A STRATEGIC LEVER - Establish a modern, principled, and high-integrity approach to employee relations. - Lead complex investigations, performance cases, and risk mitigation with clarity and sound judgment. - Build proactive systems that prevent issues before they escalate. - Ensure compliance across jurisdictions while protecting speed and culture. BUILD AN AI-NATIVE PEOPLE FUNCTION - Integrate AI into workforce analytics, scenario modeling, performance insights, and operational workflows. - Experiment with AI tools to increase leverage, insight depth, and execution speed. - Develop workforce and talent dashboards and predictive insights that inform executive decision-making. - Continuously evaluate how automation and AI reshape org design and talent strategy. ESTABLISH THE PBP OPERATING MODEL - Define engagement cadences between PBPs and leadership. - Build a small, elite team of progressive People Business Partners over time. - Set a new standard for what strategic People partnership looks like. WHO YOU ARE You are unconventional by design and you combine intellectual rigor with emotional intelligence. You do not see People as a support func