Senior Benefits & Compensation Manager
About the role
Suno is building the future of music creation, and as we scale, we’re building out a world-class People function to match. We’re looking for a Senior Benefits & Compensation Manager to join the People team as a key individual contributor, reporting to the Director of People Rewards, Operations & Systems.
In this role, you’ll own end-to-end compensation cycle execution, including data maintenance and updates, annual cycle changes, market benchmarking, and championing pay equity across the organization.
You’ll 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.
You’ll 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.
You’ll 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.
You’ll partner closely with Finance, the Talent team, and HR Business Partners to support headcount planning, leveling, performance management cycles, and compensation-related decision-making.
You’ll support talent planning and management processes as the scope evolves, including leveling frameworks, performance management resources, and related compensation infrastructure.
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.
- 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.
- Experience working with multiple external vendors and knowing how to manage those relationships and agreements effectively.