Lead, Client Partnerships- Sureel

About this role

A little bit about our team Sureel AI is building the standards and infrastructure for AI rights, licensing, attribution, protection, and intelligence, starting in music and expanding across media. We are building the infrastructure that enables creators and rights holders to control how their work is used by AI, protect their rights, understand its use and value, and participate in new AI licensing models. We also provide AI companies and digital platforms with the systems they need to access rights, permissions, attribution, guardrails, reporting, and licensing infrastructure programmatically.

Acquired by Warner Music Group, Sureel operates as an independent, federated company, combining startup speed with the reach of a global music company. Our clients and partners are at the center of what we do. As Director, Client Relations, you'll own those relationships after the handoff from Business Development, working closely with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and partners across the music, technology, and legal worlds.

Your work will play a direct role in whether the industry adopts Sureel as infrastructure for managing and executing AI rights strategies at scale. Your role You will lead Sureel's client and partnership function and report to the two Co-Presidents. You'll own senior rights-holder relationships from commercial handoff through pilot, onboarding, adoption, and expansion, while working closely with Business Development & Licensing when commercial terms or new agreements are required.

You'll bring the rights-holder perspective into Sureel. You will work closely with partners, Product, Engineering, AI, and leadership to understand how rights-holders work today, where the gaps are, and what Sureel needs to build to support them. A core part of the role will be understanding what drives adoption across our rights-holder network and using that insight to shape how Sureel works with partners, how the product evolves, and where the company should focus.

You'll also help identify opportunities for broader industry collaboration, shared frameworks, and approaches that can accelerate adoption across the market. This role combines senior relationship management with industry expertise, product input, and the opportunity to help define how Sureel works with the market as the company grows.