CVP of Design — SonarSource (Sonar)
- Location
- Genève
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 2 days ago
Role overview
Who is Sonar?
Sonar is driving the future of agent-centric software development.
As the leader in AI code review and verification, we solve a critical problem: ensuring that software generated by AI-assisted developers or autonomous agents is reliable, secure, and maintainable.
- Who is Sonar?
- Sonar is driving the future of agent-centric software development.
Application process
- Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered.
Contacts
- If you need any accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected] .
- All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date.
Company and context
- Reporting to the CPO, this is Sonar's most senior design leadership role, responsible for setting design strategy, scaling a high-performing global design organization, and ensuring our products deliver an exceptional, cohesive experience for developers and enterprise customers alike.
- You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Executive Leadership to translate customer needs and market trends into design decisions that drive measurable business impact. What you will do
- Own the end-to-end product design vision, including visual design, interaction design, workflows, and overall platform evolution across Sonar's product line.
- Define and drive a design strategy that ties directly to measurable business outcomes, working with Product and Engineering leadership to prioritize investments.
- Track and report on design's impact on key business and product metrics.
- Build, scale, and lead a global design organization, including hiring, mentoring, and developing design talent to foster a high-performing, creative, and inclusive team culture.
- Champion and evolve Sonar's design systems and UX best practices, ensuring consistency and quality across a complex, technical, developer-facing product suite.
- Guide the design approach for agentic and AI-driven features, ensuring the team understands emerging patterns and best practices in this space.
- Engage directly with customers, users, and industry leaders to gather insights, and translate those insights into actionable, high-impact design solutions.
- Represent design at the executive level, communicating strategy, trade-offs, and progress to executive leadership and cross-functional, global stakeholders.
Additional details
- Our team operates across global hubs in Austin, Bochum, Dubai, Geneva, London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington D.C. We move with a mindset we call CODE:
- If you’re hungry to have an impact, want to build at a fast pace, and ready to work at the forefront of AI, we want to hear from you. Position description
- You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Executive Leadership to translate customer needs and market trends into design decisions that drive measurable business impact.
- Partner with Product Management and Engineering to ensure design is embedded early in the product development process, not bolted on at the end. Experience and qualifications
- Deep understanding of customer needs and market trends, with experience engaging directly with users and industry leaders to translate insights into actionable, high-impact design solutions. Additional comments
- We are unable to consider candidates unwilling to be in Geneva, but we are willing to relocate the right candidate. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion
Notes and original content
- Our team operates across global hubs in Austin, Bochum, Dubai, Geneva, London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington D.C.
- We move with a mindset we call CODE:
- If you’re hungry to have an impact, want to build at a fast pace, and ready to work at the forefront of AI, we want to hear from you.
- Position description
- What you will do
- Partner with Product Management and Engineering to ensure design is embedded early in the product development process, not bolted on at the end.
- Experience and qualifications
- Deep understanding of customer needs and market trends, with experience engaging directly with users and industry leaders to translate insights into actionable, high-impact design solutions.
- Additional comments
- We are unable to consider candidates unwilling to be in Geneva, but we are willing to relocate the right candidate.
Questions about this listing
What salary does SonarSource (Sonar) offer for this role?
SonarSource (Sonar) lists CHF 60'500 - 91'500 gross per year for this position in Genève. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does SonarSource (Sonar) offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with SonarSource (Sonar) during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Geneva?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Geneva can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Geneva's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
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