Major Incident Management in Genève

h3Who is Sonar? /h3 pSonar enables organizations to ship agentic code with confidence. Code creation is abundant, but confidence is scarce. Our core platform, SonarQube, verifies over 750 billion lines of code every day, delivering agentic verification and governance for all code. Trusted by more than 7 million developers and 75% of the Fortune 100, including teams at Nvidia, ServiceNow, Booking.com , Goldman Sachs, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company, Sonar enables organizations to reduce outages, improve security, and lower the cost and risk of agentic software development. /p pFounded in Geneva and now headquartered in Austin, Texas, Sonar has a global team working across offices and hubs, including Silicon Valley, London, Bochum, Barcelona, Singapore, Tokyo, and the Washington, D.C. area. At Sonar, we’re enabling enterprises to build agentic software factories that can move quickly while maintaining the control, consistency and evidence required to ship with confidence. /p h3Position description /h3 pAs Manager of Major Incident Management, you will own how Sonar prevents, responds to, and learns from incidents across its critical systems. You will drive the Incident Management, Change Management, and Problem Management programs through a data-driven, risk-based approach — ensuring that prioritization is guided by measurable impact rather than reactive urgency. By building clear operational health metrics and delivering consistent visibility into service reliability, change risk, and systemic patterns, you will give leadership the insight they need to make confident decisions and you will give your team the clarity they need to focus on what matters most. /p h3What You Will Do /h3 ul liLead the Incident, Change, and Problem Management programs end-to-end, applying a risk-based framework to prioritize efforts across the company where they reduce the most organizational risk /li liDefine, maintain, and report on operational health metrics that provide clear, ongoing visibility into service availability, incident trends, change success rates, and residual risk /li liDeliver regular operational reporting to leadership, surfacing systemic patterns, unresolved follow-ups, and areas of elevated risk with clear recommendations /li liCoach and develop a team of Major Incident Managers, setting clear expectations for structured incident command, stakeholder communication, and post-incident follow-through /li liOwn the Post-Incident Review process, ensuring blameless, high-quality analysis that turns findings into prioritized problem records and measurable improvements /li liOwn and continuously improve the Change Management process, balancing delivery speed with risk reduction through clear classification, approval, and review standards /li liPartner with Engineering, Product, Security, and Mission Control to align on risk appetite, reduce time to mitigation, and ensure change governance supports the product roadmap /li liUse incident, problem, and change data to identify recurring failures, weak controls, and systemic causes — driving prioritization of corrective actions based on strategic impact /li /ul h3Experience And Qualifications /h3 ul li5-8 years of experience managing teams who deliver Major Incident Management and Problem Management functions within multinational, distributed companies /li liProven people management experience leading operational or incident-focused teams (e.g., Incident Managers, SRE, NOC/Command Center) /li liTrack record of defining operational metrics and building reporting that gives leadership clear visibility into operational health and risk /li liStrong understanding of ITIL or similar service management frameworks (Incident, Problem, and Change Management), applied pragmatically in modern engineering organizations /li liDemonstrated ability to lead critical incidents under pressure with structure, clarity, and calm decision-making /li liExperience establishing or maturing post-incident review practices and translating findings into systemic improvements /li liFamiliarity with Atlassian products and ITSM platforms (e.g., Jira Service Management, Confluence, Statuspage) /li liExperience using or developing AI tooling to enhance correlation, accuracy, and speed for outage resolution and problem management /li liExcellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to tailor messages to executives, engineers, and non-technical stakeholders /li /ul pAdditional comments This role is based in Geneva. We are unable to consider candidates unwilling to be in Geneva, but we are willing to relocate the right candidate. /p h3We value diversity, equity, and inclusion /h3 pAt Sonar, we believe that our diversity is our strength. We are a global company that values and respects different backgrounds, perspectives, and cultures. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. /p pIf you need any accommodation, please reach out to us at (email protected) . /p pAll offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date. /p pApplications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered. /p pWe may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us. /p #J-18808-Ljbffr