VP of Design

SonarSource; Genf; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SonarSource in Geneva is seeking a senior design leader to own the end-to-end product design vision across the company’s product line. You will define a design strategy tied to business outcomes, and lead a global design team to deliver high-impact solutions.

You will champion design systems, collaborate with Product and Engineering, and guide AI-driven feature design while engaging directly with customers and industry leaders.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of management experience in product design, UX, or related field.
• Proven track record leading and scaling design teams globally.
• Deep expertise in design systems and UX best practices, including tools for developer-oriented products.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product design vision across Sonar's product line.
• Define and drive design strategy linked to measurable business outcomes.
• Build, scale, and lead a global design organization with mentorship.
• Champion and evolve design systems and UX practices across a complex product suite.
• Guide design for agentic and AI-driven features.
• Engage with customers and industry leaders to translate insights into design.

Skills

Leadership

Product design strategy

Design system

UX leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Developer tools experience

API-based tools

Job description

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.

• 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

• 7+ years of management experience in product design, UX, or a related field, with a proven track record of leading and scaling teams globally.

• Demonstrated success in end-to-end product design leadership, including visual design, interaction design, workflows, strategic product thinking, and platform evolution.

• Deep expertise in design systems and UX best practices, including experience designing for developer tools, API based tools, or similar technical/complex products.

• Good understanding of the agentic domain and how it shapes product and design decisions.

• Experience defining design strategy that drives measurable business outcomes.

• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across executive leadership, cross-functional teams, and global stakeholders.

• Proven ability to mentor and develop design talent, fostering a high-performing, creative, and inclusive global design culture.

• 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

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.

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion

At 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.

All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date.

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