Sr. Information Security Governance Manager

Sonar; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible comprehensive benefits

23 days PTO per year

401(k) with 4% match

Company Growth Bonus

Fully paid parking in downtown Austin

Job summary

Sonar in Austin, TX seeks an Information Security professional to lead Security Governance and Customer Trust within our risk management program. You will support security incidents as needed and influence cross-functional teams to raise the overall security posture.

You will interact with customers and internal stakeholders, maintain trust systems, and drive AI-enabled security workflows to keep information systems accurate and compliant.

Qualifications

• Unwavering focus on security enabling fast, safe innovation.
• Deep, multi-domain InfoSec experience across Cloud, IAM, Governance, risk & compliance.
• Ability to craft policy language, control descriptions and exec-level reports.

Responsibilities

• Interact with customers and internal users to provide clear security answers and information.
• Maintain and improve trust systems across Sonar and federated security support.
• Develop prompts and workflows using AI/LLMs to ensure up-to-date security information systems.
• Lead security initiatives, deliver on time and within scope, influence cross-functional teams.

Skills

Customer obsession

InfoSec expertise

AI proficiency

Strategic documentation

Communication

Autonomous leadership

Job description

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. 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. Integrating seamlessly with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, and Devin, we help over 75% of the Fortune 100 build trusted, reliable, compliant software. Customers who use Sonar are 44% less likely to report an outage due to AI-generated code. We believe code verification is the critical missing link in the Agent-Centric Development Cycle (AC/DC). Industry giants like Nvidia, ServiceNow, Booking.com, Goldman Sachs, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company count on us to provide independent, explainable, consistent review and governance of their AI-generated code via products like:

• SonarQube: The world’s leading AI code review and verification platform.
• SonarQube Foundation Agent: Currently topping the leaderboards for agentic software repair.
• SonarSweep & Sonar Context Augmentation: Providing the enterprise-grade context and constraints agents need to be truly effective.

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:

• Committed to our customers and community.
• Obsessed with quality.
• Deliberate in our decisions.
• Effective as one team.

With over $400M in revenue and profitable, fast-paced growth, we are building the backbone of the AI software revolution. 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

The primary goal of the Information Security team is to build trust with our rapidly growing customer base by ensuring the Sonar organization meets a high level of security to protect our customers. As a member of the Information Security team, you will be based in Sonar's Austin office leading the Security Governance and Customer Trust domains of our security risk management program. You will also support security incidents from time to time as needed. Your positive contributions will significantly impact the growth of the business through Sonar's "collective intelligence" mindset.

What You Will Do

• Customer Interaction: Manage and participate in a clear process to provide clear security answers to our customers and internal users. This includes information on our Trust Center and also meeting with customers to provide required information.
• Trust System Management : Ensure our customer trust systems are accurate and support federated security support across Sonar. Drive improvements and enhanced capability implementation in our tooling.
• AI Prompt Engineering: Develop and refine prompts and automated workflows using LLMs to enhance our abilities in ensuring security information systems are valid and up to date.
• Security Initiative Leadership: Support assigned security initiatives, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with the broader InfoSec roadmap. Take part in critical, high-impact technical and strategic decisions, proactively influencing cross-functional teams to achieve ambitious objectives.
• Coaching & Cross-Functional Quality: Coach and mentor team members and cross-functional colleagues on complex problem-solving, risk management methodologies, and security best practices. Take ownership of broader cross-functional execution and quality standards to raise the bar across the InfoSec program.
• Security Governance: Own and maintain Sonar’s security governance program and associated artifacts.

Experience And Qualifications

• Unwavering Customer Obsession: You view security as an enabler. You are dedicated to building solutions that allow teams to move fast and innovate without compromising the safety of the organization or our users.
• Extensive Multi-Domain InfoSec Expertise: Deep, extensive experience and knowledge across multiple security domains, examples include Cloud Security, GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance), Identity & Access Management (IAM), or Application Security. You are considered a reference by teams and leaders in your areas of expertise.
• AI Proficiency: Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools and develop complex prompts to solve non-linear security problems and automate repetitive governance tasks. Ability to establish best practices for AI-driven security workflows that others can adopt.
• Strategic Security Documentation: Ability to draft sophisticated policy language, control descriptions, and executive-level reports that bridge the gap between technical reality and business risk. Able to communicate strategic matters effectively to varying and diverse audiences.
• Technical Diplomacy & Strategic Communication: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, explain complex security requirements to non-technical peers in a way that fosters collaboration, and fully own complex problem resolution from communication through execution.
• Autonomous Leadership & Organizational Acumen: Strong organizational skills to manage multiple high-stakes remediation projects simultaneously under broad objectives with minimal supervision. Ability to take part in critical, high-impact decisions, mitigate risk within the domain, and proactively influence cross-functional teams to achieve ambitious objectives and model best practices.

Additional Comments

This role is based in Austin, TX. We are unable to consider candidates unwilling to be in Austin, but we are willing to relocate the right candidate.

Benefits

• Flexible comprehensive employee benefit package.
• We encourage usage of our robust time-off allocations. You will receive 23 days of PTO per calendar year (on a pro-rated basis depending on your employment start date), with additional time provided for sickness, life events and holidays.
• We offer an exciting 401(k) plan that has a 4% match.
• Generous discretionary Company Growth Bonus, paid annually.
• Fully paid parking in the heart of downtown Austin, Texas.
• Global workforce with employees in 20+ countries representing 35+ unique nationalities.
• We have an annual kick-off somewhere in the world where we meet to build relationships and goals for the company.
• Monthly catered events, and team events.

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. 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. Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered. We 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.