Senior Commercial Counsel
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Job Summary
Who is Sonar
Sonar helps prevent code quality and code security issues from reaching production amplifies developers productivity in concert with AI assistants and improves the developer experience with streamlined workflows. Sonar analyzes all code regardless of who writes it your internal team genAI or third parties resulting in more secure reliable and maintainable applications. Rooted in the open source community Sonars solutions support over 30 programming languages frameworks and infrastructure technologies. Today Sonar is trusted by 7M developers worldwide including teams at Microsoft NASA MasterCard and T-Mobile.
We believe in developing great products that are supported by great internal teams and a strong culture. We are highly committed to and obsessed with the company users each other and our open source community. We have high standards and hold each other accountable for acting with positivity dedication thoughtfulness empathy and passion daily.
We are deliberate with our decisions with high clarity of intention. At the same time we feel extreme urgency and move forward quickly.
And lastly we are highly effective and operationally efficient. We operate collectively as One Team to accomplish our goals.
At Sonar CODE is more than just an acronym its a mindset that defines daily operations.
Why You Should Apply:
At Sonar were a group of brilliant motivated and driven professionals working hard to help supercharge developers to build better faster. Sonar helps to continuously improve code quality and code security while reducing developer toil. This means that developers can focus on doing more of what they love and less of what they dont. Our solutions dont just solve symptoms of problems we help fix issues at the source for all code whether its developer-written AI-generated or from third parties.
We have a dynamic culture with employees worldwide and hub offices in the USA Switzerland the UK Singapore and Germany. Team members should be able to come to work every day work on a product they are proud of love what they do and feel energized by their peers. With our roots deep in the open source community were all about the mission: supercharge developers to build better faster.
The Impact You Will Have:
We are looking for an exceptional and dynamic legal professional who can balance protecting our company with supercharging our growing global business. As a key member on the commercial squad of our legal team you will drive initiatives and manage critical matters relating to commercial contracting. This may include managing contract reviews and negotiations in support of our global procurement needs our Asia-Pacific-Japan sales region our Europe-Middle East-Africa sales region and channel partner network depending on your interest and experience. We are seeking a proactive solution-oriented thinker who is ready to take ownership and elevate the teams performance. Reporting line and title will depend on the candidate as we are open to a range of seniority levels.
What You Will Do Daily:
- Lead critical commercial matters by independently negotiating a diverse range of complex commercial transactions including sales agreements vendor contracts and channel partnership deals.
- Drive strategic alignment across the business by collaborating with legal sales procurement finance IT security and executive teams to find creative compliant and business-enabling solutions.
- Manage risk by advising internal stakeholders regarding key issues and risks in our contracts and ensure that our agreements reflect the most effective internal negotiating strategies.
- Pioneer efficiency improvements by leading the development and maintenance of a streamlined efficient and scalable contracting process leveraging technology like contract management systems and AI drafting tools to clear blockers and find solutions.
- Embrace new challenges and manage a dynamic workload of emergent legal issues supporting high-growth company initiatives relating to product development privacy compliance and other matters.
The Experience You Will Need:
- Strong Legal Foundation: Bar admission with 4 years of commercial/technology experience with a particular focus in negotiating customer and vendor agreements. Prior in-house experience with an international technology/software company preferred but private practice will also be considered.
- Exceptional Communication & Influence: Demonstrated ability to develop strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders and teams across the business backed by excellent negotiation and drafting skills.
- Initiative & Domain Leadership: A strong understanding of key issues that impact contract negotiations for software and SaaS with direct experience being a significant plus. The capacity to lead complex matters from start to finish.
- Adaptability & Ownership: The ability to prioritize manage multiple work streams and maintain composure in a fast-paced environment.
- Start-up Mentality: A willingness to roll up your sleeves clear blockers think creatively and consistently find solutions to support the business in driving projects to completion.
- Global Fluency: Excellent English written/verbal communication skills and flexibility with your work schedule to accommodate occasional calls outside of your regular time zone.
- Technological Drive: Demonstrated capacity to quickly master and implement new contract management tools like Salesforce LinkSquares Jira Service Management and generative AI tools.
Why Youll Love It Here:
- Our culture and mission set us apart. We have a dynamic work culture that values respect and kindness and embraces the right to fail (and get right back up again!).
- Great people make a great company. We value people skills as much as technical skills and strive to keep things friendly while still being passionate leaders in our domains.
- We have a flexible work policy that includes 3 days in-office and 2 days work-from-home each week for those located near our office locations; some locations such as Dubai India Japan and Australia operate fully remotely.
- We have a growth mindset. We love learning and believe continuous education is critical to our an ever-changing industry new skills are necessary and were happy to help our team acquire them.
- As the leader in our field our products and services are as strong as our internal team members.
- We embrace transparency with regular meetings cascading messages and updates on the growth and success of our organization.
Benefits of Working With Sonar:
- 100% coverage of employee premiums through BUPA for medical dental and Employee Assistance Programs
- Vision benefit through Sun Life which Includes an annual vision exam and vision hardware benefits
- We encourage usage of our robust time-off allocations with 28 days of annual leave for our employees based out of our London hub plus additional days based on seniority and circumstances.
- Employer matching contribution pension scheme for up to 5%.
- Commuting:Public transport reimbursement of 60% for annual subscription
- 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.
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 precise 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. 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Forecasting
- Hyperion
- Cost Management
- Construction Estimating
- QlikView
- Bus Driving
- Analysis Skills
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Market Research
- negotiation
- Financial Planning
About Company
Bad code is risky business. AI-generated or written by humans, Sonar ensures top-tier code quality & security. Protect your organization from bugs and vulnerabilities that jeopardize customer trust, damage your reputation, and undermine developer experience.
