Easy Apply
Easy Apply
The Global Alliances Leader will manage partnerships with strategic cloud providers, focusing on revenue growth, product integration, and executive alignment, ensuring success in co-sell strategies.
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, Sonar’s solutions support over 30 programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies. Today, Sonar is used by +7M developers and 400K organizations worldwide, including the DoD, Microsoft, NASA, MasterCard, Siemens, 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 – it's a mindset that defines daily operations.
Why You Should Apply:
At Sonar, we’re 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 don’t. Our solutions don’t just solve symptoms of problems – we help fix issues at the source – for all code, whether it's 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, we’re all about the mission: supercharge developers to build better, faster.
The Impact You Will Have:
We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Global Alliance Leader to manage and significantly expand our partnership with Strategic Cloud Providers. This critical role will be responsible for defining the joint go-to-market strategy, driving co-sell revenue, and managing all aspects of the alliance, including sales enablement, technical integrations, and executive alignment. The successful candidate will possess a deep understanding of the AWS, Azure and Google Cloud ecosystems, a proven track record of growing a multi-million dollar alliance, and exceptional cross-functional leadership skills.
What You Will Do Daily:
- Strategic Leadership and Partnership Management
Develop and execute a comprehensive, global strategic plan for the AWS, Azure and Google alliances, focusing on revenue growth, product integration, and market expansion.
Establish and maintain strong executive relationships within AWS, Azure and Google ensuring alignment on business objectives and joint roadmaps.
Lead quarterly business reviews (QBRs) and executive steering committee meetings with AWS, Azure and Google leadership.
Identify and prioritize strategic white space opportunities for joint solutions and offerings.
Go-to-Market (GTM) and Revenue GenerationDrive aggressive co-sell revenue targets by working closely with our global sales teams, Partner Development Managers (PDMs), and field sales teams.
Develop and implement joint GTM programs, including field sales training, solution launches, and marketing campaigns.
Oversee the effective utilization of partner programs, including AWS Marketplace, Azure Marketplace and Google Marketplace ensuring maximum return on investment.
Cross-Functional CollaborationCollaborate with Product Management and Engineering to define and execute joint product roadmaps and technical integrations (e.g., specific AWS, Azure and Google services).
Partner with Sales Enablement to create and deliver world-class training materials for internal sales teams and AWS, Azure and Google counterparts.
Work with Marketing to develop compelling joint messaging, case studies, and demand generation programs.
Manage communication and reporting of the alliance's performance to internal stakeholders, including the Executive Leadership Team.
The Experience You Will Need:
- 10+ years of experience in business development, alliances, or partner management in the enterprise software or cloud industry.
- 5+ years of direct experience managing a global, strategic alliance with AWS.
- Proven track record of driving significant, measurable co-sell revenue growth (multi-million dollar/year) through the cloud provider ecosystem.
- Deep expertise in the cloud provider model, including programs like AWS, Azure and Google Marketplaces, Co-Sell motions, and Partner Funding programs.
- Exceptional executive-level communication and presentation skills.
- Strong business acumen and financial modeling capabilities (forecasting, ROI analysis).
- Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.
- Proven ability to negotiate complex agreements and commercial terms.
- Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, DevOps practices, and enterprise security or development lifecycle solutions is highly desirable.
Why You Will 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 success. In an ever-changing industry, new skills are necessary, and we're 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:
- Flexible comprehensive employee benefit package that is 90% paid by the company.
- We encourage usage of our robust time-off allocations.
- We offer an exciting 401(k) plan that has a 4% match, fully vested on day one of participation.
- 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.
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.
We do not currently support visa candidates in the US.
Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered.
Top Skills
AWS
Azure
Cloud-Native Architectures
Devops Practices
GCP
Sonar Austin, Texas, USA Office
Sonar Austin, TX office Office
Our company's U.S. location is in the heart of downtown Austin, right next to the capitol building. With numerous food options at our doorstep, you'll never run out of delicious choices. Plus, parking is conveniently situated on-site, ensuring a hassle-free experience.
Similar Jobs at Sonar
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Security • Software
The role involves leading integration strategies at Sonar, focusing on creating partnerships and ecosystem integration for enhancing software development workflows.
Top Skills:
AWSAzureDockerGCPGitGitlabKubernetes
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Security • Software
The Field CTO serves as a strategic conduit between Sonar's leadership and enterprise technology leaders, focusing on market evangelism and technical advisory, enhancing brand reputation, engaging customers, and shaping product roadmaps.
Top Skills:
AILarge-Scale Application SecuritySdlcSoftware DevelopmentSolutions Architecture
What you need to know about the Austin Tech Scene
Austin has a diverse and thriving tech ecosystem thanks to home-grown companies like Dell and major campuses for IBM, AMD and Apple. The state’s flagship university, the University of Texas at Austin, is known for its engineering school, and the city is known for its annual South by Southwest tech and media conference. Austin’s tech scene spans many verticals, but it’s particularly known for hardware, including semiconductors, as well as AI, biotechnology and cloud computing. And its food and music scene, low taxes and favorable climate has made the city a destination for tech workers from across the country.
Key Facts About Austin Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 180,500; 13.7% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Dell, IBM, AMD, Apple, Alphabet
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, hardware, cloud computing, software, healthtech
- Funding Landscape: $4.5 billion in VC funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Live Oak Ventures, Austin Ventures, Hinge Capital, Gigafund, KdT Ventures, Next Coast Ventures, Silverton Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: University of Texas, Southwestern University, Texas State University, Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Texas Advanced Computing Center
