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About the Role

Sonar is seeking an HRBP and Employee Relations specialist to partner with leaders across EMEA and APAC. This role will provide HR business partnership for leaders and own employee relations, including case management and investigations, ensuring compliance and consistency across multiple jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Act as strategic HRBP for leaders across EMEA (Germany, UK, France, Switzerland) and APAC (Singapore, Japan), advising on org design, workforce planning, performance, and team dynamics.
• Use HRBP people dashboard and org health data to prepare insights for leadership and manager 1:1s, flagging risks and decisions.
• Support integration and engagement of new EMEA/APAC hires, partnering with Recruiting and People Ops on time-to-productivity and onboarding quality.
• Translate global People strategy into guidance that works across EMEA and APAC’s different regulatory and cultural contexts.
• Own employee relations cases end-to-end across EMEA and APAC, including performance, conduct, grievance, and exit cases.
• Lead workplace investigations with rigor and discretion, producing findings and recommendations.
• Partner with the Head of Employment Law on complex or high-risk cases, ensuring practice aligns with employment law.
• Build and maintain the region’s ER case management framework, investigation protocols, and workplace policies.
• Train and coach managers on early intervention and proactive feedback to reduce ER case volume.
• Report on ER metrics, case volume, time-to-close, and risk exposure to leadership.

Requirements

• 7+ years combining HR Business Partner work with employee relations case management or workplace investigations, ideally across multiple jurisdictions.
• Direct experience partnering with in-house or external employment law counsel on complex, high-stakes cases.
• Experience supporting EMEA and/or APAC populations, comfortable with the added complexity of multiple legal systems and cultural norms.
• Experience in a high-growth technology company where pace is fast and ambiguity is normal.
• Candidates need to be genuinely based in the location the role is posted — relocation support is available.
• Applications submitted through agencies or third-party recruiters will not be considered.

Skills

• Solid grounding in UK and EU employment law fundamentals.
• Working familiarity with APAC employment frameworks.
• Proven experience leading formal workplace investigations, from intake and evidence-gathering to written findings.
• Comfortable with HRIS platforms (BambooHR or equivalent).
• Ability to build data-driven narratives.
• Familiar with, or actively curious about, AI tools in the HR workflow (Glean, Claude, or similar).
• Discreet and trusted.
• Direct communicator.
• Courageous.
• Structured under pressure.

Location

• London
• Geneva
• Singapore

Work Type

• In-office culture
• Three anchor days — Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays

Experience Level

• 7+ years

About the Company

• Sonar is driving the future of agent-centric software development as the leader in AI code verification and governance.
• We solve the critical problem of ensuring AI-generated software is reliable, secure, and maintainable.
• We integrate with AI coding tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, and Devin.
• Over 75% of the Fortune 100 use Sonar to build trusted, reliable, compliant software.
• Customers using Sonar are 44% less likely to report an outage due to AI-generated code.
• Industry giants like Nvidia, ServiceNow, Booking.com, Goldman Sachs, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company count on us.
• Our products include SonarQube, SonarQube Foundation Agent, SonarSweep & Sonar Context Augmentation.
• Our team operates across global hubs including Austin, Bochum, Dubai, Geneva, London, San Mateo (California), Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington D.C.
• We operate with a mindset of 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.

Equal Opportunity

• We value diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• 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 hiring@sonarsource.com.