The Role
Own the multi-year vision and roadmap for Coupa’s Core Procurement platform, transforming procure-to-pay workflows into AI-assisted purchasing experiences. Lead integration of machine learning, predictive analytics, recommendations, anomaly detection, and embedded spend dashboards. Guide architectural trade-offs, align Engineering, UX, Data Science, and go-to-market teams, mentor product managers, and engage strategic enterprise customers. Drive measurable outcomes including automation, reduced friction, retention, spend forecasting, savings, and supplier risk mitigation.
Summary Generated by Built In
Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.
Why join Coupa?
🔹 Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.
🔹 Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.
🔹 Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.
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The Impact of a Principal Product Manager at Coupa:
Coupa is at the forefront of the Business Spend Management (BSM) revolution, and we are rapidly evolving our Core Procurement platform into an autonomous, intelligence-driven ecosystem. We are looking for an elite, highly strategic Principal Product Manager to serve as the domain anchor for our Core Procurement engine, heavily focusing on the intersection of transactional workflows, Artificial Intelligence, and predictive Spend Analytics.
As a Principal PM, you will not just manage a backlog; you will define the multi-year platform vision. You will act as the strategic bridge between high-level leadership and squad-level execution, untangling complex architectural challenges and introducing AI-driven decision support directly into the user experience. If you are passionate about transforming traditional Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes through machine learning, actionable data, and seamless automation, this is your opportunity to drive massive impact at scale.
What You’ll Do
- Define the Autonomous Procurement Vision: Own the end-to-end strategy and roadmap for Core Procurement (Requisitions, POs, Approvals, Receiving), driving the transition from manual, forms-based workflows to AI-assisted, intent-driven purchasing experiences.
- Lead AI & Predictive Analytics Integration: Partner closely with the AI Center of Excellence (AICOE) and Data teams to embed intelligent features—such as the Buying Policy Enforcer Agent, smart supplier recommendations, and anomaly detection—directly into the transactional flow.
- Drive Actionable Spend Analytics: Reimagine how enterprise customers view and interact with their spend data. Design embedded analytics dashboards and predictive models that help CPOs and finance leaders forecast spend, identify cost-saving opportunities, and mitigate supplier risk in real-time.
- Own High-Stakes Architectural Trade-offs: Act as the primary decision-maker for complex platform evolutions. You will work side-by-side with Principal Architects to ensure our core calculation engines, data pipelines, and analytics frameworks are scalable, performant, and future-proof.
- Cross-Functional Leadership & Mentorship: Serve as the autonomous "hub" across distributed Engineering, UX, Data Science, and Go-To-Market teams. Reduce the need for Director-level tactical mediation by proactively aligning stakeholders and mentoring Senior/Mid-level PMs on your team.
- Executive Customer Engagement: Act as the face of Coupa's Core Procurement and AI strategy for our largest, most strategic enterprise customers (e.g., Fortune 500 accounts). Lead empathy interviews, validate complex analytics use cases, and present roadmap visions at executive briefings.
What You Will Bring to Coupa
- Experience: 10+ years of enterprise software Product Management experience, with a proven track record of operating at a Principal, Lead, or Group PM level within B2B SaaS.
- Deep Procurement/P2P Mastery (Required): Absolute fluency in global enterprise procurement lifecycles, financial compliance, spend controls, ERP’s and supply chain operations.
- AI & Analytics Acumen (Required): Demonstrable experience bringing Machine Learning, Generative AI, or advanced Data Analytics products to market. You must deeply understand how to leverage data to build predictive models, recommendation engines, and embedded BI dashboards.
- Technical Depth: Highly comfortable diving into technical constraints, large-scale data architectures, API integrations, and complex algorithmic logic with senior engineering leaders.
- Strategic Outcome Ownership: You measure success by hard business outcomes (e.g., automation rates, user friction reduction, customer retention) rather than just shipping features.
- Exceptional Influencer: Proven ability to influence global, cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders without direct reporting authority.
- Previous experience transitioning legacy, rigid SaaS workflows into "AI-first," consumer-grade enterprise experiences.
- Direct experience building predictive spend models or dynamic, real-time budgeting algorithms.
- A background in data science, analytics, or engineering before moving into product management.
What Will Make You Stand Out
At Coupa, we are 100% committed to creating and nurturing an environment that supports your physical, mental, and community well-being . We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits designed to help you and your family thrive:
Global Well-Being Perks (For All Employees Globally)
- Global Wellness Days: Enjoy two designated, company-wide paid wellness days off each year (typically the first Friday in March and the last Friday in September) so the entire global team can unplug, step away, and recharge together .
- Birthday Time-Off: Celebrate your day! Coupa provides a paid day off on your birthday or another day of your choice within your birthday month .
- Volunteer Time Off (VTO): Giving back is in our DNA. We offer 40 hours of paid VTO annually to support the community initiatives and volunteer programs you are passionate about .
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access free, confidential, 24/7/365 counseling and resources for emotional support, work-life solutions, financial advice, legal guidance, and support for new parents .
- Business Travel Protection: Travel with peace of mind. Zurich Travel Assist provides medical, safety, pre-trip planning, and emergency support during any business travel .
- Referral Bonus Program: Share the Coupa experience! Receive generous monetary referral bonuses when you successfully refer talented friends or acquaintances who are hired into open roles .
Please note: In addition to these global well-being perks, Coupa offers highly competitive, location-specific benefits packages (which include comprehensive medical/dental insurance, retirement/pension plans, and life or accident protection) tailored to your primary work location. Your recruiter will walk you through the specific regional benefits package for this role during the interview process.
Coupa complies with relevant laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and offers a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, or evaluating performance are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of enterprise software product management experience
- Experience operating at a Principal, Lead, or Group Product Manager level within B2B SaaS
- Deep fluency in global enterprise procurement lifecycles, financial compliance, spend controls, ERP systems, and supply chain operations
- Demonstrable experience bringing machine learning, generative AI, or advanced data analytics products to market
- Understanding of predictive models, recommendation engines, and embedded business intelligence dashboards
- Comfort working with large-scale data architectures, API integrations, technical constraints, and complex algorithmic logic
- Proven ability to own strategic business outcomes such as automation, user friction reduction, and customer retention
- Proven ability to influence global cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders without direct reporting authority
- Experience transitioning legacy SaaS workflows into AI-first enterprise experiences
- Experience building predictive spend models or dynamic real-time budgeting algorithms
- Background in data science, analytics, or engineering before moving into product management
What the Team is Saying
Aditya Maheshwari
Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud
Alex Moon
Operations Analyst, Order Management
Jose Miguel Jimenez
Procurement
Jessica Fonseca
Technical Support Specialist
Daniela Aristizábal
Associate Planning & Operations Analyst
Coupa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive from day one for employees and dependents, including medical, dental, vision, mental-health resources, and an Employee Assistance Program. Materials also highlight well-being initiatives that extend support to employees’ households.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off, paid parental leave, floating holidays, and 40 hours of annual volunteer time are prominently featured. Outside the U.S., a global minimum of 25 vacation days is noted.
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Retirement Support — A retirement savings program with a company match is offered, including a 401(k) plan. While exact match percentages are not publicly listed on the careers page, matching is presented as part of the total rewards package.
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The Company
What We Do
Coupa is a global technology company that helps businesses run smarter by connecting all the ways they spend money — from procurement and expenses to payments and supply chain decisions — in one intelligent platform. In simple terms, Coupa gives organizations the visibility and control they need to make better financial choices, reduce waste, and drive real impact. It’s where technology meets purpose: helping companies manage their resources more responsibly while creating a positive ripple across their people, partners, and the planet.
Why Work With Us
At Coupa, we prioritize an inclusive and empathetic workplace where every voice is valued. Our teams are proactive and accountable, ensuring we collaborate effectively to achieve our goals. The foundation of our culture rests on our people; we believe in fostering an environment that encourages innovation and curiosity.
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