The Role
Lead analysis and redesign of complex human-driven workflows into machine-executable logic, prioritize high-ROI automation, draft business logic specs and ROI justifications, validate with SMEs, and establish feedback loops to scale AI-driven operational improvements.
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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 Sr. Associate Knowledge Manager at Coupa:
Coupa’s Value Services division is transitioning our workforce from manual "Doers" to strategic "Editors" by automating our most expensive operational bottlenecks. As the execution engine for this shift, you will hunt down the "human middleware"—the manual routing and redundant data-entry that delays customer onboarding. Partnering with frontline experts, you will deconstruct legacy workflows and translate human actions into strict, machine-executable logic. Your ultimate deliverable is the "Launch-Ready Package"—the exact business specs and ROI justifications enterprise IT needs to deploy impactful AI solutions.
What You'll Do:
- Triage and analyze crowdsourced operational pain points from the Value Services frontline. Identify bottlenecks that represent the highest dual-value ROI (reducing internal manual hours AND accelerating Customer Time-to-Value).
- Conduct rapid, targeted data collection with frontline Subject Matter Experts to deconstruct legacy "Human Middleware" workflows (e.g., manual routing, data-entry mules).
- Map complex human workflows into logical “as-is” and AI-optimized “to-be” blueprints, explicitly identifying where AI agents will replace manual tasks. Apply deep systems-thinking to prevent the automation of broken processes. Map logic boundaries, decision trees, and prompt constraints for our AI Orchestrator.
- Draft the comprehensive business logic specs, decision matrices, and ROI justifications required by enterprise IT to code and deploy prioritized AI solutions.
- Partner with elite frontline SMEs to pressure-test process specs, catching edge cases, logic gaps, and localization nuances before handing requirements over to the IT pipeline.
- Establish and scale a continuous operational feedback loop to proactively capture shifting workflow pain points and identify new automation or optimization vectors as business needs evolve. Equip business leaders with the data-driven frameworks and operational metrics required to define their own automated workflow SLAs, empowering them to optimize performance and secure long-term ROI.
What You Will Bring to Coupa:
- 3-5 years having analyzed and redesigned complex business processes, translating ambiguous, human-driven workflows into structured, machine-executable logic, process maps, and operational frameworks.
- Partnered with business and technical stakeholders to evaluate workflow automation opportunities, defining optimal handoffs between automated systems and human decision-making processes.
- Authored detailed business requirements, user stories, functional specifications, and process documentation to support successful development, implementation, and adoption of technology solutions.
- Leveraged process mapping and visualization tools including Lucidchart, Visio, and Miro to document current-state operations, design future-state workflows, and drive organizational alignment.
- Conducted operational and process analysis to identify inefficiencies, quantify business impact, and deliver workflow improvements that enhanced customer outcomes, operational efficiency, and profitability.
- Applied a rigorous QA and "Red Team" mindset to anticipate process failures, design controls and safeguards, facilitate stakeholder workshops, and successfully lead cross-functional change management initiatives.
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Skills Required
- 3-5 years analyzing and redesigning complex business processes into structured, machine-executable logic, process maps, and operational frameworks.
- Experience partnering with business and technical stakeholders to evaluate workflow automation opportunities and define human/automation handoffs.
- Authored detailed business requirements, user stories, functional specifications, and process documentation to support development and adoption of technology solutions.
- Experience leveraging process mapping and visualization tools such as Lucidchart, Visio, and Miro.
- Conducted operational and process analysis to identify inefficiencies, quantify business impact, and deliver workflow improvements that enhance outcomes and profitability.
- Applied rigorous QA and 'Red Team' mindset to anticipate process failures, design safeguards, facilitate stakeholder workshops, and lead cross-functional change management.
What the Team is Saying
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Coupa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, vision, and mental‑wellness resources for employees and dependents begin on the first day of employment. Recent updates to health‑insurance programs this year indicate active management of core coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off, floating holidays, paid parental leave, and dedicated volunteer time off are emphasized as part of standard offerings. A global minimum vacation allowance outside the U.S. is also advertised.
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Retirement Support — Competitive compensation is paired with retirement savings programs, including a U.S. 401(k) with company match. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also referenced as part of long‑term financial support.
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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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