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ðŸ¹ 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.

ðŸ¹ Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.

ðŸ¹ 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. Technical Program Manager at Coupa:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead / Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join our dynamic PMO team. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in driving successful product releases, supporting and enhancing our internal program management tools, and championing the adoption of best-in-class PMO practices across our Product and Engineering organizations. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on our delivery processes and contribute to our continued growth and innovation.

What You'll Do:

Release Management Expertise: Lead and manage the end-to-end release lifecycle for our software products, including meticulous planning, cross-functional coordination, proactive risk management, transparent communication, comprehensive tracking and reporting of release progress, and ensuring formal sign-off at key milestones.
AI Integration & Strategic Innovation: Combines a strong understanding of how Artificial Intelligence is shaping the software development landscape with hands-on proficiency in AI-assisted development and productivity tools (e.g., Sentinel, Cursor, GitHub Co-Pilot). Proactively identifies opportunities to leverage LLM-based tools and AI-driven methodologies within program management to accelerate delivery, automate routine tasks, and drive operational efficiency.
PMO Practice Implementation and Enforcement: Drive the adoption and consistent application of PMO methodologies, standards, and best practices across Product and Engineering teams. This includes defining processes, creating templates, providing training, and ensuring adherence.
Exceptional Proficiency in Google Sheets and Jira for Program Management: Demonstrate a very strong working knowledge of Google Sheets, utilizing advanced formulas, data manipulation, pivot tables, charting, and ideally Google Apps Script for automation and custom solutions. Possess a deep understanding of Jira for issue tracking, project planning, and the ability to effectively integrate Google Sheets with Jira data for insightful reporting and analysis.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Effectively collaborate and communicate with Product Management, Engineering, QA, Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on program goals, timelines, and dependencies.
Risk and Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate program risks and issues, escalating as necessary and driving timely resolution.
Reporting and Communication: Develop and maintain clear and concise program status reports, dashboards, and presentations for various audiences, including senior leadership.
Continuous Improvement: Identify areas for process improvement within release management and PMO practices and drive initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Good to have: Internal Tools Support and Enhancement: Leverage your technical acumen (ideally including JavaScript, Google Apps Script) to support, maintain, and contribute to the enhancement of internally developed tools and dashboards used for program and release management.

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
Proven experience with about 5+years as a Technical Program Manager and overall 10+ years in a software development environment.
Solid understanding of software development lifecycles (Agile, Waterfall, etc.).
Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships across teams.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach.
Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and manage multiple concurrent projects.
Hands-on coding skills in JavaScript, Google Apps Script, or other relevant scripting languages

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