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Principal Services Design Architect

Coupa Software Incorporated is an American technology company providing an AI-driven platform for total spend management and supply chain solutions, helping businesses gain visibility and control over their spending.

Coupa Software, Inc.

Employee count: 1001-5000

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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.
Learn more on Life at Coupa blog and hear from our employees about their experiences working at Coupa.
The Impact of a Principal Services Design Architect at Coupa:
The Lead Solution Consultant will act as a functional Procure to Invoice subject matter expert supporting pre-sales efforts and service scoping discussions to accelerate the close of professional services SOWs.In addition you will drive customer design health assessments within the install base to identify process inefficiencies and propose optimization opportunities across procurement and upstream systems.

What You'll Do:

  • Act as a functional Procure-to-Invoice subject matter expert supporting pre-sales efforts and service scoping discussions to accelerate the close of professional services SOWs.
  • Drive customer design health assessments within the install base to identify process inefficiencies and propose optimization opportunities across procurement and upstream systems.
  • Contribute to strategic value roadmap engagements, collaborating with Sales to shape solution direction and connect technology to desired business outcomes.
  • Partner with Services Sales to scope functional services requests, aligning delivery needs with domain best practices and scalable product configurations.
  • Support the handoff from sales to services, ensuring continuity from presales solutioning into project initiation and delivery.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product management to influence roadmap decisions, participate in design reviews, and advocate for prioritized serviceable enhancements.
  • Author and develop new services offerings aligned to product capabilities and evolving customer needs.
  • Assist in scoping and shaping early services for new or emerging product capabilities, working closely with product teams and early adopters.
  • Maintain and contribute to standardized templates, knowledge repositories, and proposal accelerators that scale presales and solutioning activities across teams.

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

  • 10+ years of experience in Procurement and Accounts Payable domain consulting, ideally with both implementation and presales background.
  • Deep functional expertise in global invoicing, e-invoicing mandates, and regional tax compliance (e.g., VAT, GST), with the ability to translate complex business and regulatory requirements into scalable platform-based solutions
  • Strong experience working in or with software providers on enterprise spend management implementations and service offerings.
  • Coupa experience is highly desirable, specifically in Procure-to-Invoice core modules.
  • Skilled at conducting solution assessments, identifying process gaps, and making high-impact architectural and functional recommendations.
  • Demonstrated success working with Sales or Services Sales teams to shape and close consulting SOWs or technology-led transformations.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – able to influence stakeholders across Product, Sales, Services, and Customer Success.
  • Experience creating content for customer-facing deliverables (e.g. roadmaps, SOWs, presales proposals, design briefs).
  • High comfort navigating ambiguity and balancing strategic thinking with hands-on solutioning.
  • Highly self-motivated and organized, with an ability to lead across global, matrixed teams.
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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At Coupa, the mission is to empower organizations worldwide to maximize value and operationalize purpose through their business spend. This is anchored in a shared belief that 'we are smarter, together.' The company's culture is deeply rooted in its core values, which drive every decision and action. These values include ensuring success for the entire community – customers, partners, suppliers, and employees (#AllOfUs). Coupa fosters an environment where individuals own their results, taking proactive action and accountability for the outcomes of their efforts. A significant emphasis is placed on cultivating belonging, promoting empathy, inclusion, and goodwill throughout the organization. This commitment extends to building tomorrow together, encouraging collaboration and innovation to disrupt the industry positively. Coupa believes in a workforce where diversity expands, equity accelerates performance, and inclusion unlocks the full potential of every employee.

Coupa is dedicated to operating sustainably, equitably, and ethically, holding itself accountable through a comprehensive Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy. This strategy focuses on platform innovation to empower customers in driving responsible business impact, such as reducing their environmental footprint and increasing social impact and supplier diversity. The company is committed to protecting the planet with a climate strategy aimed at net-zero emissions. Furthermore, Coupa supports its employees and communities through volunteerism, philanthropy, and inclusive programs, offering employees dedicated volunteer time off. Strong governance practices ensure a safe, secure, and ethical work environment, supporting human rights within the workplace and its supply chain. The company's AI platform is community-generated, leveraging anonymized customer data to provide intelligent insights across supply chain, procurement, and finance, fulfilling the vision that no single entity is as smart as the collective. This collaborative and value-driven approach defines Coupa's identity and its commitment to making a meaningful impact.

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