Coupa · 21 hours ago
Sr. Manager, IT Portfolio - 11091
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expCoupa is a leader in total spend management and AI-driven solutions, empowering businesses to make smarter financial decisions. The Sr. Manager, IT Portfolio will act as a strategic advisor between IT and business units, managing the demand side of IT relationships and ensuring that IT initiatives are aligned with business strategies to maximize value and manage risk.
Cloud InfrastructureFinTechProcurementSoftware
Responsibilities
Partner with Business Leadership to Deliver on their Technology Solutions
Business Alignment: Serve as the "face of IT" for assigned portfolios, building deep relationships with department heads to understand their goals and pain points
Strategic Advocacy: Represent the business's needs within the IT organization and, conversely, communicate IT’s capabilities and constraints back to the business
Value Realization: Partner with stakeholders to define and track the ROI and business outcomes of technology investments
Own Portfolio & Intake Governance
Demand Management: Lead the Intake Process using the established Jira framework to capture, vet, and prioritize new project requests
Investment Roadmap: Maintain a multi-year technology roadmap for assigned business units, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and budget cycles
Prioritization: Facilitate steering committee meetings to balance competing priorities based on capacity, risk, and strategic impact
Orchestrate IT Delivery
Solution Scoping: Collaborate with technical teams and business leads to define high-level requirements and evaluate innovative, scalable and high ROI projects
Cross-Functional Coordination: Manage dependencies across different IT pillars (BusApps, IInfrastructure, Security, Data) and external departments (e.g., HR, Finance) to ensure project success
Ensure clear communication: Manage stakeholder expectations throughout the entire project lifecycle. Working closely with Change Management to set teams up for success and adoption
Escalation Management: Act as a high-level escalation point for service delivery issues, ensuring the business feels supported and heard
Focus on AI:Champion a holistic company-wide AI strategy and roadmap, ensuring deep alignment with overall business objectives and corporate goals. Collaborate with business leaders to build strategic roadmaps that prioritize AI initiatives based on business value and feasibility
Qualification
Required
10+ years in IT management, business analysis, or relationship management, with at least 5-7 years in a leadership role
Ability to translate complex business problems into technical requirements and vice versa
Proven Experience working with/for business operation teams, with a focus on Financial, Legal, Procurement and HR areas
Experience managing portfolios within Jira; familiarity with financial planning tools like Anaplan is a plus
Proven ability to manage stakeholder expectations and navigate 'difficult' project shifts
Exceptional ability to provide clear options and 'ways forward' to executive leadership
Demonstrated experience leading innovation, including AI strategies, from conceptualization through production
Experience in roles like Business Relationship Management, IT Business Partner, Product Management, or Operational Leadership
Company
Coupa
Coupa is a cloud platform for business spend that offers a fully unified suite of financial applications for business spend management.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$219MKey Investors
T. Rowe PriceMeritech Capital PartnersCrosslink Capital
2022-12-12Acquired
2021-06-03Post Ipo Equity· $50M
2016-10-06IPO
Leadership Team
Nigel Pegg
Senior Vice President, Platform
Wolfgang Kalthoff
VP Product Engineering
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